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If you are looking to get up to speed on the Windows Phone Marketplace check out my session from the uplinq conference in San Diego.  I will blog more about the  WP7 Marketplace in the future but this is a great place to start.

Click HERE for the video.

The launch of the much anticipated Windows Phone7 (WP7) is just around the corner and with it will be the launch of the Windows Phone MarketPlace for WP7.  Now is the time to get the application you have been thinking about for years under way.  There is absolutely nothing stopping you. The tools are completely free and can be found here http://bit.ly/9J7icb 

Starting next week I will begin a series of how-to blog posts/screen casts (depending on the amount of code) that will take you through everything you need to know to get started on WP7.  Among other things we will cover (Not necessarily in this order) :

• The tools and environment
• Working with the Emulator
• Push Service \ Live Tiles
• Location Based Services
• Launchers and Choosers
• The other Sensors (Accelerometer, Proximity,  Compass, etc..)
• Multi-Touch
• And More
• Unlocking and Installing on the phone
• Marketplace and Developer Resources

Start looking for these posts coming next week.  If you have a request for a post or a question you need answered feel free to post a comment or send me an email.

Happy Coding

Daniel Egan

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Hey SoCal Developers, this is something that you don’t want to miss.  If you are looking to get up to speed on Microsoft’s Cloud Services – Windows Azure, then this is the event for you!!  Its FREE!!

This is  3 Day class that is absolutely FREE!!  Tuesday, December 15th – Thursday December 17th – 9am to 5pm each day. This is a instructor led / hands-on event.  (You will need to pay for parking. Parking is NOT validated)

Description :

The Microsoft Developer & Platform is pleased to announce a Metro Instructor Led Training event focused on Developers covering the Windows Azure Platform, for Microsoft Partners and customers. Delivered through workshop style presentations and hands-on lab exercises, the workshop will focus on three key services of the Windows Azure Platform – Windows Azure, SQL Azure and .NET Services.

This event is targeted at partners and customers who have projects that they are potentially looking to deploy to the Windows Azure Platform.

Attendee Prerequisites :

This workshop is aimed at developers, architects and systems designers with at least 6 months practical experience using Visual Studio 2008 and C#.

Agenda Topics

× An introduction to Windows Azure

× Working with Windows Azure storage

× An introduction to SQL Azure

× Building applications with SQL Azure

× An introduction to .NET Services

× Building solutions using the .NET Service Bus

Date/Time/Location:

Tuesday, December 15, 2009 9:00 AM – Thursday, December 17, 2009 5:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Microsoft Technology Center – Irvine

3 Park Plaza
Suite 1600 TBC Irvine California 92614
United States

To register please use the following link :

http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032428626&IO=He5wNESuIe2vbmj2%2bI%2bSiw%3d%3d

Or go to http://msevents.microsoft.com and use Event ID : 1032428626

Did I mention its FREE!! See you there!!

A funny thing happened on the way to my home page…. They changed it!  Well, kind of-sort of.  When I open up MSN.com on my development PC, this is what I see. It’s much brighter than its predecessor and easier to navigate. In addition, it has added some cool social media integration into the lower right hand corner.

Not only will it show my Windows Live, Facebook, and Twitter feeds, but it will also let me post from here as well.  I know this is not terribly new, but I did not expect it from MSN.com. It was a welcome surprise. 

Here is the funny part, not every user gets to see the new site. As a matter of fact, I get the old MSN page on every other computer in my house. In addition, when I do a Bing Search , I cant find anyone talking about it’s “New Design”. 

Finally, after searching every place I could think of, I found this one reference to it on its Wikipedia page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/msn.com , at the bottom of the page is this one line :

“On November 5 2009, Microsoft released a preview of their homepage and new logo. It’s expected to be widely available to over 100 million U.S. customers early next 2010.^[21][22]”

So, if unlike me, you don’t get the preview and want to see what it looks like, head over to http://www.msn.com/preview.aspx

Let me know what you think.

Daniel

It’s that time of year again, where the annual migration of the animal know as Geekus Sofecteus (or Geek to you and me) visits the warm sunny weather of Southern California. They come from far and wide (or is it wide and far) to see what will be revealed at the PDC (Professional Developers Conference). 

While I am attending the conference I will be blogging about the sessions I am in and the people that I meet, so stay tuned for PDC information overload.

Along with the great sessions that are delivered at the conference itself, there are always great parties during the week. Here is a list of the ones that I am aware of right not.

Monday ——-

Party with Palermo – 7pm-10pm – They Mayan – http://bit.ly/gBWXX

PDC09 TweetUP  – 7:30- ???  – Hotel Figueroa  – http://bit.ly/2dsveD

Visual Studio Documentary – PDC Attendees only – http://bit.ly/30LhxV

Tuesday ——–

INETA Community Roundtable – 7:00 PMLA Convention Center – http://bit.ly/30LhxV

Wednesday —–

PDC Underground – 7pm – 1am – Conga Room LA Live – http://bit.ly/4d5Jod

There will be more that I find out about as the week gets going so I will update hear about them.

I have finally reached Paris. After 2 planes 15 hours, 3 naps, and a chicken dinner, we landed in Paris in the oui hours of the morning (6am to be exact).  We area staying in the 6th district near Notre Dame and on the way to our apartment, one of the funny things I noticed was how small the cars were, not an SUV in sight. This made a lot more sense once I saw the size of the street were were saying on

When we finally reached our destination, we started getting settled in and when I popped open my laptop, I discovered that the Sensor and Location platform, or more specifically my IP location provider was able to determine I was in Paris and automatically changed my weather gadget to show me the local weather.   The sensor and location platform is one of the cool new things developers can use as part of Windows 7. Although it is very useful for gadgets, it can be used for any type of application that wants to be aware of its surroundings.  Go check it out, you will like it.

This week I traveled through the Southland (LA, Orange County, San Diego) talking about some cool new things coming out from Microsoft. (Windows 7 Multi-touch, Silverlight RIA Services, SketchFlow). Below you will find the slides and demos for the talk.  Enjoy.   ~Daniel

You can find the files for the demos HERE. For the RIA Services Demo,  you will find the step by step snipits in the Presentation folder. 

Let me know if you have any questions.

Daniel

Image via Wikipedia

Join me for one of the coolest things to come out of the dev community in quite a while. I will be doing a seminar on Windows 7 Multi-Touch, and SketchFlow.   You can see the Agenda below, but you will really want to see the MultiTouch and SketchFlow stuff.  See you there.

Irvine
September 9, 2009

1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Click here  to register

Event ID: 1032423014

Los Angeles
September 10, 2009

1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Click here  to register

Event ID: 1032423015

San Diego
September 10, 2009

1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Click here  to register

Event ID: 1032423016

MSDN Presents: The Next Generation Client Experience

Windows 7 for Developers (MULTI- Touch) = Cool

Windows 7 is almost here! With it are numerous improvements and new features to take advantage of in your applications. Watch and learn as we demonstrate how to utilize the new taskbar, multi-touch support and more.

IE8 for Developers ( Showing how to create an accelerator)

IE8 makes your web better… faster, safer and easier.  This is true for developers too.  In this session, we will illustrate how developers can take advantage of some new technologies in IE8 such as accelerators to enhance a user’s web experience.  We will also illustrate the built-in developer tools in IE8 and how to take advantage of them.  These tools include a powerful CSS tool, script debugging and a script profiler.

Building Business Applications with Silverlight 3 and RIA Services

Silverlight 3 has launched.  In this session, we will illustrate how you can build powerful line of business (LOB) applications with Silverlight 3 and Expression Blend 3.  We will begin with illustrating how you can build powerful prototypes with SketchFlow in Blend 3.

I am training for the Disneyland 1/2 marathon in September and have been running 4-5 times a week. This will be my longest run in training for this race as I will be dialing it back the next few weeks in preparation for the big day. I found this real cool Social Network site (Which is why I am posting it on here) called MapMyRun.com. You can see the path that I will be running below. It gives me exact mileage and elevation and lets me note where hazards and places to get water are located. I am going to contact the owners of the site to see if I can get a mini interview with them about how they started and what technology they are using. Anyway, I have to get on the road now…. long run ahead.

See you socially (or running) — Daniel