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20
Feb
Unbelievable almost 2 months of 2011 have flown by. Time always goes faster when there is a lot of interesting stuff happening around you. It all started with Microsoft Webcamp, a series of free Microsoft events around the world to keep developers up to date with the latest tools and technologies. The first Webcamp in Belgium immediately kicked in with Scott Hanselman! He is one of the most talented and at the same time funniest technical speakers I have ever seen. I had the luck to see him in Belgium last year during Tech days. Few people manage to keep their audience entertained while giving them so much useful info. At Webcamp Scott presented NuGet, MVC, Webmatrix, oData and off course the small tips and trickz that make you smile while coding. (more…)
17
Jan
Microsoft has presented a new toy at CES: Microsoft Surface 2.0.
About a year ago I followed an interesting surface training. Back then I also wrote a blog post on my adventure. I was very exited about this toys, because that what it is for a developer! So it did not take long before I created a first application for the LBi client afternoon. It was very interesting to see people interact with my application on a real table:
Some of the features I like about the new toy:
- Slim: there is actually free space under the tabletop!
- You can also mount it on a wall.
- HD: your app will look very appealing on 40-inch 1080p LCD HD screen.
- No big cameras anymore: every pixel of the screen acts as a camera (Pixel Sense Technology).
- Better OS: Vista is replaced by Windows 7 Professional 64-bit.
- New hardware: 2.9GHz AMD Athlon II X2 processor and a Radeon HD 6700M.
- Cheaper: $ 7600 (more…)