Monthly Archives: October 2010

Coin Tosser Accepted and Published!

Posted on October 23, 2010 by Mike Clark

Good news this morning, and that is that my Coin Tosser app has been accepted and will be published!  I didn’t make it free, but it only costs 99 cents.  Maybe I can make a couple bucks with it.  We … Continue reading →

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My First Two Apps Are Submitted

Posted on October 19, 2010 by Mike Clark

As of tonight I have submitted my first two apps to the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace, the App Hub. These are: CoinTosser FractionCalc I’m going to give ConvertPlus, the most complex and “serious” app (in terms of time spent), a … Continue reading →

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Halleluyah! I’m IN!!

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Mike Clark

As I noted in an earlier post, I was a trifle late in getting in my request for consideration for early-access to the Windows Phone 7 App Marketplace, so I was quite philosophical about my chances of being able to … Continue reading →

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Windows Phone 7 Developer Launch Event

Posted on October 9, 2010 by Mike Clark

On Monday, October 12, 1010 is the Windows Phone 7 Developer Launch Event!  It’s going to be a simulcast from Mountain View, California, and if you can take the day off then it’s a good idea to do so.  It … Continue reading →

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Introducing: the ConverterPlus App

Posted on October 9, 2010 by Mike Clark

And now for the more ambitious of my Windows Phone 7 apps (thus far), my measurement conversion app: ConverterPlus. I’ve uploaded a demo to YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO1Lj8E_xMc This app converts between US Customary, British Imperial, and Metric (SI) systems for mass, … Continue reading →

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There’s Always Gotta Be Last-Minute Bugs

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Mike Clark

I was busy preparing my ConverterPlus app for initial publication tonight, when I ran through a few tests in preparation for making the YouTube video I was going to post about the completed app, when my test brought up an … Continue reading →

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Got some good attention!

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Mike Clark

The CoinToss app got some attention on 1800pocketpc.com: http://www.1800pocketpc.com/2010/10/07/cointoss-app-for-windows-phone-7.html And the CoinToss app’s initial YouTube video has gotten 138 views as of this moment.  Cool!

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The Fraction Calculator App

Posted on October 6, 2010 by Mike Clark

The very next of my three apps for Windows Phone 7 is my Fraction Calculator. It adds, subtracts, divides and multiplies fractions. Fraction arithmetic is the bane of schoolchildren and college students alike. FractionCalc is the solution! I’ve posted a … Continue reading →

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The Coin Tosser App

Posted on October 6, 2010 by Mike Clark

The process of getting things ready for Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 Marketplace has Microsoft accepting select apps for advance consideration in the Marketplace.  Developers with apps ready to go have been invited to present information about their apps via email.  … Continue reading →

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What is this odd thing?

Posted on October 4, 2010 by Mike Clark

Apparently since the release of the RTW version of the Windows Phone 7 development tools there is some odd thing showing up in the page.  It looks like some kind of numeric thing, and it appears on the right side … Continue reading →

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