I love it when worlds collide, in this case my world of mobile phone development and the world of 3D printing. In a great move to encourage users to embrace the Lumia platform, Nokia have released, all of the 3D assets needed to enable users to print their own cases using 3D printers. Looking at the 820 with the back …

As many people know I am a huge fan of Microsoft’s Security Development Lifecycle. There are a set of guides which are well worth knowing about one of which deals with Health The paper is designed for anybody developing Software and Software Interfaces in Health (specifically HIPPA) in the US but it is just as …

Many years ago Black Marble undertook to help people to program, not with the aim of turning out large numbers of developer minions but to show how learning to program teaches people how to break down and solve problems. Lynn Lagit and LLewellyn Falco have produced a series of videos based on the workshops they are …

I have been discussing Windows 8 development with several developer groups this month and it seems that only a few developers were aware that in November update to the Windows App Certification Kit (ACK) was posted, it offers several bug fixes and more importantly new tests which came into force in the middle of …

Just before Christmas a number of enhancements were released, the continual growth combined with the short release cadence is showing Azure to be an amazing platform for development and delivery. Included in the update: Mobile Services CRON – a well built job scheduler for routine maintenance (tutorial here) CLI …

There has been a hot fix that fixes some issues in Update 1 some from the RTM. Issues Addressed Collections that are attached to a server that is running TFS 2012 Update 1 may lose permissions Group scopes may incorrectly cause permission errors Severe decrease in performance after TFS 2012 Update 1 is installed …

I have had a Nokia 920 with Windows Phone 8 for several months and I thought it worth the effort to put some notes down Good Bits The screen is large and clear, pinning apps in small and large format allows me all of the configuration I need. Nokia Drive + is just awesome, maps for the whole world, all available …

The BizTalk team recently announced that the next version of BizTalk is to be a major release not R2. Feature Updates ESB Toolkit integration – ESB Toolkit is now fully integrated with BizTalk Server and the ESB Toolkit configuration has been simplified. Dependency tracking - The dependencies between artefacts can now …

For most developers the ability to drive applications with just the keyboard is as much instinctive as it is productive and Windows 8 allows it. Following on from my previous post this post covers how to navigate and use the touch interface of Windows 8 with the Keyboard The key to effective Windows 8 keyboard mastery …

Obviously the most important tool is Visual Studio 2012 which is available as Express and the various wonderful SKU’s but along side these there are some great toolkits which will help your Windows 8 escapades no end. this list will be updated regularly Calisto The Calisto Toolkit developed by Tim Heuer adds helper …