Mike Ormond's Blog
Musings on mobile development and Windows Phone 7 in particular.
I've Just Bought a VW Camper
Beep beep! Am I mad? Technorati Tags: vw , camper , money-pit?
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 08/23/2007
Silverlight 1.1 Projects Running From Filesystem
I've seen the same question a few times now about how you can create a Silverlight 1.1 project that...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 08/21/2007
NxtGenUG Cambridge
NxtGenUG have just announced they're adding a new region to their already extensive collection...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 08/20/2007
Office Open XML Article Now Available Online
I noticed this morning that the article I wrote about Office Open XML is now available on the VSJ...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 08/16/2007
More JavaScript Debugging in Visual Studio 2008
Well I confess that I perhaps underestimated just how good a feature the JavaScript debugging in...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 08/15/2007
I Saved Up For Guitar Hero II
I did save up for Guitar Hero II and it arrived last week. I did the tutorials, played half a song...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 08/14/2007
Vista + FireFox + Cassini Web Server (Visual Studio Web Server) Revisited
A long time ago (and I do mean a long time ago) I posted that I was having problems with this...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 08/14/2007
Imaginary Facebook Friends
I know Steve's blogged a bit about Facebook recently but this story about how willing Facebook users...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 08/14/2007
Belkin Wireless G USB Network Adapter - Why did I buy this thing?
Okay so it was (relatively) cheap but the reviews were, well, mixed. Still I splashed out £9.99...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 08/10/2007
Silverlight Controls
There's been a lot of talk about Silverlight 1.1 controls (or the current lack thereof) so I thought...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 08/08/2007
Spider Pig
Gem and I went to see the Simpson's Movie the other night (hurray for Orange Wednesdays - half price...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 08/08/2007
Content Controls and Repeating Data (or Can I Make a Table?)
The most frequently asked question I receive on Word content controls and databinding goes along the...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 08/07/2007
Two More Open XML Nuggets
I've published another two Office Open XML nuggets. Actually I published them a couple of weeks ago...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 08/07/2007
Moving to Silverlight 1.1 Alpha Refresh - A Quick Checklist
Here are a few things you'll have to change in your Silverlight 1.1 apps to get them working with...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 08/06/2007
//TODO (before rebuilding your machine)
I rebuilt my machine earlier in the week (the Remote Installation Service lets me flatten and...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 08/03/2007
Silverlight: IsHitTestable = IsHitTestVisible
Intellisense may suggest there is an IsHitTestable property on your elements, but the property's...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 08/03/2007
Silverlight Breakpoints Not Being Hit?
After rebuilding my machine I found that breakpoints on the Silverlight 1.1 project I was working on...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 08/02/2007
Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Fx 3.5 Beta 2 Released
Announced on Soma's blog (and soon to be followed by Silverlight 1.0 RC 1). There are some really...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 07/26/2007
Mix:UK Registration is Live
From our Mix:UK site Mix:UK 07 is the premier event for web designers and web developers to: Get...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 07/26/2007
The Silverlight Control and its many parts
Ian Griffiths has an excellent and detailed post on the "Silverlight Control" and its many guises....
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 07/23/2007
Accessing ASP.NET Application Services from Silverlight - Namespaces
An email on one of our internal aliases made me realise that I hadn't included the namespaces I'd...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 07/20/2007
Accessing ASP.NET Application Services from Silverlight (part 3)
See also part 1 and part 2. So we're at the point where we've set up our environment, we've created...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 07/18/2007
Accessing ASP.NET Application Services from Silverlight (part 2)
In part 1, we set ourselves up for success by creating the necessary project structure, xaml file...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 07/12/2007
Accessing ASP.NET Application Services from Silverlight
A chance conversation at the NxtGenUG got me to thinking about whether you could access the ASP.NET...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 07/12/2007
My Office Open XML Article is published in VSJ
If you don't subscribe to VSJ then do so immediately even if it's just to get hold of my Office Open...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 07/11/2007
I don't know what those NxtGenUG guys are up to...
But they're asking for our help. In the style of "Family Fortunes" ("Our survey says..."), help them...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 07/11/2007
Windows Workflow Book
I was chatting to someone about Windows Workflow Foundation last night at the NxtGenUG meeting and I...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 07/10/2007
Congratulations, you're a spam score winner!
I don't profess to know much about the economics or motivations for spamming but I was impressed...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 07/10/2007
NxtGenUG Meeting Last Night
First of all a huge thanks to the members of the NxtGenUG for giving me such a warm welcome. And of...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 07/10/2007
Nugget Source Code
After a number of requests for the source code for my Office Open XML nuggets, I've started to put...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 07/03/2007
NxtGenUG Event on WPF, XAML and Silverlight
Following an invite from Richard Costall, I'll be taking advantage of the hospitality offered by the...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 07/03/2007
Silverlight Demo Source Code
In case you want to download the source for the Silverlight demo I posted about yesterday (and you...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 06/29/2007
Slide 7 Event Resources
I did an event on Monday targeted at University students delivering a session on ASP.NET AJAX and a...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 06/21/2007
Mix:UK - Like Mix but without the slots and gondoliers
Sworn to secrecy, I've probably already given away too much (the absence of gondoliers) but we will...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 06/20/2007
PowerPoint is 20 years old
Almost as old as me! As a "heavy" PowerPoint user, I found this article in the Wall Street Journal...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 06/20/2007
Move over System.IO.Packaging, Hello Open XML SDK
Of course while I'm off creating more Office Open XML nuggets about the System.IO.Packaging APIs,...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 06/05/2007
MSDN Library Sidebar Search Gadget Problems?
It's been bugging me for a while that my favourite Vista gadget is broken since (I assume) an API...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 06/05/2007
Google Developer Day
Yes, I confess, I attended the London Google Developer Day yesterday out of curiosity more than...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 06/01/2007
Office Open XML – More than Just a new File Format?
I've just written an MSDN Flash article entitled "Office Open XML – More than Just a new File...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 05/24/2007
Office Open XML File Format Nuggets
My Office Open XML File Format nuggets have all been published at...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 05/24/2007
I have an allotment
Yes, I'd like to come clean. The parish council have just given me the good news and I've handed...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 05/24/2007
Zip file extension association in Vista
When you're working with the Open XML File Format, you often find yourself changing the file...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 05/23/2007
Normal Service will now be Resumed (back from Holiday)
Just returned from a week in Crete - lovely apart from the driving standards - so back to business...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 05/23/2007
Silverlight Sliding Puzzle
MikeT's published a sliding puzzle built with Silverlight 1.1 Alpha. He's also published the source....
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 05/09/2007
Note to self - must save up for Guitar Hero II
They've had it in the entertainments areas here at Mix and it looks like huge fun......
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 05/03/2007
Data Services for the Web
Or Microsoft Codename "Astoria". Just a quick one before I hop on a plane back to good old blighty...
Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 05/02/2007