I recorded this screencast that shows you how to create a metro icon using Expression Design. You can get a 60-day trial of Expression Studio (which includes Design) at http://bit.ly/designtrial. If you’re a student, you can download it for free at DreamSpark.com.
Month: June 2012
The Campus Coder Show #3: Ben Snyder and Zach Hoefler
The Campus Coder is a half-hour podcast series that features interviews with student developers who have made the leap into professional development with Microsoft tools. It’s intended to educate, entertain and enlighten aspiring student developers! This week, Ed and Glen talk with Ben Snyder and Zach Hoefler, two students from the Rochester Institute of Technology…
The Campus Coder Show #2: Nic Colley
The Campus Coder is a half-hour podcast series that features interviews with student developers who have made the leap into professional development with Microsoft tools. It’s intended to educate, entertain and enlighten aspiring student developers! Tune in as Glen and Ed talk to Nic Colley (@niccolley), Imagine Cup Game Design winner in 2010. In this…
The Campus Coder Show #1: Chevon Christie
The Campus Coder is a half-hour podcast series that features interviews with student developers who have made the leap into professional development with Microsoft tools. It’s intended to educate, entertain and enlighten aspiring student developers! Chevon Christie (@chevonchr) is a student developer in the Macaulay Honors College at Hunter College in New York. Chevon has…
How to Quickly Create Windows Phone Icons
I recorded this short screencast showing how to use Windows Phone Icons Maker to quickly create application icons for Windows Phone apps. You can get Windows Phone Icons Maker at http://wpiconmaker.codeplex.com. Enjoy! (If the colors are weird for you, I’m really sorry! I tried uploading it several times to take care of it, but it…
Generation App
Every era has its defining technology. There was radio, then television, and then the Internet. Today, applications have become the technology that informs and entertains the world. Welcome to Generation App. Generation App is a movement that will unite everyone who has a stake in the future of applications—people with ideas for apps, people who…
Startup Weekend DC–GOV 2.0
Startup Weekend proudly presents its second-ever pilot event focused on fostering innovation & entrepreneurship in the public sector. In partnership with Code for America, we invite you to join us on June 15-17, 2012, at Microsoft’s Chevy Chase office (on the red line, Friendship Heights metro stop) to solve real-life problems faced by federal and local…
30 Days of App Development Tips
In May I tweeted some Windows Phone development tips. So you don’t have to go through my Twitter stream, I’ve compiled all 30 of the tips here. Starting at Day 1 and all the way to Day 30, here are some app development tips! And be sure to follow me on Twitter, @creepyed! Day 1…
Windows 8 Release Preview Available!
If you follow news in the tech world, you’re probably aware that the Windows 8 Release Preview went live last Thursday. If you don’t follow news in the tech world, I want to let you know that the Windows 8 Release Preview went live last Thursday! To get started right away, go download Windows 8…