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Windows Live Tools for Visual Studio Getting Started Guide

January 14, 2009Live

As Nick has mentioned we’ve released a Getting Started guide for the Windows Live Tools for Visual Studio controls. The November CTP (details here, download here) has a bunch of controls for implementing Live Services in your web apps.
It includes ASP.NET controls for Contacts, Login status, Maps, Messenger chats, Silverlight streaming etc. The November [...]

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nsquared Microsoft Surface apps

January 13, 2009Link

I thought you might be interested in this video – in it Neil chats with Eric Havir and demonstrates some of the educational apps we’ve been building for Microsoft Surface. The chemistry one at the end of the video is my favourite.
It’s a little difficult to make out exactly what is on the screen at [...]

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So this is what a startup looks like

December 12, 2008Main

Survived my first week at nsquared. Initial signs are good
Rather than prattle on about how awesome my new employer is, how we’re going to take over the world, how I’m the working with an exceptional team etc, etc, I thought I’d share a few insights into the company.
nsquared is a startup (I’ve never [...]

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Live Services Jumpstart Day 2

December 8, 2008Live

Another brain expanding day! I was so impressed with the event that I checked my impressions with a few other attendees – I wanted to make sure it wasn’t just a case of me being so naive about this stuff, that any new information was a revelation But no, there were many [...]

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Live Services Jumpstart

December 7, 2008Main

I attended day 1 of the Live Services Jumpstart today. Fortuitously this was also my first day working for nsquared (I’d coincidentally registered for the event separate to organising my start date).
I haven’t really been following the Live Services side of Microsoft of late, so today was a real eye opener. Although I was [...]

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