Ultimate Coder Challenge: Getting Started
It’s great to be a participant of the Ultimate Coder Challenge! We’re six developers competing to code an app for the next generation Ultrabooks running Windows 8. The winner gets $10,000! About me I’m...
View ArticleUltimate Coder Challenge: Preparation Work
After explaining what I’m going to do in my post of last week, let’s go on with some “real” work on the product this time. The porting of this vocabulary trainer will be my first Metro style app....
View ArticleUltimate Coder Challenge: Adding Functionality
In my post of last week I wrote about the preparation work needed to be done to convert my vocabulary trainer to a metro-style – oh, I mean modern UI style or Windows 8 style or whatever this should be...
View ArticleUltimate Coder Challenge: Vocabulary Training
As I’ve announced in my blog post of last week, I will go on with the most important part of a vocabulary trainer this time: the vocabulary training itself. Last week there was a funny event by...
View ArticleIntel Ultrabook AppLab in Berlin
Today there was an Ultrabook AppLab in Berlin (Germany) were I was invited to participate by Intel. Several speakers explained the new features of the next generation Ultrabooks and how they can be...
View ArticleIDF 2012: Meeting Fellow Ultimate Coders in San Francisco
This week the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) takes place in San Francisco. It’s great to be invited again by Intel as last year. This year I was invited as participant of the Ultimate Coder Challenge, but...
View ArticleUltimate Coder Challenge: IDF and Interface Improvements
It was great that I was invited to be at the IDF in San Francisco last week! There I showed my vocabulary trainer at a booth of Intel at the technical showcase area. But I also had time to implement...
View ArticleUltimate Coder Challenge: Adding a Words Card Game
After some interface improvements in my previous post, I added a words card game to the vocabulary trainer app since that. But first I extended the main view with a semantic zoom. Here is the normal...
View ArticleDeveloper Open Space in Leipzig
This weekend the annual Developer Open Space (German; formerly .NET Open Space) takes place in Leipzig (Germany) with around 150 attendees. I was invited to give a speech there today about utilizing...
View ArticleIntel Ultrabook MeetUp in Munich
Today there was a second Intel Ultrabook MeetUp in Munich (Germany) this year. The first one was in July. I was invited to speek a little bit about my experience with migrating a HTML5 app to the...
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