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Cut the Rope in HTML5 is live

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Adam Kinney

Its alive! Cut the Rope is now available in HTML5 on the web at www.cuttherope.ie I was fortunate enough to be a part of this project and am pleased to see it up and running. Hats off to ZeptoLab for creating a … Continue reading →

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Setting up your first use of the Animation library in WinJS

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Adam Kinney

The WinJS Animation library provides some pre-scripted animation functions that allow you to easily reproduce the signature animations of Metro-style apps.  Since there is no “Animated Application” template (and I don’t think there should be).  I thought I’d share the first … Continue reading →

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No Alert in WinJS! Use console or MessageDialog instead

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Adam Kinney

Please excuse the superfluous exclamation point in the title, this is not a true emergency. Most JavaScript developers have moved on from debugging with the alert function, but sometimes the quick and very dirty function comes up as an old … Continue reading →

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Thinking of Pinned Apps conceptually on Windows Phone

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Adam Kinney

One of the more distinctive features of Windows Phone is the Start screen – which includes nice big live tiles that you can add and organize however you prefer. Up until the latest release, pinned items have been limited to … Continue reading →

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Talking about HTML5 on Yet Another Podcast

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Adam Kinney

Jesse Liberty was kind enough to invite me back on to his cleverly named podcast, Yet Another Podcast, to talk about the technology of been focused on lately, HTML5. In YAP episode #48, we talk about the type of work I do as … Continue reading →

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New Windows Phone “How Do I” Video Series

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Adam Kinney

“How do I…do something new in and cool in Windows Phone ‘Mango’? This is Adam Kinney for Microsoft and today we’re going to answer that question by…” If you are new to Windows Phone 7 Development or you want to … Continue reading →

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I’m doing the BUILD HIVE 2011 conference combo

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Adam Kinney

I’ve been looking forward to the BUILD conference since it was announced.  Seeing the Windows 8 demo, with its fancy new Metro evolved look and the fact that new development technologies are on the horizon, makes me feel giddy at the … Continue reading →

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Check if your WP7 app is a Bing Instant Answer

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Adam Kinney

After reading through all of the Windows Phone 7 “Mango” documentation, this is one tip that stuck out as a simple but nice feature that I haven’t seen mentioned much. Search on Windows Phone 7 “Mango” has been upgraded to include … Continue reading →

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Building a Windows Phone 7 game at the Kinect Code Camp

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Adam Kinney

This week I had the unique opportunity to take part in the Kinect Code Camp, a quiet event starting 24 hours before the public launch of the Kinect SDK. From the beginning there was a great vibe going on provided … Continue reading →

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The Book of CSS3 – take me to the future! …which is right now

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Adam Kinney

The Book of CSS3, from Peter Gasston, is your ticket from understanding the long-lived CSS2.1 to the new world full of possibilities with CSS3. Yes, there are issues understanding which features of CSS3 have been properly recommended and are currently … Continue reading →

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