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Thinking Functionally in C# with monads.net 8 Aug 2013 | 01:09 am
Functional concepts have worked their way into C# most notably through linq and lambda expressions, but the benefits of functional concepts in C# don’t have to stop there. This post will exemplify how...
Clarity Clue Tech Challenge 23 Jul 2013 | 07:48 pm
Every once in a while, Clarity holds a Tech Challenge wherein employees code entries that compete against each other in games such as Risk, Hearts, or Battleship. Recently, Brad Pederson and I hosted ...
Design for Software the book – available now! 27 Mar 2013 | 06:58 am
Today is a big day, I’m pleased to announce that “Design for Software: A Playbook for Developers” is finally available to the public! It was a long journey taking nearly 14 months to complete, but it’...
Freebie: Microsoft Surface RT PSD and Ai Template 17 Dec 2012 | 02:47 am
We produce a ton of artwork for Windows 8 and when we present ideas to our clients I like the artwork to look as good as possible. One way we do this is by placing the designs within a device frame. ...
Rally Keeper – Kinect based ping pong visualizer 12 Dec 2012 | 11:56 am
Following up on my last post, I mentioned that we are creating a fun installation that involves tracking small fast-moving objects. So without further ado I give you Rally Keeper: Overview Before I ...
Blob Tracking: Kinect + OpenCV + WPF 22 Nov 2012 | 11:25 pm
With the latest SDK release, the Kinect platform has become pretty robust – skeleton tracking, gesture support, and access to the raw infrared stream all come “out-of-the-box”. Which is great, because...
Win8 and Flowing Authentication Credentials 2 Nov 2012 | 04:30 pm
The Problem A couple months back I was developing a demo Windows 8 application (HTML/JS) and needed to authenticate against a web service on the corporate network. The credentials needed are the same...
The SimpleMembershipProvider Plays Nice with EF Code First and Azure 31 Oct 2012 | 09:05 pm
We’ve been looking into some of the plumbing for a new project. One part of the solution is an ASP MVC site hosted in Azure. We’re plan to have our own membership database so we started looking at t...
The Tech Behind a Contre Jour Snot 23 Oct 2012 | 10:13 pm
While the award winning game Contre Jour is amazing on many fronts, its stunning visuals are probably its most unique asset. As detailed in a colleague’s blog post the game creates its graphics throug...
Large Datasets in Windows 8: Part 2 – Syncing Datasets to SQLite 10 Oct 2012 | 01:57 am
Note: This is part two of a two part series. Part one focuses on how to get data from a web service using a C# data layer and display it in a ListView and can be found here. In my previous post, I sh...
