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Video Training - Android Advanced Development Using Mono for Android 4

This course is about how to use Mono for Android with Tablets and the new Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich release. The course introduces Android Tablets and Fragments, new controls that are available t...

eLearning event on HTML5 for Mobile with jQuery Mobile - May 17

I'll be doing an eLearning event on HTML5 for Mobile with jQuery Mobile. There will also be a few items sprinkled in on ASP.NET Razor. Mobile development is a hot item. Customers are buying iPhones...

Lights, Camera, Action with Mono for Android Article in Visual Studio Magazine

Multimedia is expected in today's mobile applications, and the fun isn't only for smartphone and tablet users. Mono for Android, based on the Mono project's open source implementation of the Microso...

Playing, Recording, and Editing Video in the iPhone with MonoTouch Article

This article resumes where we left off in "Working with Images and Animation on the iPhone and iPad with .NET and C#: Part 1," which looked at multimedia app development on the iPhone and iPad, in...

Better Debugging with Mono for Android

Let's be honest: When debugging with Android -- and Mono for Android (MfA) on Windows by extension -- using the emulator requires patience. This isn't a condemnation of Mono for Android; merely re...

Mono for Android Monthly Column

I can now announce with much excitement that fellow author and friend Greg Shackles and I will be authoring a monthly column for Visual Studio Magazine on Mono for Android.  The link to the int...

Working with Images and Animation on the iPhone and iPad with .NET and C#: Part 1

Multimedia has come a long way during my career in programming. I remember the HP-41C, the first calculator that I used day to day in my geeky teenage years (unfortunately, I've only gotten geekier...

eLearning event on HTML5 for Mobile with jQuery Mobile

I'll be doing an eLearning event on HTML5 for Mobile with jQuery Mobile. There will also be a few items sprinkled in on ASP.NET Razor. Mobile development is a hot item. Customers are buying iPhones...

Mono for Android Book has been Released!!!!!

If I understand things correctly, and I make no guarantees that I do, our Mono for Android book has been RELEASED!  I'm not quite sure what this means, but my guess is that that it has been pri...

Mobile: Wrox Cross Platform Mobile Development - iPhone, iPad, Android, and everything with .NET & C#

Wrox has produced a bundle of their 3 best selling mobile development books and it is available as of Today (March 16). A bundle of 3 best-selling and respected mobile development e-books from Wrox f...

Android Development with Mono for Android 4 - Training via AppDev

My Android Development with Mono for Android 4 Video Training Series via AppDev is out and available.  That's right, .NET/C# developers can now write native apps for Android devices. I hope tha...

Recording of the Mono for Android Webinar - Building a User Interface with Mono for Android

My webinar for last week on building a user interface with Mono for Android is now available online. The webinar covered:We will look at the basics of building a user interface for Android with Mono ...

Webinar on Building a User Interface in Mono for Android

I'll be doing a webinar on Tuesday February 28th on Building a User Interface in Mono for Android.  A little bit about this:We will look at the basics of building a user interface for Android wi...

Start Using HTML5 today!

My article on HTML5 and some things that you can use today has gone online at the Dev Pro Connections web site.  Here's a snippet of it: HTML5 is the direction for web-based applications. All ...

Review of "Beginning iOS5 Application Development"

I was recently given the opportunity to review Wei Meng Lee's most recent edition of his beginning iOS programming series.  This book is entitled "Beginning iOS5 Application Development." ...

iOS Development with MonoTouch Cookbook

I was recently given the opportunity to review Dimitris' iOS Development with MonoTouch Cookbook.  My first thought on the book was "do we need another book in this niche?".  I was the f...

Author Review and Production Editing are complete

What book editing isn't better the second time around?  Like a dog returns to his vomit and the fool to his folly, the author must return to his writing.  And with the past week, my author...

HTML5 for Mobile Article on DevProConnections

My article on HTML5 for Mobile Devices at Dev Pro Connections Magazine has now been published.HTML5 is the umbrella term for the next major evolution of markup, JavaScript, and Cascading Style Sheets...

Mapping and Location with Monotouch on DevProConnections web site

My article on Mapping and Location with MonoTouch is now out and available on the DevProConnections web site.  Here's the intro to the article:Mobile phones are by definition, mobile. A couple of...

My Artilcle on the UITableView with MonoTouch and the iPhone/iOS is now online

My article on the UITableView in the iPhone/iOS with MonoTouch is now available online. Hopefully it is of value to you. Article overview:Data is what makes applications go. It could be a Twitter ...

My article on Creating a User Interface with Mono for Android

There's no doubt about it: Smartphones based on the Android OS are hot. Currently, they're generating 550,000 activations per day. Their market share is at approximately 40 percent, and continuing t...

Training on MonoTouch for the iPhone and Mono for Android

I'll be in Sandusky, OH on January 9th and 10th to provide two full days on MonoTouch for the iPhone and Mono for Android.  This training is open to the public.  Signups can be done through...

HTML5 Webcast/Webinar for ASP.NET Developers

I'll be doing an HTML5 Webinar for ASP.NET Developers for DevProConnections Magazine on October 26, 2011 at 10 am PDT. Here's some info on the webinar: Building native applications can be costly and ...

Charlotte .NET User Group - Mono for Android #monodroid

 I'll be speaking at the Charlotte .NET User Group on September 27 (next week).   The subject will be Mono for Android.  Info on the talk:Tuesday, September 27, at 6:00 PM in the...

Mobile Software Development on Keyvan.TV - #monotouch #monodroid

I was recently interviewed on Keyvan TV regarding mobile software development. We talked a lot about monotouch, mono for android, the general marketplace for mobile, and other assorted things.PS. On ...

My article on HTML5 for ASP.NET Developers is now online

I'm super excited that my HTML5 for ASP.NET Developers is now online. Hopefully, this article is helpful in getting ASP.NET developers started with HTML5. Thanks to Dave Ward (@Encosia) for his many ...

My thoughts on Google - Motorola in SDTimes

Google - Motorola at SDTimes. Overall, I think this is positive. #monodroid...

Technology and Friends Show #167 - Wally McClure on Mobile #monotouch #monodroid

Back on July 1, 2011, I sat down with Dave Giard and we talked about mobile on Technology and Friends Show #167....

InfoQ article on #Monotouch and Mono for Android #monodroid

Over the past couple of weeks, I've been talking with InfoQ regarding Monotouch and Mono for Android (aka Monodroid). Here's the results of this interview, I hope you enjoy them. I talk about what I...

Status of Monotouch and Mono for Android #monotouch #monodroid

It looks like Xamarin is now the official stewards (once again) of Mono, Monotouch, Mono for Android, Visual Studio Tools for Mono and associated Mono tools.  This is really good news for us i...

What do we do now? "It's over man, Wormer dropped the big one" - #MonoTouch and #MonoDroid

Original post. As you likely know, Mono, Monotouch, and Mono for Android are in limbo right now. Bluto: Hey! What's all this laying around stuff? Why are you all still laying around here for? Stork...

All Technology roadmaps remain..........except for the ones that we won't tell you about

Original post. By now, its public knowledge that the Mono team has been fired by Attachmate. I know its been rumor for a couple of weeks, but I got info saying it was true. I think that this is a poor...

Talking Mobile on Cloud Plumbing - iPhone, Android, MonoTouch, and Mono for Android

I was interviewed by Ryan Parsley last week regarding Mobile Computing with iPhone and Android using MonoTouch and Mono for Android. Hopefully, you enjoy it....

Another one is "In the books" - Professional Mono for Android is now AR complete

And with the upload to my editor at Wiley/Wrox, the book known as "Professional Android Programming with Mono for Android and .NET/C#" is now Author Review Complete, barring any slip ups on my part...

Mobile Luncheon and Discussion at New Horizon's on May 11, 2011

I'll be leading a discussion at New Horizon's Computer Learning Center here in Knoxville, TN on Mobile Application Development. I'm very excited about this. Here's a description:EVENT DESCRIPTI...

Mobile Connections - Las Vegas, NV - I'll be there

I'm going to be at Mobile Connections in Las Vegas, NV.  It runs from April 17-21.  I'm travelling to Las Vegas, just in time for people to leave from Mix, on April 15 (in fact I'm suppossed...

Mono for Android Interview with Michael Desmond of Visual Studio Magazine

I was honored to be interviewed by Michael Desmond of Visual Studio Magazine regarding the release of Mono for Android 1.0.  The interview was done this morning and he already has it up on their ...

Turn-By-Turn Driving Directions in Android with Mono for Android (MonoDroid)

I needed to open some turn-by-turn directions in Android.  I did the following with Mono for Android, and this code worked:            ...

My article on iPhone & iPad Programming for .NET/C# Developers with MonoTouch has been published

My article on iPhone & iPad Programming for .NET/C# Developers with MonoTouch has been published in the April, 2011 issue of DevPro Connections.  I hope you enjoy it....

Mobile Connections - Las Vegas, NV - April 17-21

I'll be speaking at Mobile Connections in Las Vegas, NV. I'll be speaking on: Programming Android with MonoDroid. Mobile Web Apps with HTML5.If you are there, please look me up....

HTML5 Presentation from AnDevCon using ASP.NET Web Pages and Razor

Here is my presentation on HTML5 Applications from AnDevCon.The Power Point file. The Zip file with the source code.I hope you enjoy the source and the pptx file.  It has info about:ASP.NET ...

Code Project Mobile Virtual Conference with MonoDroid

I'm speaking on Wednesday at the Code Project Mobile Virtual Conference on the subject of Android Programming for .NET/C# Developers with MonoDroid.  Check it out, I think its free.  Hopeful...

Passing values between Activities using MonoDroid

Been doing some work in MonoDroid and found that I needed to pass a user entered value from on Activity to another Activity in MonoDroid.  Here's how I did it. In my sending Activity, I need to...

iPhone Programming with MonoTouch article in DevConnections Magazine - April, 2011

As an FYI, my article on iPhone Programming with MonoTouch for DevConnections magazine has been submitted and edited.  I'm really excited about this.  It will coincide with my presentation...

MonoDroid Article in Visual Studio Magazine

The February edition of Visual Studio magazine is now online.  In it, my article regarding MonoDroid, the implementation of C# and .NET for Android devices, is online.  I can't thank Michael...

MonoDroid Preview 11 Logging Changes

With the latest MonoDroid Preview, the new logging functionality is: Android.Util.Log.Debug("some identifier", "some message");...

ASP.NET Podcast Show #149 - MonoDroid Development on the Apple Macintosh OSX

Given that I have a cast on my arm, I installed the MonoDroid Development Framework for Apple Macs today.  I walked through it and found that things are pretty much the same as with the MonoDroid...

MonoDroid on the Mac

 I finally decided to test out the new MonoDroid on Mac preview.  It works, and it works almost exactly like MonoDroid on Visual Studio 2010.  Here are some screen shots:Creating a pr...

Displaying error messages with Android and MonoDroid

One of the most annoying things when I build a desktop app in .NET is MessageBox.Show() for displaying images or using a alert() in Javascript is that I have to click on the popup dialog to make it ...

Bundle identifier on iOS with MonoTouch

So, I found a couple of issues in developing with MonoTouch that I need to be aware of.  These are:Spaces.  Don't have spaces in the project name.  Spaces are bad.  I've heard th...

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