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Xamarin ❤ F#
Xamarin ❤ F#

Xamarin and Xamarin.Forms need no introduction. I’m sure by now you are well aware of these …

Prototyping your first cloud-connected IoT project using an MXChip board and Azure IoT hub.
Prototyping your first cloud-connected IoT project using an MXChip board and Azure IoT hub.

Learn how to build an internet connected fan using the MXChip Azure IoT dev kit and Azure IoT Hub

Flying long haul with young children
Flying long haul with young children

A discussion came up at work the other day on flying long-haul with very young children (toddler …

Fabulous Santa Tracker
Fabulous Santa Tracker

‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house… For millions of people …

Open anything in VS Code using a MacOS quick action
Open anything in VS Code using a MacOS quick action

I’ve been getting fed up with the long winded process to open things in VS Code - you know, …

Controlling an IoT device from your phone
Controlling an IoT device from your phone

I’ve just finished watching the latest episode of Five Things, where Suz Hinton talks with …

Azure makers series
Azure makers series

I recently recorded a quick video to talk about an app I was building using the Azure free account. …

Trust
Trust

Thought I’d repost a blog post I wrote 4 1/2 years ago on Medium onto this blog - be …

Debugging multiple Azure Functions apps at the same time
Debugging multiple Azure Functions apps at the same time

Dentists don’t want you to know these 5 tips that show how easy it is to run multiple Azure …

Updating your google-service.json from an AppCenter environment variable
Updating your google-service.json from an AppCenter environment variable

I’ve been working on an app that needs push notifications, but also needs to be open source. …

Binding the Cognitive Services Android Speech SDK - Part 3 - Java 8 fun
Binding the Cognitive Services Android Speech SDK - Part 3 - Java 8 fun

In the first part of this post, I showed how to get started binding the Microsoft Cognitive Services …

Binding the Cognitive Services Android Speech SDK - Part 2, making the code more C#-like
Binding the Cognitive Services Android Speech SDK - Part 2, making the code more C#-like

In the first part of this post, I showed how to get started binding the Microsoft Cognitive Services …