Pete Brown's Blog (POKE 53280,0)

In this post, I use the NuGet MIDI Preview package to show in Windows 8.1 an early look of what we're doing in Windows 10 for MIDI. I also create an early version of a Launchpad wrapper class to ...

http://10rem.net/blog/2015/01/06/interfacing-the-novation-launchpad-s-with-a-windows-store-app

Many device-oriented apps (bluetooth, MIDI, etc.) require you to restart the app when you want to detect a new device. I've seen this both in Windows Store/Universal apps, and even in big desktop...

http://10rem.net/blog/2014/12/29/handling-device-add-remove-in-universal-apps-midi-in-this-case

A few weeks back, my friend Morten Neilsen tweeted that he was able to get a .NET console app running on the Intel Galileo with Windows. I was curious because that's not a scenario we thought wo...

http://10rem.net/blog/2014/08/20/running-a-simple-net-console-app-on-the-intel-galileo-with-windows

Tomorrow (Thursday) at 3:00pm Eastern Daylight Time (12:00 noon US West coast time, and 7:00pm GMT) G. Andrew Duthie and I are going to have the pilot episode of our new independent YouTube show...

http://10rem.net/blog/2013/09/04/join-us-for-episode-0-the-pilot-episode-of-our-new-youtube-show

I've been working with a large number of musicials and creative music companies over the past two years. One which just launched an app is Image-Line with their awesome FL Studio Groove for Windo...

http://10rem.net/blog/2013/09/03/designing-the-hub-experience-for-windows-store-creative-art-music-video-apps

I stopped into Best Buy yesterday and picked up something I had been considering toying with: a LEAP Motion . This is an interesting little $79 device which turns the airspace at your computer in...

http://10rem.net/blog/2013/08/26/leap-motion-on-windows-81-for-midi-control-and-more

The Maker Geek Roundup aggregates information of interest to makers everywhere. Topics include .NET Micro Framework, Arduino, AVR and other MCUs, CNC, 3d Printing, Robotics, Microsoft Robotics St...

http://10rem.net/blog/2013/08/05/maker-geek-roundup-019-for-8-5-2013

Like many of you, I spend the majority of my day on a desktop PC . My PC happens to have two 30" displays, neither of which is touch, and a Logitech Touch Pad that has some basic gesture recognit...

http://10rem.net/blog/2013/07/21/the-little-things-that-matter-top-desktop-friendly-improvements-in-windows-81

> In this post, I'll cover the migration of this web site from a long > history of local hosting to Widows Azure Web Sites. I've had my own personal domains (GroupLynx.com...

http://10rem.net/blog/2013/07/16/my-site-migration-to-windows-azure-web-sites

If you're a Windows Phone (or iOS or Android) user and want a smart watch which you can program using .NET, then get into the AGENT watch kickstarter before it ends in just 4 days. You may...

http://10rem.net/blog/2013/06/15/get-an-agent-smart-watch-and-help-them-get-to-1mm

I've put up a few videos and music tracks lately. Enjoy (view on my site to see the videos. They don't usually appear in RSS readers) Also "Pete plays with arpeggiators". Video created in After...

http://10rem.net/blog/2013/06/03/recent-videos-and-music-tracks

Look what just arrived at the door! The author copies are usually in the first set to be sent out. For folks who have pre-ordered paper copies, you should see those really soon. The ebooks ...

http://10rem.net/blog/2013/06/03/my-windows-store-xaml-book-is-now-available

In the second half of March, I traveled to India (Bangalore, Delhi, and Pune) to speak at TechEd India and TechDays Delhi about Windows 8 app development. I flew from Dulles International i...

http://10rem.net/blog/2013/04/15/teched-india-the-india-developer-communities-and-the-taj-mahal

The Maker Geek Roundup aggregates information of interest to makers everywhere. Topics include .NET Micro Framework, Arduino, AVR and other MCUs, CNC, 3d Printing, Robotics, Microsoft Robotics St...

http://10rem.net/blog/2013/03/12/maker-geek-roundup-018-for-3-12-2013

A large number of apps in the Windows Store follow the "bunch of boxes in a GridView" approach to the hub screen. This can work in some cases, but I encourage developers and designers to move b...

http://10rem.net/blog/2013/03/07/disney-fairies-the-evolution-of-hub-screen-box-layout-in-windows-store-apps

It seems that each generation is exposed to more mature or serious situations at earlier ages than the one before it. There are a lot more ways for kids to get in trouble online than just running...

http://10rem.net/blog/2013/03/01/do-you-really-know-what-your-kids-are-doing-online-and-in-games

.NET 4.5 quietly introduced several attributes which are useful for debugging and error reporting: CallerMemberName, CallerFilePath and CallerLineNumber, all collectively referred to as "Caller I...

http://10rem.net/blog/2013/02/25/using-callermembername-for-property-change-notification-in-xaml-apps

Many developers ask me how to get more visibility for their apps in the Windows Store. Most do not realize, that even on the public web, visibility is almost never organic. It's the result of har...

http://10rem.net/blog/2013/01/23/getting-more-visibility-for-your-windows-store-app-part-1-create-great-apps

The Maker Geek Roundup aggregates information of interest to makers everywhere. Topics include .NET Micro Framework, Arduino, AVR and other MCUs, CNC, 3d Printing, Robotics, Microsoft Robotics St...

http://10rem.net/blog/2013/01/22/maker-geek-roundup-017-for-1-22-2013

A common cause of Windows Store app certification failures is a missing or insufficient privacy policy. Many don't realize that a network-enabled app must have a policy, or if they do, don't real...

http://10rem.net/blog/2013/01/21/traits-of-a-good-windows-store-app-privacy-policy