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smartyp says: RT @gcaughey

: RT @alvinashcraft

: Windows Phone 7 Mockup Tools for Balsamiq http://ff.im/-oxHgg #wp7dev
1 days ago by Roger Peters (@smartyp), retweet - tags: Windows

smartyp says: RT @glengordon

: Working on a Windows Phone 7 app in the southeast? Here's how to get a device for testing http://bit.ly/bLjV2g #wp7dev
1 days ago by Roger Peters (@smartyp) - tags: TDD, Windows

smartyp says: RT @jamesashley

: First meeting of the Windows Phone 7 Gun Club on Aug 4 at 5 Seasons Brewing, Atlanta. http://bit.ly/ajdvS6 #wp7dev
1 days ago by Roger Peters (@smartyp) - tags: Windows

smartyp says: heck yeah, found an XBox MVP that might be able to help me get my XBox I won at PDC08 replaced.. w00t
1 days ago by Roger Peters (@smartyp) - tags: MVP, PDC, XNA

smartyp says: spending the next hour or so estimating some Silverlight work hopefully scheduled for late this year.. looks like it would be fun
1 days ago by Roger Peters (@smartyp) - tags: Silverlight

smartyp says: @gcaughey

good to know.. i've seen an example app with a startup animated loader (similar to one in the top status bar), but not sample code
2 days ago by Roger Peters (@smartyp), in reply to @gcaughey - tags: Startup

smartyp says: RT @SilverlightTV

: Just scheduled 6 more Silverlight TV recordings. 2 on Sketchflow, 2 on Blend, and 2 surprise guests :)
2 days ago by Roger Peters (@smartyp), retweet - tags: Silverlight

smartyp says: anyone have an article on when the proper time is to do your data intensive loading on startup in wp7? #wp7dev
2 days ago by Roger Peters (@smartyp) - tags: Startup

smartyp says: listening to the latest silverlight.tv with @John_Papa

and @depoll while writing some isolated storage unit tests - http://bit.ly/aU6Jxt
2 days ago by Roger Peters (@smartyp) - tags: Silverlight

smartyp says: @emalamisura

yeah, im basically doing that now.. it's not tough, but subversion can make it a bigger pain than it needs to be
2 days ago by Roger Peters (@smartyp), in reply to @emalamisura - tags: Subversion

smartyp says: found it.. you can find it in project properties under 'conditional compilation statements'.. the answer is #if WINDOWS_PHONE #wp7dev
2 days ago by Roger Peters (@smartyp) - tags: Windows

smartyp says: anyone know the #if directive to detect WP7 in SL? similar to XNA where you can do: #if XBOX to support the same game on xbox/wp7? #wp7dev
2 days ago by Roger Peters (@smartyp) - tags: XNA

smartyp says: got my theory on this,we'll know tomorrow! RT @josefajardo

: MS announcing something "Sepcial" for Halo: Reach this week http://bit.ly/cLIjPq
3 days ago by Roger Peters (@smartyp) - tags: Microsoft

smartyp says: @waltritscher

are you working on a silverlight series for them? we have a subscription to Lynda, will have to check it out.. any ETA, etc?
3 days ago by Roger Peters (@smartyp), in reply to @waltritscher - tags: Silverlight

smartyp says: RT @ShawnWildermuth

: Silverlight Tour Atlanta next week, 3 Days of SL goodness: 10% off Coupon 'SUMMER2010': http://is.gd/dN0KY
3 days ago by Roger Peters (@smartyp), retweet - tags: Silverlight

smartyp says: @victorgaudioso

just stand in line - behind me preferably ;) but seriously, you can email wp7req [at] microsoft [dot] com
3 days ago by Roger Peters (@smartyp), in reply to @victorgaudioso - tags: Microsoft

smartyp says: RT @ChrisRauber

: Atlanta .Net devs - quick reminder for any last minute takers - Alt.Net Atlanta is tonight at 7pm at Manuel's Tavern h ...
4 days ago by Roger Peters (@smartyp), retweet - tags: .NET

smartyp says: RT @shanselman

: Devs: Does your Open Source Project need MSDN Subscriptions? http://hnsl.mn/9ze3sE /via @tehlike

Pls RT!
4 days ago by Roger Peters (@smartyp), retweet - tags: MSDN, OpenSource

smartyp says: the next WP7 game im working on is in Silverlight and uses the accelerometer.. ill be trying the wii-mote route unless a device materializes
4 days ago by Roger Peters (@smartyp) - tags: Silverlight

smartyp says: nice.. RT @DBVaughan

: Location of 2011 MVP Summit announced. http://bit.ly/cD42hY #mvp11
4 days ago by Roger Peters (@smartyp) - tags: MVP

smartyp says: @billreiss

is your understanding that indie games like mine should or shouldnt show up in the game hub? is that only for xbox partners?
4 days ago by Roger Peters (@smartyp), in reply to @billreiss - tags: XNA

smartyp says: RT @mklucher

: #XNA Tip a Day: Want your game to show up in the emulator? We've got it covered! http://bit.ly/bC6WXs #WP7Dev
4 days ago by Roger Peters (@smartyp), retweet - tags: XNA

smartyp says: RT @gcaughey

: RT @fanzoo: Blogged: Introduction to Windows Phone 7 Accelerometer: http://bit.ly/9lJDiz #wp7dev
5 days ago by Roger Peters (@smartyp), retweet - tags: Windows

smartyp says: @mahoekst

@gcaughey

pointed out it is now called 'DataBound Application' now in Blend.. still called 'WP7 List Application' in VS2010
5 days ago by Roger Peters (@smartyp), in reply to @mahoekst - tags: Visual Studio

smartyp says: @gcaughey

ah, ill check that out.. @runegri pointed out that the template is still in VS2010, so that helps me out
5 days ago by Roger Peters (@smartyp), in reply to @gcaughey - tags: Visual Studio

smartyp says: can't agree more RT @josefajardo

: All we need now is Silverlight on Android then those Android Tablets will look so sweet!
5 days ago by Roger Peters (@smartyp) - tags: Android, Silverlight

smartyp says: anyone have issues with sharing silverlight code between web and wp7? curious before i change a wp7 library to SL3 to use both ways #wp7dev
5 days ago by Roger Peters (@smartyp) - tags: Silverlight

smartyp says: RT @SilverlightTV

: This Thursday on #SLTV: David Poll does a tour of Navigation with Silverlight.
5 days ago by Roger Peters (@smartyp) - tags: Silverlight

smartyp says: RT @glengordon

: At tonight's Atlanta .NET User group, learn about Win Phone 7 development & see a real device! http://atldotnet.org #wp7dev
5 days ago by Roger Peters (@smartyp), retweet - tags: .NET

smartyp says: writing unit tests for my SL wp7 app.. figured how to avoid needing mainpage.xaml thanks to this forum entry - http://bit.ly/dflswj #wp7dev
6 days ago by Roger Peters (@smartyp) - tags: XAML

smartyp says: i'd be interested a bit.. RT @chrisgwilliams

: Any interest in an XNA User Group or Meetup in the ATL area? #XNA #AlwaysThinking
6 days ago by Roger Peters (@smartyp) - tags: XNA

smartyp says: just sketched up some screens for the next game I'm working on.. this one is in Silverlight and should be much simpler.. #wp7dev
6 days ago by Roger Peters (@smartyp) - tags: Silverlight

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