We are working on a Surface 2 based application that runs on Windows 7, but is going to be running on very large touch-based wall mounted displays. These displays will allow multiple users to be interacting with the UI at the same time, making heavy use of multi-touch. The built-in keyboard in Windows 7 is [...]
Well, it’s that time again. I have been asked to do some software industry predictions for 2010. God only knows why; I have made some really bad predictions over the last 25 years in this business. So, it is with a careful and skeptical eye that you should view my predictions for this coming year, [...]
After trying out the new features in Blend 3 I’m definitely looking forward to the full release. It already seems to be more responsive than Blend 2 SP1 while navigating around files, templates, selected elements, etc, even at this pre-Beta stage. I was disappointed to see SketchFlow missing from the Preview, but look forward to [...]
As is the tradition for a few years now, Kevin McGlaughlin of ChannelWeb contacted me in December asking for my “Microsoft” predictions for 2009. You can see my comments on Rich Internet Applications and some other really interesting comments in his article here: http://www.crn.com/it-channel/212201200;jsessionid=KFY313DQZEDBSQSNDLPSKHSCJUNN2JVN?pgno=3 Here is the un-edited content i sent over to Kevin on [...]
I just ran across some interesting news for those of you working with WF. It seems that the DataSource activities will be removed in Beta2. Excerpt from Windows Workflow Foundation Forum entry… It’s also worthwhile pointing out that the DataSource activities have been removed in Beta2, so you might be better off using the EventSink/InvokeMethod [...]
Oh man have the MS folks got their act together over the years at teched. This is the 7th straight tech ed that i have had the pleasure to speak at and MS has never been more organized. i used to be able to do a single session and party with my buddies and the [...]