Bradley L. Jones

I’ve mentioned in the past that gestures support will be important to include in your applications. Related to that, Microsoft is releasing the 2.0 version of their Kinect SDK today. Additionally, they’ve announced a connector you can buy to use with the Kinect for Xbox One that will allow you to use the device on […]

The word nanolithography catches your attention. It caught mine. Nanolithography was used in a press release on nanotechnology in printing. I find that discussions on nanotechnology also catch my attention. Nanolithography is simply a means of building (printing or fabricating) nanometer-scale structures. For example, it is used to print integrated circuits. According to Wikipedia, It […]

Microsoft is constantly working to improve their offerings in the Cloud space. Most recently, they made available the general availability of the Redis Cache as well as Microsoft Azure Site Recovery. Microsoft released a public preview of Redis Cache at Tech Ed earlier this year. This preview has now been released for general availability. Azure […]

Coder Gears released version 5 of their product CppDepend, which is now pluggable with other static analysis tools like CppCheck. This product, which starts at around $503 for a single developer license) provides you with the ability to analyze and improve your C/C++ projects. CppDepend will help you to manage your complex C/C++ code base. […]

Even though it might be hard to believe, there was a time when most computers didn’t have a mouse, nor did they need one. DOS was replaced by Windows and the interfaces evolved to where the mouse became a critical input device. Of course, it was the third release of Windows before the mouse, along […]

I have a number of computers that I work with regularly. My powerhouse computer has 8gb of ram running and a relatively fast SCSI disk. It runs my development tools at a nice pace, although it would be great to eek out a bit more power. Of course, that’s my development. When it comes to […]

The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus released today. Many people got up early to get in line to purchase this new technology. It is interesting to see how technology evolves and to see how people respond to it. It is also interesting to see how technology is positioned. The iPhone 6 was positioned as […]

By 2017, JavaScript will be the most in-demand language skill in application development (AD). This was stated by Forrester Research earlier this year. It is no surprise that developers need to know JavaScript with the amount of focus on the web; however, it continues to be a surprise that it will be the most in-demand […]

I recently received a press release for the movie Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, which hyped that there is a lot of science and technology involved in the movie. Having been a fan of the original Planet of the Apes series, I saw the remake in 2011, Rise of the Planet of the […]

When creating blocs, where do you put the squiggly braces in your code? It isn’t a question with an answer that will cause programs to run faster or developers to be more efficient, but it is a question that can cause a huge amount of debate among developers. Where do you put your braces when […]

Last month Microsoft had their Build Conference in San Francisco, CA where they made a number of announcements and officially introduced elements such as Universal Apps. While Build is Microsoft’s Conference for developers, that doesn’t mean they can’t get a ton out of Microsoft’s Tech Ed show as well. While a majority of Tech Ed […]

Can’t make Microsoft’s TechEd 2014 Conference in Houston? Don’t fret! A number of sessions including the keynote will be streamed live. The keynote starts on May 12th at 9:00am CDT (That would be 10:00 ET and 7:00am PT). You should be able to catch it at http://northamerica.msteched.com/. Throughout the week, they will be streaming other […]