Ben Riga
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Top Ranked - Crash KingBad stuff happens! There is no way around that. It’s a fact; your apps, out there in the wild on consumers devices, will crash. This in itself is ok but only if you can get the information about those crashes and use that information to fix the bugs that cause them. The Windo...
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Top Ranked - Is your app aligned?Misaligned elements is probably one of the most common issues I see with apps in the marketplace. In this episode of Top Ranked, I delve into why this is an issue and how easy it is to check for that and fix it. Alignment is a part of the overall Metro design language. I’ve even se...
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Top Ranked - All "About" YouThe About page is usually one of the last things you think about when building an app. It’s just not core to the whatever it is you’re trying to build. And yet you’ll soon find out that it’s pretty much a necessity for most apps. Not only is it something you can use to help build a...
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Top Ranked - Control Feedback on TapIn this episode, I focus on another small tweak that developers can add to their apps that will help make those apps look a lot more like native apps. I’m referring to the addition of the Tilt Effect to controls. By default, when you add controls to the canvas in Visual Studio or Express...
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Top Ranked - Market TestingIn this episode we talk about pricing and more generically about market testing. I know, I know, marketing is probably not every coders favorite subject.
I bring it up as I’ve noticed many apps in the marketplace that are underpriced. Apps that are cool, differentiate... -
Top Ranked - Benefiting from Trial ModeIn this episode of Top Ranked I talk about Trial mode. Trial mode is one of the most important features available to you as a developer if you’re building a paid app. By implementing Trial mode in your app you give consumers the opportunity to take your app for a spin while ensuring that...
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Top Ranked - Supporting All MarketsNote: This video is the first in the series so I spend some time at the beginning introducing myself and the goals for the series. To get directly to the content in this episode skip to about the 4:00 mark.
When we launched the Windows Phone platform we released initially for the EFIGS (...
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Self-Service Dynamics CRM solutions fly on Windows AzureAs I mentioned in my previous post, I’ve been working with Shan McArthur from ADXSTUDIO to develop a demo that would illustrate how self-service web sites can connect directly to Dynamics CRM over the web to provide solutions that are both proactive and effective. The information gathe...
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Windows Azure Lessons Learned: Domino's PizzaIn this final "Azure Lessons Learned" post I chat with Jim Vitek, Director of Ecommerce for Domino’s Pizza. Domino’s is one of the largest ecommerce site out there. In 2009, Domino’s hit over 20 Million online transactions. That is one heck of a lot of pizza! As you can imagine Domin...
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Windows Azure Lessons Learned: ArchetypeIn this episode I talk to Danny Riddell and Luigi Rosso, CEO and CTO of Archetype. Archetype is a rich internet application (RIA) development and design shop. They provide both products and development/design services using Silverlight and Flash with .NET and SQL Server back-ends.&nb...
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Top Ranked - All "About" You
Mar 13, 2012 at 10:44 AMThanks for watching, Ian. Despite my best efforts the in-place video is just not high-res enough to see the code screen. I always use the HQ video to watch.
Windows Phone Hackathon from Nokia World
Nov 02, 2011 at 11:59 AM@dentaku It is a gradient. Gradients work fine in Windows Phone as long as you keep them to 16 bit color or below. The banding shows up when you go above that.
Windows Phone 7 Netflix Application: MIX 2010 Keynote
Mar 24, 2010 at 12:23 PMHi Roger,
I'm not sure what you are asking. Are you looking for the source code of the application? Netflix built this as a prototype to evalaute what direction they migth go in the future. They do not plan to release source code for this, just as they have not released teh source for their web client or existing windows mobile 6.x app.
Ben
Windows Azure Lessons Learned: Quark Software
Dec 16, 2009 at 11:11 AMI'm ok with fruit-flavoured PCs when they're running Windows. I kidded Stephan about that before-hand. Quark is known for their design chops so I guess there are designers all over. Stephan's not one of those (you can tell because he doesn't have any visible tattoos, piercings and isn't wearing a beret
). I'm hoping the cool laptop he got at PDC has since replaced the mac.
Windows Azure Lessons Learned: Quark Software
Dec 16, 2009 at 11:05 AMFixed. Thanks. I agree that a Quake Promote would be awesome!
It’s Not Easy Bein’ Green
Feb 10, 2009 at 9:36 AMWhat acronyms did you have to look up? I'd love to update the article to make sure others don't have the same issue.
Ben
Dynamics AX Version Control
Jan 28, 2009 at 2:15 PMIf that doesn't work for you, have a look at my site and you can grab the html tags from there:
http://blogs.msdn.com/benriga/archive/2009/01/27/dynamics-ax-version-control.aspx
The Dynamics Duo talk about CRM and WPF
Sep 05, 2008 at 1:56 PMGirish is posting various bits of code etc on his blog here: http://blogs.msdn.com/girishr/
Ben
Sanjay Parthasarathy and Ben Riga - Healthcare demo of Windows Presentation Foundation (AKA Avalon)
Sep 06, 2005 at 10:34 AM:O Hey! That's pretty cool. This wasn't supposed to get posted until after PDC but I guess you guys are getting a sneak peek.
The video was actually recorded at the Microsoft Worldwide partner conference in July. The code has progressed somewhat since then but you'll have to wait until PDC next week to see that!