There’s never magic, but plenty of butterfly effects
I’ve always enjoyed magic shows, but I’ve never attempted to understand how the tricks are performed, since that would take all of the fun out of them. In contrast, if I see a web browser demonstrating...
View ArticleCourse simplifies creation of WPF applications
KinectInteraction is a set of features, first introduced in Developer Toolkit 1.7, which allows Kinect-enabled applications to incorporate gesture-based interactivity. Developers can use...
View ArticleGamemaker Standard FREE!!
If you have read many of my blog posts, you probably know that I use Gamemaker Studio very frequently with work and even in my personal projects for making games for Windows 8 and Windows Phone. With...
View ArticleSpecial offer for Unity3D Devs Targeting Windows
Building Games for Windows Using Unity3d? We've got an incentive offer for you. Unity devs can receive complimentary store registrations, Windows 8 licenses, and phone and tablet devices to work with....
View ArticleEvent: Testing Info Days 2014
Testen mit Microsoft Tools: Erfahren Sie mehr über die neuesten Funktionen und aktuellen Trends, die Visual Studio 2013 im Testing Bereich bereit hält. Die ganztägige Informationsveranstaltungen der...
View ArticleWhat does the SEE_MASK_UNICODE flag in ShellExecuteEx actually do?
Somebody with a rude name wonders what the SEE_MASK_UNICODE flag does. It does nothing. The flag was introduced when porting the Windows 95 shell to Windows NT. It happened further back in history...
View ArticleEnums, Enums, Enums, a One-Liner
Enums are short for Enumerations, which is a fancy way of saying, “map this [string] to that [int].” They’re handy when you want to limit choices, such as ‘Continue’, ‘SilentlyContinue’, etc. In this...
View ArticleHigher Education Webinar: CRM in Action
Friday, 14th March 2014 12:00pm, Online // LyncDoes your organisation struggle to: •Attract and retain more prospective students? •Manage the student life-cycle from lead through to alumni?...
View ArticleHow to change SharePoint 2013 application pool account.
Today I got a request to change the Service Account for my Web Application, below are the steps I followed. Note:- You may skip configure / Register Managed account steps, if you already have the...
View ArticleSharePoint 2013, SP1 and Slipstreaming
Service Pack 1 for SharePoint 2013 has been released. This includes all previous bug fixes released in the CUs. It also enables the ability for folks to use Windows Server 2012 R2. In a previous post,...
View ArticleSharePoint Conference 2014
I want to post a quick note to let folks know that I'll be at the SharePoint conference next week. If any reads want to say hello, please do! I love meeting readers. (If they're actually humans and not...
View ArticleCloud projects and cross-country moves
I tend to take real-life events and correlate them to computational scenarios. It’s a hazard of being a technical professional, I suppose.In the United States, it’s kind of a law that you have to move...
View ArticleMythos: Windows kann von Haus aus nicht Zippen
Aus gegebenem Anlass möchte ich hier auf ein altes, falsche Gerücht eingehen, das mich bereits Wochen meines Arbeitslebens gekostet hat: Der Windows-Explorer kann Dateien nicht...
View ArticleVisual Studio Tipps und Tricks, Teil 29: IntelliSense bändigen (Ctrl+Alt+Space)
In einem meiner vorherigen Blogposts habe ich ja schon beschrieben, wie man IntelliSense aufruft. Und insgesamt ist IntelliSense natürlich großartig. Manchmal treibt es einen aber auch in den Wahnsinn:...
View ArticleUpdated Embedded Lifecycle page
We just updated the Windows Embedded lifecycle page at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsembedded/en-us/product-lifecycles.aspx to clarify end of availability and end of support for embedded products....
View ArticleChronoZoom and zombies head to SXSWedu
ChronoZoom and zombies head to SXSWeduThe developer community has been busy building creative applications with ChronoZoom, including a free curriculum that teaches historical thinking by immersing...
View ArticleDemystifying Power BI Q&A – Part 1
IntroductionBy now, you’ve probably seen a demo of Power BI Q&A and may have played with one of our sample models. So at this point, you’re probably thinking one of two things: Either you’re amazed...
View ArticleHelp for the ShapeSheet is here
Ever wish there was an easier way to work with the ShapeSheet when creating shapes? Maybe you just want to watch a few cells as you make changes to shapes to help you understand the relationships...
View ArticleOffice SP1 and SharePoint 2013 Search
Good Day,This is mostly information aggregator type blog but I wanted to let the SP 2013 search community know of the Office / SharePoint 2013 SP1 details. Mostly bug fixes, a good fix for FQL/KQL...
View ArticleIIT DSP Links
If you’re Illinois Institute of Technology student and need the link to your departments DreamSpark Premium storefront you’ll find most of them below.IIT CS: http://aka.ms/iitcsIIT ITM:...
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