On November 14, 2012, Microsoft will be hosting Windows AzureConf, a free event for the Windows Azure community. This event will feature a keynote presentation by Scott Guthrie, along with numerous sessions executed by Windows Azure community members. Streamed live for an online audience on Channel 9, the event will allow you to see how…
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Game Development 101, Part 2
Can’t wait to get started on developing apps and games for Windows 8? I know, me too!! To help you get started, sign up for 30 to Launch to get tips and tricks in your inbox that will help you take your app from idea to in-store. This is the second post in a series…
Game Development 101, Part 1
Can’t wait to get started on developing apps and games for Windows 8? I know, me too!! To help you get started, sign up for 30 to Launch to get tips and tricks in your inbox that will help you take your app from idea to in-store. In this series, I’m going to go over some…
Game Development 101, Glossary (Part 0)
Can’t wait to get started on developing apps and games for Windows 8? I know, me too!! To help you get started, sign up for 30 to Launch to get tips and tricks in your inbox that will help you take your app from idea to in-store. This is the “getting ready” post for a short series,…
Meet MLS All Star, Chris Pontius
The world of MLS comes to the Microsoft Store in Tysons Corner. Don’t miss the chance to say hello to Chris Pontius, DC United All Star. We invite the community to come out on Monday, August 13, 2012 from 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. for this special event. While you’re at the store, enter the Xbox…
The Campus Coder Show #3: Ben Snyder and Zach Hoefler
The Campus Coder is a half-hour podcast series that features interviews with student developers who have made the leap into professional development with Microsoft tools. It’s intended to educate, entertain and enlighten aspiring student developers! This week, Ed and Glen talk with Ben Snyder and Zach Hoefler, two students from the Rochester Institute of Technology…
The Campus Coder Show #2: Nic Colley
The Campus Coder is a half-hour podcast series that features interviews with student developers who have made the leap into professional development with Microsoft tools. It’s intended to educate, entertain and enlighten aspiring student developers! Tune in as Glen and Ed talk to Nic Colley (@niccolley), Imagine Cup Game Design winner in 2010. In this…
The Campus Coder Show #1: Chevon Christie
The Campus Coder is a half-hour podcast series that features interviews with student developers who have made the leap into professional development with Microsoft tools. It’s intended to educate, entertain and enlighten aspiring student developers! Chevon Christie (@chevonchr) is a student developer in the Macaulay Honors College at Hunter College in New York. Chevon has…
Generation App
Every era has its defining technology. There was radio, then television, and then the Internet. Today, applications have become the technology that informs and entertains the world. Welcome to Generation App. Generation App is a movement that will unite everyone who has a stake in the future of applications—people with ideas for apps, people who…
Startup Weekend DC–GOV 2.0
Startup Weekend proudly presents its second-ever pilot event focused on fostering innovation & entrepreneurship in the public sector. In partnership with Code for America, we invite you to join us on June 15-17, 2012, at Microsoft’s Chevy Chase office (on the red line, Friendship Heights metro stop) to solve real-life problems faced by federal and local…