Disclaimer I rarely write a pure opinion piece on my blog, but I’ve spoken to a few people about this topic and have now decided to finally commit my thoughts to the Internet. It’s also worth noting that this is based fast hand on what’s happening in Australia, and may not be reflected to the … Read More …
Today I presented a session as part of Microsoft Australia’s Virtual AppFest, where I covered the basics of the networking stack in WinRT for both Windows Phone and Windows 8. As part of the session I took a look at Bluetooth, NFC, and WIFI direct – but before discussing any of these technologies I always … Read More …
One of my main demos at both Tech.Ed Australia and New Zealand this year was showcasing the new proximity capabilities within the WinRT API. Specifically I discussed two scenarios; passive NFC using un-powered tags, and an active NFC implementation between an Android handset and a Windows 8 BUILD slate. NFC is a global technology, and … Read More …
If you have attended any of my user group/Imagine Cup/Tech.Ed sessions over the past 2 years you’ll come to appreciate my two passions in technology at the moment are i) Kinect and ii) Windows 8 devices and sensors – so I thought I’d finally get around to putting together this post on what I envision … Read More …
With a continual stream of news around Google’s Project Glass, and the evolution of smart-glasses it is inevitable that at some point within the next decade our quest for data will push our to be uses this technology in an everyday sense. All over the internet I’m see advances in the concept of augmented reality … Read More …