Over the past two posts I started to explore the concept of ubiquitous computing. I started out by defining ubiquitous computing, and then followed that up with a post that talks about how developers can contribute to the ubiquitous utopia. No conversation about ubiquitous computing would be complete without talking about privacy. Privacy is a... Continue Reading →
In my last post, Ubiquitous Computing–Breaking Down the Silos, I talk about how ubiquitous computing is starting to make its way into the world around us. You may know ubiquitous computing as pervasive computing, ambient intelligence, Internet of Things, haptic computing, or everyware. No matter what you call it, it is spreading like wild fire... Continue Reading →
During Build 2013, I attended a session on Ubiquitous Computing given by Bill Buxton. This was one of the better sessions given at Build, which is saying something since there was not a single line of code shown. I have gone back and watched that session a few times. Recently I have been thinking about... Continue Reading →
In my last post, Modern Enterprise Applications, I started to look at what it takes to build a modern enterprise application. Technological advances have added complexities to building enterprise application. The expectations of enterprise users has changed. They expect to be able to use their mobile device to be more productive. They want to have... Continue Reading →
Each day technology advances, along the way the definition of an enterprise application has changed. In the olden days enterprise applications would be installed on a users machine with possibly some backend services for aggregating data. These applications had to be reliable and robust. Not much stock was put into the user experience. There would... Continue Reading →
Windows 8 has now shipped and developers are busy building Windows Store Applications (bad name). Developers who have experience working with Xaml have expectations on how Xaml should behave. The other day I was trying to do something I have done before. I wanted to change the DataTemplate of an item in an items control... Continue Reading →
In my previous post on Simulating a Tab Control, I used radio buttons and a FlipView control to simulate a tab control. A commenter pointed out that there were no animation when changing FlipViewItems if you switch items by setting the selected item index. These subtle animation are part of the new experience of Windows... Continue Reading →
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