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Windows Phone 7 application contest – win HTC WP7 device

Per Ola Sæther — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:23:26 +0000

The Norwegian Windows Phone Developer Community are together with Microsoft Norway hosting a Windows Phone 7 application contest. The three best Windows Phone 7 applications/games entered in this contest will win a HTC Windows Phone 7 device! Who can participate in this contest Anyone located in Norway and a member of Windows Phone Developer Community [...]

Writing your own Twitter Retweet function for your (WordPress) blog

Per Ola Sæther — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:42:28 +0000

I wanted to make it as easy as possible for my blog readers to directly retweet my posts. First I started to install and test several WordPress plugins for this but I just couldn’t seem to find one that I liked. Some of them are to massive and are showing information about how many and [...]

Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate with MSDN subscription activation cards – ReTweet contest

Per Ola Sæther — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:06:17 +0000

As a Microsoft MVP I was given three Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate with MSDN subscription activation cards for me to give away. This is to celebrate the launch of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4. I chose to distribute these activation cards to persons in online communities and I used twitter to see how [...]

Working with requirements and use cases

Per Ola Sæther — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 12:29:44 +0000

When planning/starting a software project (probably other projects as well) you are often provided a list with requirements written by the customer. It is now your job and responsibility that you meet all the requirements. Not only do you need to meet the requirements you also need to meet the requirements in a manner so [...]

Microsoft MVP Award 2010 – Device Application Development

Per Ola Sæther — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 21:48:17 +0000

Earlier today I received an e-mail with the subject: “Congratulations 2010 Microsoft MVP”. I had almost forgotten that I was nominated for the MVP award 4 months ago and I nearly choked on my coffee and continued humbly to read the e-mail. Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2010 Microsoft® MVP Award! [...]

NDC 2010 – Day three

Per Ola Sæther — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:25:40 +0000

It’s just three days (2 1/2 to be specific) left until Norwegian Developer Conference 2010 starts and I am really looking forward to it. To shorten the time waiting for this I have planned my day three at the conference. I have earlier planned my day one and day two at this conference. My tentative [...]

Windows Phone 7 developer seminar in Oslo, June 11th

Per Ola Sæther — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 10:15:42 +0000

Microsoft Norway invites you to a day filled with Windows Phone 7 hands-on training. Ben Riga and Neil Hutson will demonstrate the Windows Phone 7 platform and show you how to develop applications for WP7. You will also get information about the Marketplace and you will be able to finally try a Windows Phone 7 [...]

Book review – Agile Principles, Patterns and Practices in C# by Robert C. Martin and Micah Martin

Per Ola Sæther — Thu, 27 May 2010 17:27:42 +0000

I have just completed reading Agile Principles, Patterns and Practices in C# by Robert C. Martin and Micah Martin. I learned a lot while reading this book, particularly about patterns. This book contains a lot of information with its’ 38 chapters and 700 pages, but it is written in a easy to read language and [...]

NDC 2010 – Day two

Per Ola Sæther — Thu, 27 May 2010 12:33:53 +0000

Norwegian Developer Conference (NDC) 2010 starts 3 weeks from now and I am looking forward to this conference. For a while ago I planned what sessions to follow on day one of this conference and now I have planned what sessions to follow on day two. My tentative plan for day two: On day two [...]

MSDN & TechNet Live tour 2010

Per Ola Sæther — Sun, 02 May 2010 15:10:30 +0000

The MSDN & TechNet Live tour 2010 in Norway visited Oslo as the final destination 26th April. Microsoft invited me to join them on this tour and to be on their Windows Phone stand, off-course I accepted this invitation. I was not able to be in all of the four cities this tour visited, but [...]