Category Archives: Computers and Internet

Visual Studio 2013

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Colin Blakey

So while it is great that Microsoft is releasing a new version of Visual Studio 2013 so quickly, it looks like we will be exposed to more bloatware. A small hint MS, corporations tend not to want all their IP … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers and Internet | Leave a comment

Developing for Windows 8 RT devices

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Colin Blakey

Quick rant on this. Why on earth do I have to be using a dev machine with Win 8 to actually develop for a Win 8 RT device. Visual Studio 2012 has a simulator, so I don’t have to run … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers and Internet | Leave a comment

Living with a Windows Surface tablet

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Colin Blakey

Attending Build 2012 was an experience not to be forgotten. I, like probably all other attendees was wondering what surprise MS would bring out during the keynote. To our surprise there was no new surprises just a reinforcing of already … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers and Internet | Leave a comment

Password Protected Excel 2007/2010 File

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Colin Blakey

At the Orlando .NET Code Camp (the second largest in the US, the largest being South Florida), I did a presentation on OpenXml which is the format behind Office 2007/2010. At this session I was asked a question to which … Continue reading →

Posted in Code Camps, Computers and Internet | 4 Comments

Presentations at South Florida Code Camp

Posted on February 12, 2011 by Colin Blakey

By the time your read this I should have completed two presentations at the South Florida code camp. OData This presentation show how to construct OData providers using WCF Data services and consuming them using Silverlight and WPF. These providers … Continue reading →

Posted in Code Camps, Computers and Internet | Leave a comment

South West Code Camp – Presentation on OData

Posted on September 25, 2010 by Colin Blakey

This is the contents of my presentation from the South West Code Camp in Estoro. The presentation  is on Building and Consuming OData Custom Providers. In this presentation I demo a basic OData provider using the Entity Framework provider. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Code Camps, Computers and Internet | Leave a comment

Committed myself to presentating at the South West FL Code Camp

Posted on July 31, 2010 by Colin Blakey

I’ve spent a lot of time at the local code camps benefiting from all the great presentations made by other Florida developers. I’ve now decided it’s time to give something back to the community by presenting at the South West … Continue reading →

Posted in Code Camps, Computers and Internet | Leave a comment

MSI installations, Server 2008 R2 64bit and Visual Studio 2008

Posted on January 6, 2010 by Colin Blakey

Here’s a nugget of information that I found out by pure accident when I first shifted to developing on the Server 2008 R2 64bit platform and guess what I wasted time yet again when I forgot this with an issue … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers and Internet | Leave a comment