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The Big Dummies Guide for Windows Phone Developer Resources by Bil Simser

Windows Phone apps are growing in popularity as does the 50,000 60,000 apps in the marketplace today. Microsoft has done a great job at putting together some resources for developers including full documentation . When you first land on App Hub there...
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Visual Studio Achievements - Remember Kids They're Just For Fun by Bil Simser

I followed a neat project for the last couple of months which today became a reality, Visual Studio Achievements . Achievements are something the gaming world are very familiar with. They're milestones of recognition to meet like "Blowing up 30 Enemies...
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The Big Dummies Guide to Building a SharePoint Internet Site by Bil Simser

I'm about to embark on a new project, building a SharePoint based Internet site. This is new for me as all the SharePoint work I've done has been Intranet facing and I know there are some challenges with SharePoint and outward facing sites. So I called...
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Some JSON Resources For You by Bil Simser

As a developer I really dig JSON over XML for information exchange. It's clean, simple, and just works. I don't have to deal with complicated schema validation, reams of unreadable encoded text, and hierarchies that make no sense. I prefer to consume...
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Prairie Dev Con West - Sessions Announced and Registration Open! by Bil Simser

I’m thrilled to announce that the Prairie Dev Con West folks have posted sessions and speakers on their site, and opened registration for Prairie Developer Conference West ! Three Days of Fantastic Sessions! Prairie Dev Con West happens March 13 – 15...
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Do We Indeed Have a Future? George Takei on Star Wars. by Bil Simser

George Takei (rhymes with Okay), probably best known for playing Hikaru Sulu on the original Star Trek, has always had deep concerns for the present and the future. Whether on Earth or among the stars, he has the welfare of humanity very much at heart...
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Too Many Kittens To Juggle At Once by Bil Simser

Ahh, the Internet. That crazy, mixed up place where one tweet turns into a conversation between dozens of people and spawns a blogpost. This is the direct result of such an event this morning. It started innocently enough, with this: Then followed up...
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Adopting the Metro Style for Line of Business Apps by Bil Simser

Here are some thoughts around adoption the new Metro style look and feel for line of business applications (LOB) in your organization. I am not a UX expert (is anyone?) but I think I know what looks and feels right and I strive to try to include that...
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Microsoft's Next Move, Split Metro and Classic Mode in Windows 8? by Bil Simser

Caveat lector. This is an opinion piece and not something I do often (or probably well) but my thoughts on this were a little more than 140 characters could handle. You have been warned. Recently Netflix CEO Reed Hastings stood up and, doing his best...
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Adding Ratings and Comments to SharePoint Publishing Pages by Bil Simser

One of the cool features that was introduced in SharePoint 2010 was ratings. Ratings allows you, with a simple configuration option, to provide the ability for users to rate individual list items. This includes pages and documents because, after all,...
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