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Oct 6, 2009
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Hidden Costs (Matt Gertz)

Anthony D. Green [MSFT]
Anthony D. Green [MSFT]

(Note: there was a grievous error in this post based on a bad assumption on my art regarding VB.  Not feeling the need to hide my ignorance :-), I have instead made a number of edits in this post to bring it back to some semblance of reality.)One thing that gets me annoyed with myself is realizing that the product or service I’ve just bo...

Aug 5, 2009
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It’s a Small World, After All, part 2 – VB, C#, and GPS (Matt Gertz)

Anthony D. Green [MSFT]
Anthony D. Green [MSFT]

In my previous post, we fixed up a C# GPS library to provide more support, and wrote all of the UI for a VB GPS application, all based on (but modified from) a Mobile GPS sample in the Windows Mobile 6.0 SDK.  In this post, we’ll finish up the app by enabling a bunch of cool functionality not exposed in the original sample.The C# sample ...

Aug 4, 2009
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It’s a Small World, After All, part 1 – VB, C#, and GPS (Matt Gertz)

Anthony D. Green [MSFT]
Anthony D. Green [MSFT]

The title of this blog post has sort of a triple meaning for me.  First of all, I just got back from a long (and wonderful!) cruise in the Caribbean, followed by a stop at Disney World.  And of course, if you go to Disney World with kids, it’s the law that you have to go through the “It’s a Small World” ride, there...

Jun 25, 2009
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We Need to Talk (Matt Gertz)

Anthony D. Green [MSFT]
Anthony D. Green [MSFT]

By now, many of you will have downloaded the recent beta that we posted to the net, and (hopefully) are getting excited about the features that we’ve been developing.  Recently, Beth Massi interviewed me about some of the work that I’ve been doing as a part of that effort.  I always enjoy interviews, and Beth is great at pulli...

May 22, 2009
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How We Do It: Building the Visual Studio Product Line (Beth Massi, Matt Gertz)

Beth Massi
Beth Massi

Ever wonder how we build Visual Studio and the .NET Framework? I mean literally. You know, the build process that spits out a product at the other end?  Well I sure did and it's not just hitting F5 people ;-). In this interview I sit down with Matt Gertz, frequent VB blogger and also the guy in charge of the builds in Developer Division (he ha...

May 21, 2009
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Phoning Home, revisited (Matt Gertz)

Anthony D. Green [MSFT]
Anthony D. Green [MSFT]

In my post “M. G. Phone Home,” I discussed how to write a simple phone application for Windows Mobile, using Visual Basic, which accesses the Bluetooth service.  What I didn’t discuss was how to deploy it to the phone via CAB.  Since I purchased a new phone yesterday (a Samsung Saga, running Windows Mobile 6.1), and I&rs...

May 5, 2009
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How Do We Learn to Be Good Programmers? (Matt Gertz)

Anthony D. Green [MSFT]
Anthony D. Green [MSFT]

I’ve always enjoyed writing.  Putting pen to paper (or, these days, fingers to keyboard) is something that brings a lot of joy into my life, even more than music or any other hobby that I have.  I’ve been writing stories since earlier than I can remember, have faithfully kept a daily diary for many years, and have published co...

Apr 13, 2009
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Keep the Customer Satisfied (Matt Gertz)

Anthony D. Green [MSFT]
Anthony D. Green [MSFT]

As I’ve written elsewhere, the toughest critics for any work you do can always be found in your own family.  Pleased at the immense work that I’d done in scanning in and tagging all of my photos and media (as noted in this post), and with my ego sufficiently boosted by writing a screensaver in VB that would display not only the pic...

Mar 1, 2009
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Veni, MIDI, Vici: Generating a simple MIDI file using VB, part 2 (Matt Gertz)

Anthony D. Green [MSFT]
Anthony D. Green [MSFT]

In part 1 of this series, I constructed a pair of classes to supporting persisting MIDI data to files.  In this entry, I’ll now leverage that code to support an (admittedly limited) music editor experience. Caveat:  As I mentioned in the first post, I’m sure many readers will be far more knowledgeable about MIDI than I am, and will justi...

Feb 27, 2009
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Veni, MIDI, Vici: Generating a simple MIDI file using VB, part 1 (Matt Gertz)

Anthony D. Green [MSFT]
Anthony D. Green [MSFT]

As I’ve alluded to in previous blogs, music has always been a big part of my life, particularly performance music.  I’ve been a clarinet and saxophone player for many years, am an avid singer, and (with the help of friends) I’ve done my best to teach myself piano and drums.  Composition of music, however, has always been...