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I’m back from PDC 2008 , sitting at my computer, trying to apply in more concrete ways what I’ve learn there, and evaluating how this will affect my projects in the near future. Indeed, Windows Azure was a great announcement, and seems a great platform, Read More...
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So day one of PDC 2008 is coming to an end, I’ll be going to the “Show Time” special session in a few minutes, then check if there’s a party around. What did that first PDC day bring me exactly? Well, I can now put a name on something obvious that had Read More...
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Update : I will use a special PDC badge instead. I’ve decided to give away slimKEYS licenses to anyone who recognizes me at the next PDC 2008 in Los Angeles. That’s right, free as in beer. Just watch carefully for me and my PDC Badge , in case it reads Read More...
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My son Clément really likes computers and Pocket PC devices. More than pens and papers. I even gave him my old HP Jornada 545. He’s also having some difficulties with handwriting and precision. So I thought I’d use that attraction to my Windows Mobile Read More...
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Today, I released a minor update to slimKEYS, version 1.2.8479 . The three most important new features are: slimSEARCH: You can configure any web search entry to replace spaces by a specific character instead of the default “+”. This is particularly Read More...
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DutchTab for Windows Mobile is out of beta, and now officially supports both Pocket PC and Smartphone devices running Windows Mobile 5 or 6. This application is a joined venture with my friend Pascal who made an iPhone version of DutchTab at the same Read More...
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What is DutchTab ? It’s a Windows Mobile application I’ve been working on for the past weeks. My friend Pascal Bourque convinced me (pretty easily) to migrate an application I made years ago for splitting lunch bills at Xceed . We decided to make that Read More...
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A new version of slimKEYS is now available . Though the list of new features is slim, it took me more than just a few hours to get through translation of the interface to French, and to finally make slimVOLUME support 64-bit Vista systems. In the first Read More...
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I wanted to upgrade my SmartFTP 2.5 to version 3.0 to overcome many crashes I get on Vista. Not only did the setup told me my maintenance was expired and had to renew it in order to use the upgrade, it told me the following applications were using files Read More...
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I had an agreement . I gave my word. In order to win the book, I had to make a critique of it. I read it. I took notes. I enjoyed many topics, considering the book as a very good read for someone like me who's starting with web development and ASP.NET. Read More...
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This morning, my Google alerts pointed me to this page , a Russian web site talking about a product called SLIMCODE. Google Translate tells me it's a box of capsules for a weight loss program. I'm fine with that. It's normal, on this planet, to have some Read More...
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I'm getting crazy. Totally. I'm now convinced aliens kidnapped me in my sleep and changed my Vista installation. This morning, I tried to open a Command Prompt as administrator. I pressed Win-Z, typed "cmd", pressed Ctrl-Enter to get to the slimKEYS extended Read More...
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I bought myself a nice gadget lately; an HTC P4000 mobile phone . While everybody is getting all excited (for good reasons, I admit) about the iPhone SDK, I decided to stick with Windows Mobile, a platform I was used to (both using and developing for). Read More...
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With Scott's Visual Studio's theme rundown , I'm getting requests for my VS Settings file for my older example . I can't give you the exact same colors, as I've tweaked them a little. Fear not, the look is almost the same, but I did change the font. Here's Read More...
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My very good friend Pascal Bourque is one of the lucky 5 nominees for the MSDN Canada Code Awards 2008 , for his key role in the creation of the Xceed DataGrid for WPF . I often compare Pascal's technical skills with Scott Guthrie , who I happen to admire Read More...
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