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  • My #HitRefresh moment

    As a @Microsoft MVP, i got an award for helping people with technology. I can give a talk, i can coach a team, but how do help more. Here is my #HitRefresh moment: Working collaboratively is hard, yet it is the basis ouf of how we live – we have families, we have collegues and Read more

  • BracketShow

    Quick post to let you know that I spoke of the MediatR nuget package at the BracketShow, check it out : http://bracketshow.com/?id=Jov-7Xygtyo   Read more

  • Custom nuget feeds with Visual Studio Online Build

    So I was working on DayTickler, and we suddenly decided to start using Xamarin controls from Telerik(Progress) and Syncfusion. Traditionally, that usually meant downloading the installer and then referencing the proper assemblies from the local drive. Another workflow was to copy the assemblies to the project directory in some sort of “lib” folder so that Read more

  • For enterprises, creating a web site that can link to files stored locally to work with “desktop apps”

    One of my clients wanted a way to interact with local files (open folders, launch the associated application) from a web page. In this way, they could construct home page for the user and link to “local files” the same way as if they were on the internet. This worked using IE (not Chrome nor Read more

  • Understanding NetStandard

    I was working on DayTickler and authentication when the latest Azure Mobile Client was released. Being fearless, i decided to upgrade. Turns out the new version of the nuget doesn`t support pcl, but netstandard. No problem, let`s upgrade everything to netstandard, i need it for things like the latest AutoMapper anyways. NetStandard is the new Read more

  • Microsoft Build 2017 WishList

    Microsoft Build 2017 is right around the corner, with keynotes streaming live in about 24 hours ! This is my reading of the Windows ecosystem, and what i would like to see announced… My new thinking is that an operating system is just a management thing, the APIs are all similar now… there is no Read more