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JimLib.Xamarin now available
JimLib.Xamarin now available

My second NuGet package is now available: JimLib.Xamarin. This contains a selection of helpers to …

Grouping in ListViews with Xamarin.Forms
Grouping in ListViews with Xamarin.Forms

Xamarin.Forms provides a lot of cool features to use for mobile app development, and the …

Symbols for NuGet packages
Symbols for NuGet packages

Since releaseing JimLib onto NuGet, I’ve been dogfooding it as much as possible for my own …

Images for an iOS app
Images for an iOS app

When developing for iOS there are a number of different image sizes needed. Just for the springboard …

Todays tea
Todays tea

Todays bubble tea is banana milk tea with bubbles. Quite nice, but a bit too sweet and the banana …

Bubbles, bubbles, bubbles.  My bubbles!
Bubbles, bubbles, bubbles. My bubbles!

More bubble tea today. Coffee milk tea with bubbles. Tastes of sweet coffee with an aftertaste of …

My first NuGet package
My first NuGet package

For pretty much every project I’ve worked on I’ve used the same set of extensions and …

Bubble Tea
Bubble Tea

After a post on FaceBook about enjoying some Bubble Tea, a friend of mine suggested that I should …

Creating a NuGet PCL that works with Xamarin.ios
Creating a NuGet PCL that works with Xamarin.ios

I’ve been playing with Xamarin.Forms recently to develop an iOS app. The aim is to use my …

Complexion - an open source API for Plex
Complexion - an open source API for Plex

I’ve just released the first alpha version of Complexion, available on my GitHub page. This is …

Why can't all laptops use the same charger?
Why can't all laptops use the same charger?

As the title really, why can’t all laptops use the same charger - including laptops from the …

Portable class libraries
Portable class libraries

Portable class libraries (or PCLs) are the flavour of the month at the moment. They are a .net …