Recently installed VS2012?  Opening your project/solution and bouncing around your files?  You SEE The code, but you don’t see the tab on the top left anymore?  Read on to help explain (and maybe exploit) this cool new feature (yup, feature ).

Will you make up my mind please?

This would ALMOST be funny if it didn’t happen so often.

 

Now that you’ve had a quick chuckle, it’s time to grab a coffee and get coding!

This weekend I’m jumping with BOTH feet into TFS for my blog’s source code repository.

Have you recently installed VS2012?  Have you tried using the April Blend 5 Preview with it?  Problems?  I think I can offer you a link you will love?

Are you using VS2012?  Are you seeing some drawing weirdness like this?

Are you tired of entering your username/password over and over again with TFS?  With the help of two good friends, let’s figure this out, once and for all!

Are you a developer using  a shared development database but are making potentially dangerous, data threatening changes?  Want a GREAT way to make a backup and restore that db to your own personal sandbox?  Then I have a GREAT script to help you out!

My first REAL attempt at trying, using, getting, and displaying data from an OData feed, it’s not as hard as I thought, check it out!

Last year I wrote a couple of conference apps for Windows Phone.  In trying to be smart, I based the speakers and sessions off of XML files.  Cool eh?  Except I had to scour the conferences website for all that data.  Speakers name’s (make sure you spell them right!), bios (don’t cut’n’paste the wrong ones!), social media links (did you find all of them?), etc.  You get the idea, there’s a lot of work data mining that stuff and sore fingers of just mind numbing cut’n’pasting!

Well, for my next trick ,...

Are you getting a blank page in IE when you TRY to start using OData?  I think I can help!

What are some signs you are resizing your forms wrong?  (yes this is a bit of baiting the blog title :>)

Tonight, some of the ODNC volunteers got together to begin planning the next season!

Are you a windows developer, in Ottawa THIS weekend and interested in doing Windows 8 dev?  Check this out for details!

This week I opened up an interesting email from someone wanting to pay me to advertise on my site.  Read on if you’re interested in nice detour from technical jargon.

Tonight I noticed something I thought was interesting, read on to see if you recognize your generation?

Two weekends ago, the 5th annual Ottawa IT Camp 2012 was held!  This year we tweaked the logo.  Why did we do that and what’s up with the logo?  Read on if you’re a interested in why is the logo’s important to you!

Unfortunately there will not be an OCDC WP7 study group this week.

I love to see apps which support orientation changes, but how do you do it?  Better yet, how do you do it ALL in XAML?  I have some code and XAML to start you off.

Last year we heard about Nokia coming on board for Windows Phone 7, lets look at the first fruits of their labours.  We're going to compare the currenly popular Apple iPhone 4S, Samsung Focus and the three new Nokia Lumia phones.

Have you had to replace your WP7 for some reason?  Have you had to do a HARD reset on it? Wonder how you get all your old apps, even then ones you paid for, reinstalled?  I have a solution!

Think you could use a hand with some WP7 branding and advertising?  Nokia wants to help you!