Friday 28th October will be my last day working for Sequence a talented full service Digital Agency in Cardiff. I started in Sequence back in January 2007 where I had my sites firmly set on being a development team manager.…
Yearly Archives: 2011
Adding a map image to a secondary live tile.
Does your app use live tiles to pin a tile that relates to a location that has a known Latitude and Longitude? If so did you know that it is easy to have a map of that location appear on…
I passed!
There was I thinking that my exam didn’t go well but this morning I got notification that I had passed the exam! This is the 1st time that I have been an MCP in any way. I am well chuffed!
An end to the good times before they even start? …
On may the 18th I published an article that actually managed the biggest view numbers that I have had on any blog post that I have previously written: More good times for app developers? I think this is mainly down…
Cardiff–WPUG #2
On June 1st we had the second user group meeting in Cardiff. It was quite an impressive turnout and I would like to say thanks to all those who came along. We do have a nice group of people building…
More good times for app developers?
UPDATE: 6th June 2011 Hi, I just added a new post that expresses my disappointment in the messages that have come from the Windows 8 launch: https://mikehole.com/2011/06/06/an-end-to-the-good-times-before-they-even-start/ Just a short post to get something that has just started swishing about…
Tagged with: Applications, Silverlight, Tablets, Win8
Posted in ARM, C#, Silverlight, Tablets, Windows 8
Posted in ARM, C#, Silverlight, Tablets, Windows 8
Tile Maker
One of my applications on the marketplace is the countdown tile application. This is a simple application that when pinned to the home screen lets you see a countdown of the number of days until a certain date. This application…
The WP7 Marketplace and the Enterprise
Being a windows phone developer I must say that the Mango platform update has me very excited (except a 30min and 15 second agent restriction leaves me underwhelmed – but that’s another story). One aspect of Mango that Microsoft have…
From demo to featured application
Part of the agenda for each WPUG meeting is to give time for people to demonstrate their application to the rest of the attendees. These applications can be a finished product or something that has just been started by the…
Cardiff – WPUG March 2011
Ok so meeting Number 1 down and definite call for more! From the feedback that I have received people did find it very useful and they are also expecting more. Some pointers to follow on from my talk: The developer…
Mike Hole 