One of the things I wanted to make sure and do was provide #Hashtastic users WP8.1 Start Screen compatible transparent tiles, while still giving them the ability to chose the default #Hashtastic background color (red) if they wanted. This functionality was added in #Hashtastic v1.9. Many thanks to Tim Gabrhel for pointing me toward Andrew Baker’s tutorial....
Read MoreToday, Pintrest released a web-wrapper for their website on Windows Phone. I won’t call it an app. No self-respecting developer would. Rather, this is a lazy way to have an “official app” without putting in much time or energy, just so you can check a box on the master “APP GAP” list, or shut up those annoying Windows Phone users that...
Read MoreDVLUP is just plain awesome. They recently partnered with Toledo2 for a Twitter contest where the prize was a 1-hour design consultation for your app. I entered #Hashtastic, naturally, and won – along with 24 other lucky winners. The session was with Arturo Toldeo and was really fantastic. Done over Skype, it was heavily interactive. Arturo prepared a visual...
Read MoreOne of the most important assets Windows Phone has is the fantastic community that has grown around it. Engaging, enthusiastic, and always fun, this group’s most active members have come to be known as WinPhans (Windows Phone Fans). Among them is what most would agree is the leader of this band of merry WinPhans, Sean Johnson. Sean actually coined the term...
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Last night I decided to take advantage of an extra drive in my PC and install the Windows 8 Preview Release and dual-boot with Windows 7. Always a risky proposition with pre-release software, but fortunately I have a Windows Home Server so restoring from a catastrophe would take about 20 minutes. Feeling confident of my ability to live life on the wild side with few...
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