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What’s On Your Desk? 30 May 2013 | 09:10 pm
Almost two years ago (has it really been that long?) I wrote an article titled, “What’s In Your Laptop Bag?” It contained an exhaustive list of things I carry with me everywhere when I’m traveling to...
Station Identification 28 May 2013 | 09:38 pm
I’m a big believer that in order to be good at what you do, you need to pay attention to what everyone else is doing. For the longest time, I never understood why radio stations seem to interrupt you...
Lessons Learned In Using Microsoft Ads 1 Apr 2013 | 05:24 pm
Yesterday ended my first month of being an active Windows 8 app publisher. The way I define “active” is that I have been consistently working to improve it since its launch. There are many apps that...
POLL: Is It Gambling? 27 Mar 2013 | 06:49 am
Let’s say, hypothetically, that you had created a game that simulated video poker. Users can download the app for free, and they play with free credits that can’t be purchased in any way, nor can the...
Lessons Learned From Rushing To Market 26 Mar 2013 | 03:18 am
I’m still working on my Windows 8 application, King Poker, and have I learned some things this week. (It’s also available for Windows Phone, btw.) In general, my app is pretty straightforward. It’s ...
Lessons Learned About Capturing Keystrokes in Windows 8 17 Mar 2013 | 03:05 am
It would appear I’m going to start pumping out little “lessons learned” articles over the next few weeks, as I’ve learned an absolute TON from building my King Poker app. Today’s lesson is about capt...
Lessons Learned in Windows 8 Scaling 16 Mar 2013 | 04:38 pm
As I mentioned in my last article, I recently published a new Windows 8 application called King Poker. One of the major challenges I had was around handling the giant variety of screen sizes that are...
Lessons Learned in Windows 8 App Certification 26 Feb 2013 | 07:10 pm
Today, I finally got my first Windows 8 app into the marketplace. It was certainly not for a lack of trying, however. I actually failed my first FIVE attempts, but I chalk most of that up to inexper...
Windows 8 Office Hours, Design Help, and Funding 6 Feb 2013 | 12:54 am
In my time working with software developers on their apps, I’ve found three things to generally be true: Their app is making great progress, but they’ve hit a technical hurdle that they can’t solve. T...
31 Days of Windows 8 | Day #31: Design 1 Dec 2012 | 12:08 pm
This article is Day #29 in a series called 31 Days of Windows 8. Each of the articles in this series will be published for both HTML5/JS and XAML/C#. You can find additional resources, downloads, and...
