Windows Phone 7 (WP7) Accelerometer Driven 3D Data Visualisation
Following on from my previous post on 3D Data Visualisation Comparison I’ve ported the prototype over to WP7 and added some gesture support for rotating the data. Thanks to the much improved emulator...
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Developing for Kinect using open source APIs
On 21st February 2011, Microsoft announced that it would release a beta version of a Kinect SDK for Windows in spring 2011. According to Microsoft Research, the SDK is “…intended for non-commercial use...
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BUILD: Windows 8 Keynote – First Thoughts
Across Tribal our developers, designers, consultants and commercial staff sat down to watch the introduction of Windows 8 at Microsoft’s Build conference. It’s the first time we’ve ever tried something...
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Guest Post: Inversion of control and MVC 3
In this guest post, Mark Watts – an Engineering Lead with Tribal’s Software Architecture team – offers some tips based on his recent work with Microsoft’s MVC 3 framework… I am a big fan of dependency...
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The Ease of Data Visualisation Using WPF – Timetable Auto-Scheduling
XAML to the rescue I’ve been tasked with coming up with the logic for a timetable auto-scheduler to compliment our existing timetable functionality (pdf) offered to our FE and HE customers. This is...
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All aboard the Metro UI – Resources
I recently presented at the Northern User Experience Group in Manchester giving an introduction to the Metro design language as being used at an increasing rate by Microsoft across it’s platforms....
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Windows 8 Consumer Preview – First Impressions of New Metro Apps
An exciting afternoon on Wednesday this week as Microsoft unveiled the Consumer Preview of Windows 8 in a live-stream-free (apparently due to the venue requiring a temporary floor covering a swimming...
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Windows 8 Consumer Preview – Calendar Metro App Review
Bundled in the Windows 8 Consumer Preview there are a number of new Metro apps being unveiled which gives us UI/UX designers an opportunity to see how Microsoft have tackled the challenge of building a...
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Windows 8 Consumer Preview – People Metro App Review
Following on from my Windows 8 Consumer Preview – Calendar Metro App Review post it’s now time to look at the People Metro App. This app feels like it has one of the most complicated tasks in...
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Panel: The Future of Enterprise Mobility
While attending Mobile World Congress (the GSMA’s annual trade show for the mobile industry) I was invited to participate in a webinar with experts from SAP and Microsoft on the subject of enterprise...
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