30 July 2010

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By Joey deVilla of Global Nerdy 1 day ago.
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I've got to hand it to Canadian telco Telus , who tell it like it is on their web page :

( Click here to see the page , and scroll down to the "Why do I need a credit check?" section to see it for yourself.)

I like their forthrightness. My only complaint with their explanation is that "deadbeat" is one word,

not two.

Update: Wow, that didn't take long - they've excised that section.

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By Joey deVilla of Global Nerdy 1 day ago.
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"All right, Joey," said a couple of developers who built apps for other platforms, "how do we get in on building for this phone?" I have their contact info, and I'll be talking with them very soon.

And how do you get in on building for WP7 if you didn't get my business card at Tweetgasm? Step one is simple: drop me a line .

Get the Windows Phone 7 Beta Developer Tools

If you want to get started building apps for WP7, your first step is to …

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By Joey deVilla of Global Nerdy 1 day ago.
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"All right, Joey," said a couple of developers who built apps for other platforms, "how do we get in on building for this phone?" I have their contact info, and I'll be talking with them very soon.

And how do you get in on building for WP7 if you didn't get my business card at Tweetgasm? Step one is simple: drop me a line .

Get the Windows Phone 7 Beta Developer Tools

If you want to get started building apps for WP7, your first step is to …

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By Joey deVilla of Global Nerdy 2 days ago.
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I've been spending summer playing a couple of Xbox 360 games situated in dark nightmare worlds. One is Microsoft Studios' and Remedy's Alan Wake , which could be described as an homage to Stephen King (so much so that they name-drop him in the opening credits); the other is Limbo , an Xbox Live Arcade game:

Calling Limbo a "2-D side-scroller game" does it as much injustice as referring to Red Dead Redemption as "a cowboy …

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By Joey deVilla of Global Nerdy 4 days ago.
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...and regular posting will resume shortly.

(No, this photo isn't mine, nor is it representative of the food I had, but I thought it was a good "geek vacation" photo. I ate better and met some interesting people . You can click the photo to see it at full size in its junk food, video game nerdy glory.)

This article also appears in Canadian Developer Connection .

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By Joey deVilla of Global Nerdy 10 days ago.
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Blog postings are going to be light until Monday, July 26th, because I'm taking a real, honest-to-goodness, shut-off-the-computer, get-away-from-home vacation! If you're looking for reading material, may I suggest:

Channel 9

The Windows Phone Developer Blog

Techmeme

Hacker News

Reddit's "Programming" subreddit

Smashing Magazine

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By Joey deVilla of Global Nerdy 14 days ago.
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Bob Caswell from Microsoft's Learning division told me about some free online training that's available for developers wanting to get a head-start on Windows Phone 7 Development. Here's the skinny from the Born to Learn blog:

Get Trained for FREE - Windows Phone 7 Jump Start

Windows Phone 7 Jump Start is a FREE virtual live class for developers interested in developing applications and games for Windows Phone 7. The course is organized into four virtual …

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By Joey deVilla of Global Nerdy 16 days ago.
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The Hot Dog That Got Away

Back in September, while we were setting up for TechDays Toronto 2009 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, John Bristowe and I noticed two of these machines:

Your eyes aren't deceiving you, and no, it's not Photoshoppery - it's an actual hot dog vending machine. Better still, it doesn't make just one kind of hot dog, but as you can see in the close-up below, it makes three different kinds!

" Duuuu…

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By Joey deVilla of Global Nerdy 16 days ago.
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You've seen the announcement and perhaps you've downloaded the beta of the Windows Phone 7 dev tools (if you haven't, do it now!)

Now that you've got the tools, what's next? Will they just lie there, dormant on your hard drive, or are you going to use them and be a trailblazer on a brand new mobile platform?

If you're looking for intense training with personal attention by a highly-rated presenter with Silverlight and cloud development expertise, …

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By Joey deVilla of Global Nerdy 17 days ago.
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The announcement went out earlier today : the Windows Phone Developer Tools have moved from the CTP (" Community Technical Preview") phase to Beta ("Almost There!"). As Brandon Watson wrote in the Windows Phone Developer Blog , "This Beta release represents the near final version of the tools for building applications and games for Windows Phone 7."

Go ahead, go and download it ! Click the big graphic link below. You know you want to.

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