One of the most important aspects of an application is usability. Designing your application to make the end-user's job easy is challenging and not very easy to do. Some developers call this idiot-proofing your application, but I'm sure that there are more subtle ways to put this. Many good applications…
Xamarin.iOS is such a great tool, and Michael Crump shares an excellent video he made on building your first app with Xamarin.iOS. This is a must-see for all you budding iOS devs out there. Zain Naboulsi then shares some nice tips on Visual Studio 2013. If you don't have the…
Visual Studio 2013 UI changes seem imminent. This obviously means that developers of Visual Studio extensions are really going to love Microsoft after the latest change. Luckily the change isn't radical at all (not that I minded the Visual Studio 2010 UI) but I do think that the Visual Studio…
Windows 8.1 with .Net Framework 3.5 - Kunal Chowdhury gives us the low down on how to make it work on a fresh install. Gunnar Peipman talks about Edit and Continue with 64-bit apps being supported in Visual Studio 2013. Lastly, New York get's it's own unique Web domain. Today…
Douglas C. Engelbart passed away on Tuesday at the age of 88 due to kidney failure. If you are not sure who he was, be sure to read the article in today's featured link. I am certain that he touched the life of every computer user alive today. It actually…
LightSwitch Visual Studio 2013 - Beth Massi talks about some of the new features such as Improved JavaScript IntelliSense, API support for refreshing data, Integration with Team Build and Code Analysis, Improved team development, Intrinsic database management with linked database project, LightSwitch projects work more seamlessly with the IDE, all your…
SkyDrive Pro for iOS, Windows 8 / RT was released by Microsoft on Friday. It looks the same as the standard mobile app, but provides a handy way to access your SkyDrive Pro-based files in Office 365, SharePoint Online, or SharePoint 2013. Speaking of Office 365, have you taken a look…
Anonymous has now threatened to hack North Korea and turn over secret information to Wikileaks. From Anonymous hacking Westboro Baptist Church during a live confrontation (with a somewhat childish Shirley Phelps-Roper) to Anonymous hitting the DOJ, FBI, Universal Music, MPAA And RIAA After MegaUpload Takedown, their aspirations have grown somewhat. Do you think…
Windows 8.1 Preview is here. Get a feel for the OS with a first-hand look at many of the new features and improvements with the Windows 8.1 Preview. Brandon LeBlanc discusses Windows 8.1 Preview in more detail in today's featured link, so be sure to check it out especially if you can't…
Evolution of C# is nicely represented in this graphic shared by Zubair Ahmed. Jonathan Allen also talks about .NET memory profiling using Visual Studio 2013 while Gunnar Peipman shares some Office 365 goodness. Lastly, bookmark GeekLift, an awesome regular post by Josh Benson. I have really found the info succinct…