Microsoft’s Windows 8 app problem will not be solved by incentivising junk

By tim, on March 20th, 2013 Follow tim on Twitter

Microsoft has launched a “Keep the cash” offer to developers. Publish up to 20 apps, 10 for Windows Phone and 10 for Windows 8, and get $100 for each of them.

The offer is little use for most of the world. The terms state that “Offer good only to legal residents of the 50

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March 20th, 2013 | Tags: , , , | Category: development, microsoft, software development, visual studio, windows | 3 comments

ITWriting app hits the Windows 8 store

By tim, on October 25th, 2012 Follow tim on Twitter

Hands on where possible is part of my technical journalism philosophy, so I have been trying out Windows 8 development for some time. After playing around with and adapting Microsoft’s blog reader sample I decided to take it further and try submitting it to the Windows 8 Store.

Today it was certified so you

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October 25th, 2012 | Tags: , , , | Category: .net, blogging, software development, visual studio, windows | One comment

Creating a Web Application for the Google Chrome Web Store

By tim, on January 3rd, 2011 Follow tim on Twitter

I noticed an old post here getting a lot of hits: My first Google Chrome Web Application. Unfortunately it was based on an early version of Chrome’s app format. Here is an update.

My web application in this example is this blog. I created a manifest in Notepad:

Next, using my artistic skills, I

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January 3rd, 2011 | Tags: , , , , | Category: google, professional, software development, web authoring | One comment