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Musings on mobile development and Windows Phone 7 in particular.

Ajax View from Microsoft Research

From the home page: Goal:The goal of the Ajax View project is to improve developer's visibility into...

Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 05/02/2007

Pick of Mix - Some Sessions to Watch

All sessions are being made available at https://sessions.visitmix.com. If you're a developer, or the...

Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 05/02/2007

.NET for Silverlight - Some Features...

Not a comprehensive list as I simply can't type and keep up with what's going on - these things are...

Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 05/01/2007

What do I need to build my first .NET Silverlight App?

Might be easiest to visit this page on the Silverlight.net site. But a simple summary is below: What...

Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 05/01/2007

Paperclip Theme Masthead

As I said in my earlier post, I created a Paint.NET version of the Paperclip template posted by...

Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 05/01/2007

Fresh New Blog Theme

Well the jetlag has allowed me to spend lots of extra time playing around with things I usually...

Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 05/01/2007

IronRuby Joins IronPython

Scott also announced an implementation of another dynamic language, Ruby, for .NET. So IronRuby...

Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 04/30/2007

Silverlight and Managed Code

Okay, a few of my scribblings from the Silverlight and Managed Code demos (and they haven't finished...

Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 04/30/2007

Now available for download - Silverlight 1.1 Alpha (for managed code)

You can now download a version of Silverlight with a cross-platform version of the .NET runtime...

Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 04/30/2007

Live From Mix

It's started. Ray Ozzie's on stage and all the Microsoft folks are consigned to an overflow room to...

Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 04/30/2007

Search for "Outlook Turnip"...

... almost anywhere (ie on any search engine) and my name will come up. I posted a while back about...

Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 04/28/2007

Web Hacking Event with SPI Dynamics

I was helping out at this event on Thursday (well I say helping out, I sat at the back and watched...

Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 04/27/2007

Off to Mix07

I know I'm lucky - I'm flying out to Vegas tomorrow morning for Mix 07. If you're not going to be...

Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 04/27/2007

JavaScript Intellisense XML Comment Format

I see Bertand has posted a detailed description of the XML comments format - very useful. Maybe I'll...

Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 04/27/2007

New Web Item Templates in Visual Studio Orcas Beta 1

I've just noticed a few new item templates AJAX Master Page - creates a MasterPage with a...

Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 04/26/2007

JavaScript Intellisense in Orcas Beta 1

I posted some links recently to enhanced JavaScript support in Orcas but I hadn't had much luck...

Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 04/26/2007

Pain, Exhaustion and Anguish (Marathon Photos)

Yes, you can share in our suffering here:...

Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 04/26/2007

My Marathon Hell by Mike Ormond Aged 39 and a bit

We (we being my fiancé Gemma and I) lined up on Sunday morning in Greenwich Park @ 9.45 in what had...

Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 04/25/2007

Introduction to the Office Open XML File Formats

This is something of an experiment today. I've been making some nuggets on Open XML and Word 2007...

Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 04/20/2007

Orcas Beta 1 Ships

Oooh - now I'm going to have to drive to the office so I can get this quickly... Hopefully in time...

Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 04/20/2007

Office Open XML Nuggets

I've been busy creating a few nuggets (boy do I find them hard work - if it's not me fluffing up...

Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 04/19/2007

The Saturday Times - A Hidden Gem

The Saturday Times is something of an institution in our house. An institution instigated by Gemma...

Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 04/16/2007

WPF/E Becomes Microsoft Silverlight

Things look like they're going to get very interesting as we get a step closer to releasing our...

Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 04/16/2007

JavaScript Support in Visual Studio Orcas

I came across a couple of great blog posts about details of the JavaScript support we can expect to...

Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 04/16/2007

On the Subject of Security (XSS, CSRF & JSON Hijacking)

This is a first (for me at least) the sole purpose of this post is to "bump" a previous post as it...

Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 04/15/2007

All Zuned up with no place to go...

Yes, I finally got my hands on a Zune for my birthday. (Well Gemma got a new Red iPod Nano to...

Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 04/12/2007

What is a Dibbler Anyway?

Clearly my "what the heck is a dibbler" question was a little too obscure as nobody came very close....

Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 04/11/2007

Web Application Hacking Workshop 26th April [UK]

I don't normally post about upcoming events (for reference, you can find a list of all upcoming MSDN...

Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 04/11/2007

On the Subject of Security (XSS, CSRF & JSON Hijacking)

I seem to be on a bit of a security journey at the moment after my own tussle with XSS, then...

Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 04/05/2007

Software Patents, Dibblers, NASA and the Audi A6

I know it's old news but I'm still amused by Audi's advertising for the A6 given the heated debate...

Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 04/04/2007

Hacking AJAX Applications

Following on from my post about XSS vulnerabilities (not AJAX specific) I've just been watching a...

Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 04/04/2007

T-18 Days - Countdown to the Marathon

The Achilles injury still hasn't completely cleared up but it is much better than it was. I managed...

Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 04/04/2007

Good News on Expression and MSDN Subscriptions

From Soma's blog: Listening to your feedback - Expression and MSDN

Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 04/03/2007

Tagcloud Code

Steve asked me about my tagcloud and the code needed to return to make it work. Thank you Steve -...

Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 04/03/2007

My Roadshow Demo Site and XSS Vulnerability

I had a nightmare the other night, well not exactly a nightmare but at least a shiver down my spine;...

Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 04/02/2007

Quick Demo Summary

Thought I'd do a quick summary of the demos I've published on my site over the last few months so...

Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 03/30/2007

Download My ASP.NET AJAX Roadshow Demos

Sooo many people have asked for my AJAX demos from the Roadshow and I haven't posted them mainly...

Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 03/30/2007

First There Was SlickRun, Now There's Start++

SlickRun has to be my all time favourite "helper" utility. It hangs around in the background and,...

Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 03/29/2007

VistaSquad - New User Group Inaugural Meeting Tonight!

Ravi contacted me yesterday about a new user group he's setting up called Vista Squad focusing on...

Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 03/28/2007

The Xbox Rumours Are True

Microsoft unveils the Xbox 360 Elite I must admit I've not been getting the same use out of my Xbox...

Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 03/28/2007

TA is Touch and Go

I've come to know a little bit more about that vulnerable part of our anatomy known as the Achilles...

Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 03/26/2007

They've Given MikeT a new Laptop

Ye gawds it was about time. I think the keys had nearly worn through on the old one. Trouble is,...

Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 03/26/2007

The Curious Case of the RadioButtonList not Triggering

A question from the London Roadshow this time - why is it this code works:<%@ Page Language="C#"...

Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 03/26/2007

Going Green With Dragons' Den

Clearly I'm missing something obvious here but last night's episode of Dragons' Den when everyone...

Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 03/22/2007

The Transparency of ASP.NET AJAX

A interesting article here on ASP.NET AJAX vs open source where Brad (Abrams) argues that the...

Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 03/22/2007

Debugging ASP.NET Apps on Vista / IIS7

I put this here partly for my own benefit so I can find it easily again - a great article on the...

Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 03/19/2007

Rejoining a domain - D'oh!

This is the second time I've done this recently and promptly kicked myself. If you're going to leave...

Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 03/16/2007

Nesting UpdatePanels

Another question today - can you nest UpdatePanel controls? Well I hadn't tried so off I jolly well...

Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 03/15/2007

Dynamically Adding an UpdatePanel to Your Page

Another question from an event - this time today's MSDN event at the Microsoft London offices. Can I...

Author: MikeO [MSFT] Date: 03/15/2007

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