A brief history of five TouchSmart generations–pioneering ideas for Windows 8

30 CommentsAgile, HP TouchSmart, Microsoft, Opinion, Software, Software development, Windows 7, Windows 8, WPF

A few weeks ago I attended Microsoft’s BUILD conference to get ready for what’s coming in Windows 8. As I was sitting in the first day’s keynotes and big picture sessions, I couldn’t help but think back on the work HP has done with its TouchSmart software and notice areas where the TouchSmart software pioneered

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Windows Phone 7 – No “editable” TextBlock

6 CommentsMicrosoft, Software, Software development, Windows Phone 7

As I’m diving into Windows Phone 7 development and making notes for myself on how WP7 compares to WebOS, I’ve come across one little wrinkle that works really nicely in WebOS (out-of-the-box) and doesn’t work so well in WP7 (out-of-the-box). I’m talking about a control (actually, a Widget in WebOS) that initially looks like a

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