The combination of Visual Studio and Expression Blend makes designing and developing Windows Phone applications relatively simple. However, it also makes it easy to use the standard controls without understanding their full capabilities. In this post we’re going to look at a few of the Windows Phone controls that ship […]
Daily Archives: August 24, 2011
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By Tara Hornor 22nd Aug 2011 General 1 Keeping your message clear and to the point is a highly effective way to communicate through a website. For individuals and organizations that specialize in a niche business, a single page website often provides plenty of room to convey a powerful message. […]
Web Directions South is “The Australian Web Industry Conference”, running October 11–14 in 2011, and its in Sydney. There are two days of workshops, two days of conference with four in depth tracks, keynotes, an expo and a veritable smorgasboard of social stuff. There is probably no better way to […]
Every freelancer wants advocates spreading good word of mouth on our behalf. And in hindsight, it’s easy to pick the advocates — they’re the clients who, by the end of the job, love you and your work. But what if you could identify potential advocates? Clients give hints as to […]
Now that you have a basic understanding of what a cloud is and how it works, let’s enumerate and dive in to some of its most useful attributes and characteristics. After spending years talking about Amazon Web Services in public forums, I’ve found that characterization is often more effective than […]
In my last post, How to Use HTML5 File Drag Drop, we discovered how to use the HTML5 File API, implement drag and drop events, and retrieve file information. Today, we’ll attempt to load files on the client using JavaScript. Why Open Local Files in JavaScript? Uploading files from an […]