Bradley L. Jones

Microsoft Build is now the conference for developers who focus on building on the Microsoft platform. With Steve Ballmer on stage for the initial keynote, the assumption was that this would be an event for “developer, developers, developers!”  The first Build keynote, however, didn’t dig very deep into the developer space. For Build 2013, there […]

I attend Microsoft’s Tech Ed conference in New Orleans this week. This is Microsoft’s conference that is primarily aimed at IT Pros, but includes quite a bit of developer content as well. If you want to know what is currently happening at Microsoft with their products, this is the show to attend. I was told, […]

I had previously told my family that I already knew what I wanted for Christmas this year. The new Xbox was to be announced on the 21st, and it was a no-brainer that I’d have to have one since they were expected to be out before the end of the year. The announcement was yesterday […]

A lot of people have lots of comments telling Microsoft what is wrong with Windows 8 and with what should be changed or fixed. Many of these people have even loaded and ran the operating system. Now it is my turn! I’ve said in the past that from a sales perspective, Windows 8 is very […]

Many people were blue about not getting registered for the Microsoft Build Conference because it quickly sold out. Many that missed the registration said the limited attendance really blew! You could say that those that missed registration got the Microsoft Build blues, not to be mixed up with Microsoft “Blue” that is expected to be […]

The ship date for Leap Motion’s motion controller has slipped to July 22, 2013. They are stating that they have 600,000 leap devices manufactured, but that they are testing to make sure they are the best they can be. I’ve mentioned it before; however, if you are not familiar, Leap Motion makes a device in […]

[description] The Tile Slider Puzzle is about moving tiles up and down as well as right or left in order to set each row to the same color. You need to do this in the fewest moves possible. Each time you play, the board is randomized to allow for different challenges. Multiple game board sizes […]

Microsoft has made Windows Azure Infrastructure Services generally available today. This is Microsoft’s IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) offering. Normally I wouldn’t write about this because it is an IT Pro topic more so than a developer topic; however, I’ve been hit with a number of emails and postings on it today, so it is […]

I’ve not blogged as much as I’d like. It isn’t because I’ve not wanted to, but rather because I’ve been focused on a number of initiatives for our sites. One of these initiatives has launched. You will now find a Cloud Development Project Center added to our Developer.com site. This project center provides a number […]

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With spring in the air, the beginning of the major conference begins. Granted there are conferences all year long, but it seems that the March to June time frame has an above average number. True to form, Microsoft has started promoting this year’s big technical conference – Microsoft Tech Ed 2013. I’ve been going to […]

Microsoft announced a release date of February 9th for the Surface Pro. This is the Surface machine everyone likely really wanted. In fact, many of the owners of the million Surface RT devices that have been sold will likely be wondering why their machine doesn’t seem so good. The Surface with Windows 8 Pro will […]