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Windows Phone 7 in 7: Getting Started with Windows Phone 7
A useful tutorial for getting up and running with Windows Phone 7. Full disclosure: I was invited to embed this video by Unruly Media, who is working directly with Microsoft, and I may make a few cents per view. However, … Continue reading
Posted in Windows Phone 7
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Drawing Primitives in XNA Game Studio 4.0
So I’m working on porting Falling Balls over to Windows Phone 7. I have the animated stick figure, the motion code, the blood spatter, and sound effects all working. I’ll eventually need a real device to get the accelerometer stuff … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Windows Phone 7
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Things I like this week
1. Visual Studio, C Sharp, and the XNA framework. I’ve used Visual Studio before. I know it’s good. I’ve known this for a while. But I guess it’s been a while since I’ve done much in it. And over the … Continue reading
Posted in General
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Gravity Tutorial – Windows Phone 7 Version – Part III
If you’re not up to speed, make sure you go back and read Part I and Part II of this tutorial. A Few Fixes Before we go into user interaction, I wanted to make a few changes to yesterday’s code. … Continue reading
Posted in Windows Phone 7
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Gravity Tutorial – Windows Phone 7 Version – Part II
Assuming you’ve gone through Part I, you now have a ball showing up at location 100, 100 on the simulator screen. Now let’s get it moving. Here’s the plan: we’ll set up another Vector2 for velocity, and add that to … Continue reading
Posted in Windows Phone 7
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Gravity Tutorial – Windows Phone 7 Version – Part I
This morning, at 8:11 a.m., I downloaded and installed the Windows Phone 7 developer tools from here: http://developer.windowsphone.com/ Less than 12 hours later, I am writing a tutorial on it. AND, I fit in a 5 mile run, a haircut … Continue reading
Posted in Windows Phone 7
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Things I like this week
1. Internet Explorer 9. Go ahead, laugh. It’s a good browser. Just made it my default. 24 hours in and I don’t miss Chrome yet. 2. Fences. Organize your Windows desktop icons. Killer feature – double click desktop and all … Continue reading
Posted in General, Silverlight, Technology
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Thoughts on eBook formats
The traditional markets that have existed for hundreds or thousands of years are still struggling with this newfangled digital media stuff, trying to impose old world restrictions on it that just don’t work. I’m all for an author, musician, artist … Continue reading
Posted in General, Kindle, Uncategorized
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Kindle vs. iPad redux
I know I’m fanning the flames here, but I thought it was a bit funny. Not hilarious, but cute. Of course, you could make a follow up ad that showed the woman trying to check her email or whatever…
Posted in Kindle
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Create cool retro sound effects for games
I’ve used these tools a few times before, but couldn’t remember the names just now. Figured I’d post this for my future self. The next time I can’t remember, I’ll search my own blog. Anyway, two cool tools, one a … Continue reading
Posted in General
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