Win a Nokia Lumia 900

Come by the Microsoft booth at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing for your chance to win a Nokia Lumia 900! You can enter to win by creating your very first Windows Phone app. We have four tutorials for you to walk through to create your first app. You can do the tutorials…

Fast Track App Winners & Notable Finalists!

About the Challenge Core77 and Microsoft’s Windows Phone teams challenged the international design community to design apps for Windows Phone 7.5 that would help users do their work—where ever it takes place. Five winning app designs were selected and the designers connected to established Windows Phone app developers to advise or partner with to help…

Global Game Jam: It’s on, we’re there!

This weekend is Global Game Jam! If you follow Andrew Parsons’ blog then you’ll know that this year Global Game Jam especially exciting. If not, you can head over to his post or you can read this telling excerpt: And this year it’s even more exciting for me because Microsoft has sponsored a number of…

Big App On Campus!

We see new, amazing experiences created every day by student developers and we wanted to come up with a way to return the favor: we are partnering with the band The Gracious Few (featuring members of the bands LIVE and Candlebox) to create an amazing experience for ten (10) US college students (and their guest)…

Windows Phone Colors in RGB & Hex Values

UPDATE: Get the latest colors for Windows Phone 8 (HEX & RGB) here! Get Windows 8 theme colors (HEX) here! I find myself looking up the values of these colors a lot, so I thought other people might as well. If you want copy/paste-able color codes, see the table below.   Magenta #FF0094 RGB(255, 0, 148) Purple…

Useful Links for Windows Phone Development

The other day, I was at the Windows Phone Camp at Howard University. We had developers & students and beginners & experts in attendance. I got the pleasure of presenting the sessions on Silverlight and XNA. Similar to other Windows Phone Camps, we also had a hackathon that gave developers a chance to win great…

Easy-Bake Oven Apps: ScriptTD

Want to create a Windows Phone 7 app? Want to create a game? Don’t feel like coding the ENTIRE thing yourself? Let me help you. Or rather, let Andrew Parsons (@MrAndyPuppy) help you. Andrew wrote a comprehensive post that will walk you through the Windows Phone Marketplace experience using ScriptTD. ScriptTD is a tower defense…

Agenda Update: Windows Phone Camps

I want to let everyone know about some updates to the Windows Phone Camps that are happening on the East Coast. There is an updated agenda for the following camps: 11/2/2011 NCSU, Raleigh, NC Registration 11/8/2011 UCF, Orlando, FL Registration 11/10/2011 Univ of Miami, Coral Gables, FL Registration 11/15/2011 Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA Registration 11/17/2011…

Tennessee Women in Computing (TNWiC)

This past weekend I was lucky enough to attend (and speak at) the very first Tennessee Women in Computing Regional Grace Hopper Celebration. I know that a super long name which is why everyone calls is TNWiC. Here are some stats-at-a-glance from TNWiC: 180 attendees (TNWiC sold out and there was a waiting list!) 19…

Windows Phone Camps – East Region 2011

What’s a Windows Phone Camp? For those who went to our “Windows Phone Garage” series last year, it’s one of those. For those new to the scene, it’s a free, full day event chocked full of everything you need to know to develop a Windows Phone application. Whether you’re a seasoned veteran or just getting…