DANIEL VAUGHAN

Using T4 To Generate Windows Phone Wmappmanifest Files

06 Apr 2012

Recently, Eric Schoenholzer began an interesting discussion on the Windows Phone Experts group on linkedin centred around techniques for effectively monetizing your apps on the Windows Phone marketplace. In particular, he raised the interesting question of whether it is better to publish a single app with a trial, or whether it is more effective to go for two apps: a free version with ads and a paid version without ads. These days I favour the...

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March .NET Dev Meeting in Geneva Final Date

06 Mar 2012

The date for the next Geneva Microsoft Technology Developers meeting has been set: 6pm Monday 12 March. It’s going to be an extremenly interesting meeting this month. A couple of members have volunteered to present, and it’s bound to be a lot of fun. If you have any small pieces of code or something you find interesting, please feel free to jump up and show it to the group! Don’t hold back! Please feel free...

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Looking To Apollo

01 Mar 2012

I’m here in Redmond attending the annual MVP summit. Besides all the terrific sessions, connecting with product teams, and the after parties, I’m excited about what I’ve seen on the upcoming Apollo release of the Windows Phone OS. While an NDA prevents me from providing any detail, I can say that, in my view, Microsoft is making the right choices regarding the direction of the phone that will make it an easy choice for business...

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March .NET Dev Meeting in Geneva

13 Feb 2012

After the success of last month’s .NET developers meeting in Geneva, we’re doing it again! Feel like meeting up with other developers to discuss Microsoft software development, in particular Windows Phone, XAML, WinRT, Silverlight , WPF and ASP.NET? Come join us at the Microsoft building in Geneva between the 12th and 16th of March. A poll has been set up to narrow down the date. Please let us know if you’d like to attend by...

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Geneva Developers Meetup Feb 2012

23 Jan 2012

Live near the Geneva area of Switzerland? Feel like meeting up with other developers to discuss Microsoft software development, in particular Windows Phone, XAML, WinRT, Silverlight , WPF and ASP.NET? Come join us at the Microsoft building in Geneva on the 7th of February 2012. Please let us know if you’ll attend by adding your name to this poll. The location of the meeting is: Microsoft Sarl MBC 12 ave. des Morgines 1213 Petit-Lancy, Geneva...

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