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Don't tell the boss – Fun WP 8 Fire My Laser
I have been playing, Fire My Laser - https://aka.ms/FireMyLaser, which I find to be a fun,...
Author: The Schray Date: 06/25/2014
Rating Windows Phone and Windows Apps
Rating an app and especially providing feedback via comments can make a huge difference as an app...
Author: The Schray Date: 06/20/2014
WP App – Piggy Banker – saving for what you want
I have been using the fun, engaging and easy to use app called Piggy Banker. I have been...
Author: The Schray Date: 06/19/2014
Unriddle and other sports games.
Here are some fun sports games I am playing: Unriddle: NFL teams...
Author: The Schray Date: 06/10/2014
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Author: The Schray Date: 05/29/2014
Get your Windows Phone app URL
Here are the simple steps to get the URL for your Windows Phone application. 1. Navigate to...
Author: The Schray Date: 05/01/2014
Enterprise Developer Dev Camps
Enterprise Developer Boot Camp - Learn how to move your line of business applications to Windows...
Author: The Schray Date: 04/28/2014
Refactor your Dev Skills
Refactor your Dev Skills at Dev Days 2014. These events will feature a nice and compact of the...
Author: The Schray Date: 04/28/2014
Taskbar Shift Click is awesome
I learned yesterday that if you hold down shift and click a taskbar item you’ll start a new instance...
Author: The Schray Date: 04/25/2014
List-ObservableCollection-INotifyPropertyChanged Explained
The link below contains a brief, concise, clear and use comparison of List, ObservableCollection and...
Author: The Schray Date: 04/08/2014
4/5 Multi-School Hackathon Schedule
Author: The Schray Date: 04/05/2014
Need a team, an idea or team members for the Hackathon?
Hackathon participants will be in one of several board categories listed below. If you have an...
Author: The Schray Date: 04/04/2014
Presentation Format for Judging Round
There are a lot of teams, so we need a structured, fair and repeatable process for judging. ...
Author: The Schray Date: 04/04/2014
Multi-school Hackathon Judging Rubric
The draft judging rubric is list below. There are four criterion the judges will be looking...
Author: The Schray Date: 04/04/2014
Chicago Multi-school Hackthon More Details
If you want more information on the multi-school hackathon than follow links for schedule, short...
Author: The Schray Date: 04/02/2014
Chicago Multi-school hackathon: Resources
A Hacker’s Guide to Windows 8 Apps is a four step guide to building apps at a hackathon on the ...
Author: The Schray Date: 04/02/2014
Video Walkthrough Building for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 apps
This is a set of three videos that walk from an empty project through the creation of a Windows...
Author: The Schray Date: 04/02/2014
Chicago multi-school hackathon draft rules
Here are the draft rules for the Microsoft Recruiting Hackathon. They are in draft form and are...
Author: The Schray Date: 04/02/2014
Chicago Multi-school Hackathon Prizes
Here are the draft prize categories for the multi-school hackathon in Chicago and the prize pool....
Author: The Schray Date: 04/02/2014
Links to Chicago Universities DreamSpark Premium Sites
IIT IIT CS: https://aka.ms/iitcs IIT ITM: https://aka.ms/IITITM IIT ECE: https://aka.ms/IITECE IIT...
Author: The Schray Date: 04/02/2014
NIU Event Resources
Let’s do the pre-work to publish an app Hello spring OMIS 259 and OMIS 351 Students. ...
Author: The Schray Date: 03/27/2014
Useful IE Keyboard Shortcuts for Tabs
Spend some time in IE and wish there was something like ALT-Tab. When there is something like...
Author: The Schray Date: 03/13/2014
Weather Man-Chicago apps live Windows 8 and Windows Phone
I spoke at the Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) on Windows 8 and...
Author: The Schray Date: 03/07/2014
Windows Key + Down Arrow–I didn’t know that
I accidently did Windows Key + Down Arrow. For Windows Store apps - It turn out that is closes...
Author: The Schray Date: 03/07/2014
IIT DSP Links
If you’re Illinois Institute of Technology student and need the link to your departments DreamSpark...
Author: The Schray Date: 02/27/2014
Windows Phone 8 Development Learning Resources
Looking from some Windows Phone 8 Development learning Resources Windows Phone 8 Development for...
Author: The Schray Date: 02/25/2014
Windows 8 Development in HTML 5 and JavaScript Learning Resources
Looking for some Windows 8 Development in HTML 5 and JavaScript Developing Window Store Apps with...
Author: The Schray Date: 02/25/2014
Windows 8 Development in C# Learning Resources
Looking from some Windows 8 Development in C# Learning Resources? Essentials of Developing Windows...
Author: The Schray Date: 02/25/2014
C# learning Resources
Looking for some C# Language learning resources? C# Fundamentals: Development for Absolute Beginners...
Author: The Schray Date: 02/25/2014
Bing Code Example Inside of Visual Studio
Want to stay inside Visual Studio and find relevant examples germane to what your doing? Bing...
Author: The Schray Date: 02/24/2014
Windows Key + Z–did not know that
It turns out the Windows Key+Z will pop-up your modern UI apps appbars. That was news to...
Author: The Schray Date: 02/22/2014
Quick Image Resizing with Paint
There are great tools like Paint.NET and Photoshop, but if you are simply after a quick image resize...
Author: The Schray Date: 02/19/2014
How to EASILY create application art for your App using PowerPoint 2013
He is an approach to easily creating application art for a Windows Store or Windows Phone Store app....
Author: The Schray Date: 02/19/2014
Get OneDrive
OneDrive is out with clients for Windows 8.1 (built in), Windows Phone, Android and iOS. Get...
Author: The Schray Date: 02/19/2014
New apps from Velin
Velin a student at IIT and a friend. He has built some new apps recently. Here is a bit...
Author: The Schray Date: 02/07/2014
2/3 Some of my new games and apps
Here are few games and apps of mine to check out. Game/App Title Where to get it Game World Flag...
Author: The Schray Date: 02/03/2014
Adding a New Line to your TextBlock
I am in the early stages of building a new Windows 8 app (you’ll get more details when I publish...
Author: The Schray Date: 01/10/2014
All Good People App–Normal Lab Values
I met Bernard at a recent (11/22) Windows Phones/Windows 8 developer event that I lead at the...
Author: The Schray Date: 01/08/2014
Sailrite App
Are you a sailor? Do you need to know how to maintain your sails? Then the Sailrite app...
Author: The Schray Date: 11/25/2013
Best Of Build Slides and Examples
Thanks for joining me in Waukesha for the best of build on 11/16. Here are my slides and...
Author: The Schray Date: 11/22/2013
XPlatformCloudKit Location
You can find the XPlatformCloudKit from this location:...
Author: The Schray Date: 11/22/2013
Student App - Sleepr Published in Windows 8 Store
An Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) student, Ray, worked on this app as time permitted for the...
Author: The Schray Date: 11/20/2013
Pointers to Windows 8.1 getting started resources
Nice Window 8.1 getting started resources: Have a Windows 8 app XAML app and are looking to migrate...
Author: The Schray Date: 11/14/2013
Updated APIs In Windows 8.1
Updated APIs in Windows 8.1 https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/bg182889.aspx User...
Author: The Schray Date: 11/14/2013
New Windows 8.1 APIs Reference
New Windows 8.1 APIs - https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/bg182410.aspx Devices...
Author: The Schray Date: 11/14/2013
2/3 Some of my apps and games to check out
Here are few games and apps of mine to check out. Game/App Title Where to get it Game World Flag...
Author: The Schray Date: 11/13/2013
Windows 8 App Makeover Challenge
Did you build a starter kit app or game before July during one of my campus events? Here is an...
Author: The Schray Date: 10/24/2013
Integrating Windows 8 Sharing into the Run Prey Starter Kit
The code below is snippet from the Run Prey starter kit. This code will allow your app to...
Author: The Schray Date: 10/17/2013