@tomasmcguinness

  • Nice use of a Windows Phone 7 live tile?

    Work on my first Windows Phone 7 app (www.imaybelate.com) is drawing very close to completion and I’m now spending a little time getting some of the details right. Until I find another bug anyway Part of my app’s functionality is the ability to update the Live Tile with information about… Read ⇢

  • I May Be Late Windows Phone 7 app

    Work is progressing nicely with my first Windows Phone 7 app. This app is a companion to my new London Underground related application, www.imaybelate.com, which I’m hoping to launch in the next week or two. Here are some screenshots of the app that I took yesterday.   Technical Bits I’m… Read ⇢

  • UnauthorizedAccessException when adding WebBrowser to WP7

    As part of my project to build a Windows Phone 7 client for www.imaybelate.com, I require a WebBrowser component so that I can process the OpenId login requests that my application supports. After adding the WebBrowser to the XAML, I started getting this exception when I navigated to the page.… Read ⇢

  • Some screenshots of my upcoming WP7 App

    Here are some initial screenshots of my upcoming Windows Phone 7 app… Read ⇢

  • Moving to Windows Phone 7 from iOS–and back again!

    I’ve been using a Windows Phone 7 Samsung Omnia 7 since the beginning of October. Today, I’m back using my iPhone 4, but the experience has let me to an interesting conclusion: WP7 is a superior OS compared to the aging iOS. However, the iPhone 4 handset is far, far… Read ⇢

  • My GiveCampUK weekend (21st to 23rd October, 2011)

    Across the weekend of the 21st of October, I took part in the UK’s first GiveCamp. And what a weekend it was!     I signed up to participate it a few months back thinking it would be a good way to network, make some new friends and help somebody… Read ⇢

  • Moving to Windows Phone 7 from iOS–Week 1

    I’ve been using the Windows Phone 7 Omnia 7 for about a week now and it has really been a strange ride. I have been an iPhone user since the release of the iPhone 3G in 2008 and overall, I’ve been very happy with the iPhone. As I’ve outlined in… Read ⇢

  • Moving to Windows Phone 7 from iOS–Day 1

    With Apple’s announcement of the iPhone 4S, I skipped my annual early morning efforts of pre-ordering the new handset. For the first time in three years, I wasn’t giving Apple more money! You see, two weeks ago, I picked up a Samsung Omnia 7, Windows Phone 7 handset for development… Read ⇢

  • Apple, please stop talking utter BOLL&*KS

    Anyone following the Apple announcement yesterday, should have been dismayed by Apple’s on-going, incredibly stupid  use of percentages to drive home how good they are. When comparing Lion’s adoption rate, they threw up this slide. Seriously? How can anyone fall for this shite? A simple search on Bing will reveal… Read ⇢