Windows Store Apps Icon Generator

Originally I developed this icon tool to help people to quickly build windows store and windows phone apps using the Web Application Template which is a tool designed to wrap web content and allow it to plug easily into native…

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Semantic Zoom (Universal Apps)

Hub App This will be a bit of a deep dive into the Semantic Zoom control and it’s usage in a windows c# / xaml universal app project. Starting with something which I’m sure everyone is familiar with, that is,…

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wp8 streamsocket

Building on previous StreamSocket-related posts http://babaandthepigman.wordpress.com/2012/04/07/streamsocket-example-c-metro/ and http://babaandthepigman.wordpress.com/2012/10/12/metro-app-and-kinect-voice-control/ which use socket code for Windows Store apps and for Windows 8 desktop I decided to try the code on Windows Phone 8. I have recently bought a Lumia 920 so am…

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