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Quick Tip: Windows Phone 7 Preprocessor Directive
If you're sharing common code between Windows Phone 7 and other platforms in either Silverlight or XNA, then you may run into a need to fork some code based on...
UI Design and Interaction Guide for Windows Phone v2.0 Released
An updated version of the UI Design and Interaction Guide for Windows Phone was posted on the Windows Phone 7 forums today. There is also a big collection of...
Updated Video of Hungry Castaway - An XNA Game for Windows Phone 7
Two weeks ago in my post Pre-Alpha Videos of My Windows Phone 7 Games in Development I posted a short video of a game called 'Hungry Castaway' that I am...
A Simple Twitter Panel in Silverlight
While sitting on the couch last weekend, I had the idea for putting up a Twitter panel on my site - you should see it off to the right. I figured since this is...
Awarded Silverlight MVP for 2010!
I am very excited to say that I've been awarded the 2010 Microsoft MVP Award in Silverlight! It is very humbling to now carry the same title as many of my...
Pre-Alpha Videos of My Windows Phone 7 Games in Development
It has been mentioned a few times in the last month or so that if you want a Windows Phone 7 test device, then you need to be showing why you deserve one. Most...
June's Grab Bag of Fun
The last month or so has been pretty hectic both at work and in my personal life - but rather than make excuses or promise to blog more frequently, I'll...
Choosing Between Silverlight and XNA for a Windows Phone 7 Game
In my last blog post on XNA for Windows Phone 7 I said that I was working on a game in both Silverlight and XNA, and that if I got a chance to test out...
Creating a Windows Phone 7 XNA Game in Landscape Orientation
Update 07/14/2010: With the latest Beta release of the Windows Phone 7 Tools there is now built in support for landscape games in XNA Game Studio 4.0. I just...
Speaking at CodeStock 2010
I am very stoked to say that I've been selected to speak at CodeStock 2010 in Knoxville, TN on June 25th and 26th. I'll be doing a revamped version of my...
Latest status update
Migrated 110 posts off old Drupal site and relaunched SmartyPantsCoding.com as a Markdown-based Astro site. Also making new work public — Line Diet reboot and in-progress ChurchBells.