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Infragistics User Group Contest 2013: Let the Games Begin!
It’s that time again. Time to start the second annual Infragistics User Group Contest 2013. In case you missed it, last year I started the very first Infragistics User Group Contest 2012. This...
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How to add updating to the Ignite UI Tree’s Drag & Drop
As it turns out the Drag & Drop feature is like the gift that keeps on giving – new year and new enhancement to the functionality! May be because the Ignite UI Tree is flexible enough or maybe...
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First Impression of BlackBerry 10’s New Design
Besides the big release of Microsoft Windows 8 OS, another potential hit at the beginning of 2013 must be BlackBerry 10. With glimpses at some of their key features from developer previews, I've tried...
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BAM! The Burlington, Albany, and Montreal User Group Tour
I would like to announce my first user group tour of 2013. I call it BAM! The Burlington, Albany, and Montreal User Group Tour. Starting Feb 9th, I will be making my way to Burlington Vermont to...
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Using PhoneGap in Windows 8 Store Applications
In a series of blogs you will learn about how to use PhoneGap with the new cutting edge Microsoft platforms – Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8. We will talk how to start and how to use PhoneGap with...
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Introducing Kona Guidance for Windows 8 Application Development (Think of it...
I am extremely excited to announce a new project from the smart people at Microsoft’s Patterns & Practices team called Kona. What is Kona you ask? Kona is the new developer guidance for...
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CES 2013 - What's in store for Microsoft
The Consumer Electronics Show, first held in 1967, kicked off the 8th of January in its usual location of Las Vegas. What’s unique about this year is that Microsoft will not be officially exhibiting at...
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NetAdvantage Reporting Release Notes – January: 11.2, 12.1 Service Releases
With every release of NetAdvantage Reporting comes a set of release notes that reflects the state of resolved bugs and new additions from the previous release. You’ll find the notes useful to help...
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Using PhoneGap in Windows 8 Phone Applications
This blog is about how to start with PhoneGap and Windows Phone 8. In my previous blog: “Using PhoneGap in Windows 8 Store Applications” we talked about how to start with Windows 8 applications...
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Not just viewing Reporting Services Reports on your iPad... mix and match...
There are ways to view Reporting Services reports from the iPad, no novelty there. One of the good things about ReportPlus is that not only allows viewing SSRS reports on the iPad, online and offline,...
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Using Ignite UI Controls with WordPress
We’ve stated time and time again that the Ignite UI controls based on jQuery and jQuery UI are pure client-side scripts that are completely server agnostic (meaning they do not depend on the back end)....
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SMS text messaging - 20 years on
Over 20 years ago the very first text message was sent. On the 3rd of December 1992 a message was sent from a computer to a mobile phone, using the UK’s Vodafone’s UK network. The message simply read...
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Infragistics at CodeMash
Come See Us!Attention all CodeMashers: Please visit us at our booth for:Killer demos of our new HTML5/JQ offeringsA chance to win a Kindle HDSecrets on jazzing up your mobile apps
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The Importance Of A Good Icon
Icon design is a funny old game. Computer applications have always had icons; well, ever since operating systems offered graphical user interfaces (sometime in the 60’s and 70’s, though this is a blog...
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Indigo Studio Design Rationale - Defining Interactions
There are many tools available today for designers that claim in some way to be a "prototyping" tool. Most of these imply some kind of interactive capability, and by far most of them, oddly enough,...
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SMB's of the world... get business intelligence from your email with ReportPlus
There are lots of small businesses out there that rely on email accounts for mission critical processes, I know because I used to run one. This is particularly true for lead capture, and issue &...
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What Is New In WPF 4.5
As you may be aware, WPF 4.5 was released sometime back. Just as every other product or technology that undergoes a version update, WPF also brings a number of new/enhanced features to the table.Let’s...
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Are You Design-Driven? Probably Not.
The phrase “design-driven” seems to be used a lot these days. From design blogs to books on building corporate culture to marketing campaigns, everyone either thinks they are “design-driven” or need to...
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Interaction Design with Clutter Free UI
If you're much like this fella, you probably get sick of all the garbage that most professional software tools foist on you. Bagillions of floating or docked panels, inspectors, property sheets, menus,...
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CodeMash 2013: Event Recap
Stellar Sessions, Good times, Great folks!Last week, I had the pleasure of attending and speaking at the CodeMash event in Sandusky, Ohio. Hailing from Detroit, it was great to be back in my childhood...
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