Channel 9 - Entries tagged with UKDevTeam

Media Science, Big Data and Windows Azure

David Gristwood — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:52:44 GMT

David Gristwood talks to Media Science about how they have used the Windows Azure platform to help solve the problem of "Big Data" - millions and millions of chunks of data, in a wide variety of different formats – so that marketing people can finally gain some real insight into their work and make key decisions based on facts.

Here they talk about their innovative approach to this challenge, why it is so well suited to the cloud, why they chose Windows Azure as their cloud platform, and how they went about building their application.

How Active Web Solutions built their “Global Alerting Platform” on Windows Azure

David Gristwood — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 10:47:33 GMT

David Gristwood met up with Richard Prodger, from Active Web Solutions (AWS) to discover more built their new “Global Alerting Platform” (http://www.globalalerting.com/), a system that ushers in a new generation of devices that mean “no matter where you are, you can be sure that you will always be in contact and you can be found”, and finds out why the built it, and why they chose the Windows Azure platform.

DDD Windows Phone 7 Event - Session 6

Mike Ormond — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 17:36:35 GMT

On 7th October 2010 at the Odeon Cinema in Manchester, UK, a community event dedicated to Windows Phone 7 development took place. All the session were recorded. This session is:

Session 6: "How to sell Apps through Marketplace" with Rob Miles

"Using Windows Marketplace. In this session we explain how to join the Marketplace and get your applications out there. We take a look at how your solutions are packaged and deployed and how you go about registering a device for development and then using that with Visual Studio 2010 to test your applications."

Here are the links to the individual sessions (links will become active as more sessions are published)

The event was sponsored by

DDD Windows Phone 7 Event - Session 5

Mike Ormond — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 17:35:11 GMT

On 7th October 2010 at the Odeon Cinema in Manchester, UK, a community event dedicated to Windows Phone 7 development took place. All the session were recorded. This session is:

Session 5: "Games Programming on Windows Phone 7 with Silverlight and XNA" with Rob Miles

"Getting Started with XNA on Windows Phone. We talk about what makes the Windows Phone such a good platform for XNA development and how you create XNA games for it. We take a look at how games can manage the orientation of a phone and give you some tips on getting the best performance. Then we move on to take a look at the accelerometer input and how to make games that use this."

Here are the links to the individual sessions:

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DDD Windows Phone 7 Event - Session 4

Mike Ormond — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 17:32:49 GMT

On 7th October 2010 at the Odeon Cinema in Manchester, UK, a community event dedicated to Windows Phone 7 development took place. All the session were recorded. This session is:

Session 4: "Raising the dead: Programming Silverlight Apps that survive Tombstoning" with Andy Wigley

"Application Lifecycle and Using the Phone. A look at the execution model on the phone, and how to create applications that give a great user experience in the face of phone calls, termination, switching to a different app or termination due to the lock screen displaying. We show how to respond to events to make your application give the appearance of being “always on” and the data persistence facilities that you will need to make this work."

Here are the links to the individual sessions:

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DDD Windows Phone 7 Event - Session 3

Mike Ormond — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 14:35:07 GMT

On 7th October 2010 at the Odeon Cinema in Manchester, UK, a community event dedicated to Windows Phone 7 development took place. All the session were recorded. This session is:

Session 3: "Integrating with the device capabilities (location, camera, contacts, phone)" with Andy Wigley

"Windows Phone 7 includes facilities to access built-in services and integrated hardware. In this session, you will learn how to use the Location Service to retrieve your current location making use of Cell Tower Lookup, WiFi location, and GPS. We’ll also show how you can map your position using Bing Maps. We also take a look at “Pickers and Choosers”, how your application can use the built in phone behaviours to place calls, take pictures and select contacts."

Here are the links to the individual sessions (links will become active as more sessions are published)

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DDD Windows Phone 7 Event - Session 8

Mike Ormond — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:04:41 GMT

On 7th October 2010 at the Odeon Cinema in Manchester, UK, a community event dedicated to Windows Phone 7 development took place. All the session were recorded. This session is:

Session 8: "Creating WP7 Apps that work offline" with Andrej Radinger

"To ensure the best experience for mobile users, apps built for Windows Phone 7 must implement an occasionally-connected pattern of development that Silverlight developers for the other platforms may find unfamiliar. In this session, learn how to build mobile apps that adjust their behaviour based on changing network conditions. Also learn how to conquer unreliable wireless networks by implementing RESTful principles to ensure your messages are both compact and fast. Then take those WCF REST services and use them to retrieve database tables, rows, and columns in order to drive the behaviour of your mobile applications. Finally, learn how to cache data to Isolated Storage to ensure that your Windows Phone apps keep working regardless of network conditions."

Here are the links to the individual sessions (links will become active as more sessions are published)

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DDD Windows Phone 7 Event - Session 2

Mike Ormond — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 11:53:18 GMT

On 7th October 2010 at the Odeon Cinema in Manchester, UK, a community event dedicated to Windows Phone 7 development took place. All the session were recorded. This session is:

Session 2: "Silverlight App Development on Windows Phone 7" with Andy Wigley

"In this session, you will learn how to adopt the ‘Metro’ styling in your Windows Phone 7 Silverlight apps. You will also get an overview of how the built in controls work, and how to tailor the user input to match your requirements. We also take a look at page navigation within a multi-form Silverlight application on the phone and how to use the navigation inputs for best effect. We’ll also look at two key areas unique to Windows Phone 7 – implementing menus using the ApplicationBar, and how to handle phone orientation changes."

Here are the links to the individual sessions (links will become active as more sessions are published)

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DDD Windows Phone 7 Event

Mike Ormond — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 11:20:19 GMT

On 7th October 2010 at the Odeon Cinema in Manchester, UK, a community event dedicated to Windows Phone 7 development was held with speakers such as Andy Wigley and Rob Miles who delivered the Windows Phone 7 Jump Start training. From the registration site:

"This event is all about Windows Phone 7. One day of demo-rich presentations where you can learn about developing Silverlight and XNA apps for Windows Phone. Come along and get ready to share in the excitement of the launch of this brand new phone platform.

On the day you’ll hear from speakers and MVPs from Appa Mundi and the .NET developer community including some of the top-rated speakers from Tech Ed! We will have some of the Microsoft UK Developer Team on hand to help out and chat to attendees."

Here are the links to the individual sessions (links will become active as more sessions are published).

The event was sponsored by

DDD Windows Phone 7 Event - Session 7

Mike Ormond — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 11:15:28 GMT

On 7th October 2010 at the Odeon Cinema in Manchester, UK, a community event dedicated to Windows Phone 7 development took place. All the session were recorded. This session is:

Session 7: "Creating an application for WP7 with Cortexica’s ‘visual search’ API" with Tricky Bassett

"Devices have changed the way that super-brands connect with their customers. If you want to compete in this cluttered marketplace it's essential that you evolve your product or service into a unique brand. Get the thoughts of Tricky on 'experience design' and the methods that his team have put into practice on their first Windows Phone 7 application. This session covers the iterative approach that Tricky and his team use to design experiences, including: Branding, sketching and conceptualisation."

Here are the links to the individual sessions (links will become active as more sessions are published)

The event was sponsored by

DDD Windows Phone 7 Event - Session 1

Mike Ormond — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 11:14:36 GMT

On 7th October 2010 at the Odeon Cinema in Manchester, UK, a community event dedicated to Windows Phone 7 development took place. All the session were recorded. This session is:

Session 1: "Understanding the Windows Phone 7 Development Tools and Getting Started" with Maarten Struys

"Developing applications for Windows Phone 7 is a efficient and easy, thanks to an excellent suite of development and design tools. For the first time, Microsoft offers free tools to develop applications for Windows Phone. To get the most out of your day-to-day work, it is important to understand the different capabilities of the different tools. This sample-filled session explains when to use Microsoft Expression Blend and when to use Microsoft Visual Studio, from a software development perspective. Also shown are how both tools operate together to create captivating applications for Windows Phone 7. Finally, the session explains the added value that you, as a developer, will get when using Visual Studio 2010 Professional."

Here are the links to the individual sessions (links will become active as more sessions are published)

The event was sponsored by

DDD Windows Phone 7 Event - Session 0

Mike Ormond — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 11:13:24 GMT

On 7th October 2010 at the Odeon Cinema in Manchester, UK, a community event dedicated to Windows Phone 7 development took place. All the session were recorded. This session is:

Session 0: "Windows Phone 7: A Different Kind of Phone" with Andrej Radinger

Here are the links to the individual sessions (links will become active as more sessions are published)

The event was sponsored by

F# in use at Microsoft Research (#4 of 4)

David Gristwood — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 09:20:23 GMT

David Gristwood grabs his camera, and heads down to the Microsoft Research Centre in Cambridge with Dave Brown, an architect at the Microsoft Technology Centre, talks to several teams at Microsoft Research about their use of F# in part 4 of this video series. Projects discussed include:

• Project Emporia, which filters updates from the Twitter public feed and automatically develops topic-based “lenses”.

• AdCenter & AdPredictor, which determines the best adverts to display in Bing search results.

• The Path of Go, an AI implementation for the popular, ancient Chinese board game on XBOX 360.

Links:

• Project Emporia, http://fuse.microsoft.com/project/project-emporia.aspx, http://www.projectemporia.com /

F# and Windows Azure with Don Syme (#3 of 4)

David Gristwood — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 09:20:01 GMT

David Gristwood grabs his camera, and heads down to the Microsoft Research Centre in Cambridge with Dave Brown, an architect at the Microsoft Technology Centre, to talk to Don Syme, a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research, about F# in part 3 of this video series. Don, who created F#, demonstrates the language with live coding examples in F# Interactive, focussing on Windows Azure.

Links:

• Microsoft F# Developer Center, http://www.fsharp.net

• Don Syme’s blog, http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dsyme /

An F# Tutorial with Don Syme (#2 of 4)

David Gristwood — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 09:19:50 GMT

David Gristwood grabs his camera, and heads down to the Microsoft Research Centre in Cambridge with Dave Brown, an architect at the Microsoft Technology Centre, to talk to Don Syme, a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research, about F# in part 2 of this video series. Don, who created F#, demonstrates the language with live coding examples, such as analysing a real-time Twitter feed using F# Interactive.

Links:

• Microsoft F# Developer Center, http://www.fsharp.net

• Don Syme’s blog, http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dsyme /

An Introduction to F# with Don Syme (#1 of 4)

David Gristwood — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 09:19:38 GMT

David Gristwood grabs his camera, and heads down to the Microsoft Research Centre in Cambridge with Dave Brown, an architect at the Microsoft Technology Centre, to talk to Don Syme, a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research, about F# in part 1 of this video series. Don, who created F#, introduces the language and describes the best way to begin developing with F#.

Links:

• Microsoft F# Developer Center,http://www.fsharp.net

• Don Syme’s blog, http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dsyme /

Books

• “F# Survival Guide”, http ://www.ctocorner.com/fsharp/book /

• “Programming F#”, http ://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596801359 /

• “Real World Functional Programming”,http://functional-programming.net /

• “Beginning F#”, http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430223898

• “F# for Scientists”, http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470242116.html

• “Visual F# 2010 for Technical Computing”,http://www.ffconsultancy.com/products/fsharp_for_technical_computing/index.html

• “Expert F# 2.0”, http://www.apress.com/book/view/9781430224310

Imperial War Museum, Armadillo Systems and Windows 7 Touch

David Gristwood — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:02:00 GMT

David Gristwood visits the Imperial War Museum (http://www.iwm.org.uk/) in London to find out how they are using a new Windows 7 multi-touch system, developed by Armadillo Systems (http://www.armadillosystems.com/), to let visitors to the museum learn more about important icons from World War II, such as the Spitfire plane.

Windows Azure learnings - Exceedra's 3 week Proof of Concept

David Gristwood — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:45:00 GMT

David Gristwood talks with Exceedra (http://www.exceedra.com/) at the end of an intense 3 week Windows Azure “Proof of Concept” activity at the Microsoft Technology Center (MTC) in the UK. They talk about their motivation for moving to Windows Azure, they describe the architecture thy came up with, and discuss some of the design decisions and trade-offs they made.

Conversations with David Chappell about Windows Azure and Cloud Computing

David Gristwood — Tue, 25 May 2010 07:22:00 GMT

David Gristwood engages David Chappell in conversation about Windows Azure and cloud computing, and explore which applications are great candidates for Windows Azure, and, interestingly which ones don’t, as well as discussing the differences between Infrastructure vs Platform as a Service, and the role of private vs public cloud.

Talking Architects with Richard Veryard

Matt Deacon — Mon, 17 May 2010 10:48:00 GMT

Is your organisation intelligent? What makes an organisation smart? What makes them dumb? We all know that what intelligent people are like and it's not necessarily linked to IQ! It's more about their ability to deal with complexity and being able to learn from their mistakes - if they don't we might call them stupid! The same can apply to organisations.

For more info on Architect Insight 2010, including presentation slides and videos go to www.microsoft.com/uk/aic2010

Talking Architects with Steve Cook

Matt Deacon — Mon, 17 May 2010 10:47:00 GMT

Steve Cook, Principal Architect in the Microsoft Visual Studio Team tells me all about Microsoft's involvement in the Object Management Group and his desire to get UML right this time around!

For more info on Architect Insight 2010, including presentation slides including Steve's videos go to www.microsoft.com/uk/aic2010

Talking Architects with Andy Hopkirk

Matt Deacon — Fri, 14 May 2010 08:11:00 GMT

Andy Hopkirk is a legend in government circles for his unstinting leadership in driving interoperability initiatives like the e-Government Integration Framework (e-GIF)through his work at the National Computing Centre (NCC) here in the UK!

Besides this, he's got great hair and a fantastic beard that makes me think I'm talking to a professor out of some Heath Robinson picture!

Andy presented at AIC on the need for arhitects to stand up and be counted and I got time with himto explore this and other stuff a little further.

For more info on Architect Insight 2010, including presentation slides and videos go to www.microsoft.com/uk/aic2010

Talking Architects with Kim Cameron

Matt Deacon — Fri, 14 May 2010 08:03:00 GMT

"The Internet was born without an identity". -Kim Cameron.

With the growing interest in "cloud computing", the subject of Identity is moving into the limelight. Kim Cameron is a legend in the identity architecture and engineering space. He is currently the chief architect for Microsoft's identity platform and a key contributor to the field at large.

For more info on Architect Insight 2010, including presentation slides and videos go to www.microsoft.com/uk/aic2010

Talking Architects with David Sprott

Matt Deacon — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:55:00 GMT

10 years of .NET and 10 years of .NET Web Services! Well, perhaps this was not mark the starting point of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) but the last decade has seen an unpresidented period where SOA has reigned supreme at top of the hype cycle! David Sprott, CEO, CBDI-Forum has dedicated his time to providing SOA guidance to Industry.

So what does he make of all this cloud stuff? Does 'cloud now trump SOA? I got the chance to ask david this and other stuff backstage at Architect Insight.

For more info on Architect Insight 2010, including presentation slides and videos go to www.microsoft.com/uk/aic2010

Talking Architects with Ivar Jacobson

Matt Deacon — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:44:00 GMT

"Everyone of us knows how to develop software, but as an industry we don't know it!" or so Ivar Jacobson argues. Software engineering is severly hampered today by immature practices.

I got chance to talk to the great Ivar Jacobson backstage at Architect Insight about his work in software engineering from his pioneering work with RUP, to ESSUP and more recently with SEMAT (Software Engineering Methodology and Theory).

For more info on Architect Insight 2010, including presentation slides and videos go to www.microsoft.com/uk/aic2010