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What book editing isn't better the second time around? Like a dog returns to his vomit and the fool to his folly, the author must return to his writing. And with the past week, my author team and I have finished our AR and Production Editing for Wrox's...

My article on HTML5 for Mobile Devices at Dev Pro Connections Magazine has now been published. HTML5 is the umbrella term for the next major evolution of markup, JavaScript, and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) for web applications. HTML5 is becoming an ever...

My article on Mapping and Location with MonoTouch is now out and available on the DevProConnections web site. Here's the intro to the article: Mobile phones are by definition, mobile. A couple of interesting questions that come up when users are mobile...

I was trying to pull some column content from the Contacts in my Mono for Android example. I was digging through and found the GetColumnName and the ColumnCount members, which were problematic to find. Anyway, I went through and created the following...

My article on the UITableView in the iPhone/iOS with MonoTouch is now available online. Hopefully it is of value to you. Article overview: Data is what makes applications go. It could be a Twitter search, a running game score where you are playing against...

I got a call last August/September from a local friend of mine out of the blue. He's a good guy, trying to make something happen. Anyway, we sat down for lunch and he was trying to sell me on doing something that would benefit him. I kept coming back...

I write and test lots of simple applications on my system. To be honest, while security is good, it is a hassle, and honestly, for my needs it's more hassle than its worth. The question becomes how to I enable anonymous access for my web application...

In case you missed it, the Android.Views.MenuConsts enum has changed to Android.Views.Menu. The Android.Views.MenuConsts enum is listed as obsolete.

Ok, getting the Android 4.0 emulator is not obvious. In previous versions, I had set the "Keyboard Support" to yes. I did that this time, and nothing. I played with touch support, and no luck as well. I finally had to beg to my Android contact...

I was just digging into the Mono for Android debugging/profiling. I called the Android.OS.Debug.StartMethodTracing() method and boom, got an error. I dug into the error and found that I need the write to external storage permission in Android. Once I...

There's no doubt about it: Smartphones based on the Android OS are hot. Currently, they're generating 550,000 activations per day. Their market share is at approximately 40 percent, and continuing to rise. That success wouldn't be happening...

I'm the first to admit that usability and user interface is a hard thing to get right. However, the more I have used Mac OSX Lion, the more that see lots of little issues. My assumption is that there are valid issues for these choices, but, I haven't...

I'll be in Sandusky, OH on January 9th and 10th to provide two full days on MonoTouch for the iPhone and Mono for Android . This training is open to the public. Signups can be done through SharpeAxe Training. The pricing is $999 for signups before...

I was trying to setup a Windows Service under Windows 7 manually using the InstallUtil.exe utility. I ran into a security exception about not being able install due to checking the event logs and this being a Security Exception. The error looked something...

I've been checking the DevProConnections.com site a lot over the last 48 hours checking to see if my MonoTouch articles will make it out online. Imagine a child with his nose pressed against the window or screaming from the back seat "Are we...