Will’s Blog

This is really cool. OpenNetCF has released (the Beta 1) version 2.0 of their Smart Device Framework. Haven’t tried version 2.0 yet, but have tried the previous version (1.4).

I’ve downloaded and installed the Microsoft Expression Interactive Designer January CTP (formerly known as Sparkle) and it is looking quite impressive. Have a read of this blog post on Expression Interactive Designer by Manuel Clement (who works on the team that is responsible for the product). Oh, and the Expression Graphic Designer January CTP (formerly known as [...]

Chris Tacke has posted a link to OpenNetCF’s Smart Device Framework 2.0 documentation. Chris also mentions in the same blog post that they are “extremely close to a beta release of SDF 2.0″. Cool, that is very good news for all those developing for Mobile Devices using CF.NET 2.0 in VS 2005. I’m definately looking [...]

Just noticed that there’s a download available from MSDN TV titled ASP.NET “Atlas” First Look. You can watch it streaming here, or download it for offline viewing here.

I’m currently starting to prepare myself to go from doing ASP.NET Web Application development, to jumping into the world of developing for Mobile devices utilising the .NET Compact Framework (v2.0). From what I know thus far, the company i’m working for is planning to purchase several i-mate Jams (which runs Windows Mobile 2003 SE). They were [...]

For those who may have missed it on Scott Guthrie‘s blog: – New Web Project Model Option Coming for VS 2005. The goal with this new project-option is to address some of the feedback we’ve heard from people who are finding migrating existing apps to the new web-site project model in VS 2005 more work [...]

Cool, looks like there’s an MS Build Tasks Community now. MSBuildTasks.com is a community web site for MSBuild tasks. The goal of the site is to provide a central directory for information about tasks for MSBuild. Please help this community grow by posting tasks and links to tasks in the Files section of this web [...]

I almost forgot to write a post for this. Was meaning to write this post on the weekend, but forgot (Was browsing through the Ready To Launch DVD set that we were all given.) Let’s start with last Tuesday, that was the night Victoria .NET UG had their user group meeting and we had two [...]

Was just doing some research into integrating a custom Contact list with an external datasource (eg: From a SQL Database), and came across this excellent post by Stephen Toub titled Outlook Contact Provider. I thought it was quite interesting, what Stephen has managed to do is making use of the stssync protocol to synchronise the [...]

If anyone is after some programming tips, Wil Shipley has posted some free programming tips on his blog. Some good advice in there for those just starting out/finding their feet in the industry. And on this topic, Mitch has also got some good ideas in his blog post about Integrating Learning into everything you do, [...]