PhoneGap at LDNUG

On Wednesday I gave my first talk at the London .Net User Group. I gave a brief introduction to PhoneGap and briefly showed how to use it to create an app for Windows Phone 7. The main place to go for all things PhoneGap is http://www.phonegap.com/ but if you're after the Windows Phone 7 version this is currently at http://github.com/mrlacey/phonegap-wp7. (Please note that the WP7 version on GitHub...

[WP7Dev] Attention to detail is VITAL!

Take a look at this screenshot of some of the apps already in the marketplace, as shown in the Zune desktop client. Notice how some of the images look very odd. They look very much like they've been created as white images with a transparent background on the intention/assumption that they will always...

WP7Dev at VBUG London

Yesterday I gave an introduction to developing for Windows Phone 7 at VBUG in London. A great bunch of people were there and they asked a lot of good questions and seemed excited about the platform and the opportunities it affords. Respect also goes to the people who travelled down from Stafford for the event. As lots of people asked for them, my slides are below and (most of) the sample code can...

Windows Phone 7 - How? Not what?

This afternoon (in the UK & jointly in the US at the same time) there is a press conference where Windows Phone 7 will be launched. (We assume.) Unfortunately, I won't be there. While, I won't be there today, I was able to spend some time with Oded Ran (UK Head of Marketing for Windows Phone) the other week. While I didn't learn anything I hadn't heard before (because I already know loads -...

Me, StackOverflow and Windows Phone 7

I should probably file this under shameless self promotion but I felt in need of a bit of ego stroking. I've been quite busy on StackOverflow. ...

This made me think of "Live Tiles"

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Rethinking the mobile web

fromhttp://www.slideshare.net/bryanrieger/rethinking-the-mobile-web-by-yi...