Windows Phone Developer Blogs
In addition to this blog, be sure to check out these blogs that cover WP7 development:
The Windows Phone Developer Blog: The official blog of the WP7 team, with the latest announcements and development tips.
Mark Arteaga's Blog: He's a Windows Mobile MVP and one Microsoft Canada's go-to guys for Windows Phone development.
Colinizer: Colin Melia's blog - he's another of our go-to guys for …
…heaps of praise from all sorts of reviewers, including this one.
Limbo may just be the best Xbox Live Arcade game ever released, and I suspect it'll be in my "Top 5" for 2010. If you're looking for a stand-out game for your Xbox 360, Limbo is well worth the 1200 Microsoft Points.
This article also appears in Canadian Developer Connection .
Ruby on Rails Developer(s) (Entry-level-to-Senior)
CreaTek Solutions, Inc. — Boulder, Colorado
Foraker — Boulder, Colorado
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Get Satisfaction — San Francisco, California
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On-Site.com — Lafayette, Colorado
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…Certified Software Engineer", " Sun Certified Java Developer", " Certified Scrum Master"... in each of those cases, the certification process is as much about representing vendor interests as it is proving anything to anybody. In the case of a yearly fee, these certifications become more of a checklist to make sure you are 'in the club', as opposed to really proving you know anything. Yes, thats a cynical view, but I think it represents many a vendor …
Why has this phenomenon happened in the Ruby community, and nowhere else? Developer conferences are not at all unique to Ruby. Apple's WWDC, Microsoft's PDC and Tech: Ed, and Sun's JavaOne (now Oracle's OpenWorld) are well-established and heavily-attended. But huge international conferences need huge budgets and big name sponsors, which forces them to be more like trade shows than developer events. It should be noted that there's only one Ruby conference …
Software developers have some unique, effective ways to create linkbait. For example:
OSS developers and users are generally in very link-rich demographics. OSS which solves problems for businesses tends to pick up links from, e.g., consultants deploying it — they will cite your website to justify their billing rate. That is a huge win for you. There are also numerous blogs which cover practically everything which happens in OSS.
OSS is fairly difficult …
Mobile Developer Economics 2010: The Migration of Developer Mindshare
According to a survey by Vision Mobile's Andreas Constantinou , developers are moving towards the Android platform with great ambition and focus. The survey reveals some telling tendencies as well. As the article points out,
A mindshare migration has taken place for mobile developers away from the incumbent platforms Symbian, Java ME and Windows Phone, while a substantial number of …
…Joe, I came across this interview with Mark Pilgrim, Developer advocate at Google [via MM ]. In it, he discusses the importance, or lack thereof, of tools on the writing process.
I'm a three-time (soon to be four-time) published author. When aspiring authors learn this, they invariably ask what word processor I use. It doesn't fucking matter! I happen to write in Emacs. I also code in Emacs, which is a nice bonus. Other people write and code in vi. Other …
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Ad Hoc Helper for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store - tool to find udid on iphone so you can do adhoc distribution
iPhone Developer Provisioning Portal Tips | Scott Gruby's Blog - some tips to deal with app store and adhoc iphone app distribution
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