Author Archives: Mike Clark

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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Absence of evidence isn’t evidence of absence

Posted on September 28, 2010 by Mike Clark

Yes, there’s been nothing on this blog for literally months.  Had you noticed?  I didn’t, not really. And it wasn’t as if there was nothing happening on this end of the keyboard.  I have been developing the app that I … Continue reading →

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Fractional Thinking

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Mike Clark

My Conversion app for Windows Phone 7 is going to have a couple of components for fraction arithmetic — it’s a “conversion”, with one panel converting back and forth between a decimal and a fraction (and vice versa).  You know, what … Continue reading →

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Hoping for a Windows Phone 7 Device!

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Mike Clark

I am still chugging away at my Conversion app.  I even have a working title for it: ConverterPlus!  The “plus” part is the fraction arithmetic functionality.  I know how fractions is everyone’s favorite (not), so maybe this will help.  Don’t … Continue reading →

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My First Windows Phone 7 App

Posted on June 18, 2010 by Mike Clark

A post or two ago I mentioned that I had put together a “first app”, and it seemed like a good idea to show it off a bit.  It’s more along the line of a demo (although parts of it … Continue reading →

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What’s a Cubit?

Posted on June 17, 2010 by Mike Clark

I haven’t yet written anything about what I am working on with respect to Windows Phone 7.  My first thought on the matter was that maybe I shouldn’t say anything, because it’s supposed to be a for-profit product and handing … Continue reading →

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Progress — of a sort…

Posted on May 30, 2010 by Mike Clark

I feel sometimes like I am trying to put five US quarts into a US gallon container — difficult, since a US gallon only has a 4 quart capacity! While learning development on Windows Phone 7 — and I’ve built … Continue reading →

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Portland Code Camp 2010

Posted on May 22, 2010 by Mike Clark

I’ve taken a Saturday to show up at the 2010 Portland (Oregeon) Code Camp, and mainly because of the several Windows Phone 7 sessions that were available.  I am sitting in the very last session of the camp, this one … Continue reading →

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Facebook Warning

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Mike Clark

To those of my readers who might be on Facebook, Greetings!   Just thought I would pass along some of my concerns about how we all might be using Facebook, and if you weren’t already aware of FB;’s privacy problems, to make … Continue reading →

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Jump Start II

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Mike Clark

As I mentioned in my last post, I was attending a Microsoft Event called Windows Phone 7 Jump Start.  That was yesterday and the day before, now, and having dragged my sorry self back home last night late.  I say “sorry … Continue reading →

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