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May 4

Join the developer movement

By on May 4, 2012 in Geek Speak

I know, I talked a couple of times in other posts about this awesome program that we have, but I thought it deserved his own post. Also, I was shocked to see that many developers didn’t know about it, and, of course, didn’t have the chance to get awesome rewards. So, have you ever wanted [...]

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April 12

Web Standards, security & Azure runtimes

By on April 12, 2012 in Geek Speak

As we always try to find some great contents for you, I made another summary of great blog posts I found on the Web. This time, it’s all about Web standards and cloud computing. Web Standards I think I don’t have to tell you again: I am a big fan of Web Standards. Even if [...]

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April 9

Design clinics in Toronto & Vancouver

By on April 9, 2012 in Geek Speak

In May, we will do Windows 8 design clinic in Toronto and Vancouver. As you can leverage your actual HTML5 skills to develop Windows 8 applications, I think it could interest you. There are also some designers in the Make Web Not War community that may want to learn about metro UI. This free evening [...]

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April 5

HTML5, CodePlex & Windows 8

By on April 5, 2012 in Geek Speak

Last week I did a summary blog post of some topics I found interesting on other blogs I’m posting on. I thought it was fun to give you the opportunity to read interesting subjects that we didn’t write about here, so I’m doing the same thing for this week. Top 10 resources for HTML5 developers [...]

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April 3

Java also loves the Cloud

By on April 3, 2012 in Geek Speak

Fellow Java developers, I didn’t want to leave you alone yesterday with my blog post about PHP in the cloud. As a former Java developer, I created Java applications and Applets for around 5 years, I’m sure you also want to know if you can scale your application in the cloud. The answer is yes: [...]

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April 2

PHP in the cloud

By on April 2, 2012 in Geek Speak

You probably know that we have a cloud computing solution at Microsoft named Windows Azure. You may think that because it’s a Microsoft service it’s only about ASP.NET? The answer is no! You can use many technology in our cloud solution, like Java, Python, ASP.NET, Ruby, Node.js and PHP. When we talked about PHP on [...]

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March 30

ASP.NET and Open Source together, seriously?

By on March 30, 2012 in Geek Speak

Hey, why not start the weekend with a good news? You know that we usually talk about the cool stuff here like Open Source, Open Standard, Open Data, Interoperability and Open Gov. I have a good news for you! This week, Scott Guthrie made an awesome announcement on our ASP.NET Web stack: it’s now Open [...]

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March 29

Responsive Web Design, mobile first, IE6 & OData

By on March 29, 2012 in Geek Speak

What these topics have in common? They all cover Web technology or philosophy, but they are great blog posts I read (or write) on some of our other blogs. I think it could be a good idea to select the most awesome topics for you. Responsive Web Design What the heck is Responsive Web Design [...]

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March 19

EXOdesk Review

By on March 19, 2012 in Featured, Geek Speak

The EXOdesk is a first of its kind multi touch desk running the Microsoft Surface software.  We had some hands on time with the EXOdesk hardware during Confoo 2012 at the Make Web Not War Dojo and here is our take. The smartphone market has taught us that hardware consoles can live or die by [...]

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March 8

Become a WebCamp Warrior today!

By on March 8, 2012 in Events, Geek Speak

WebCamps Webinars are happening today! Join us to learn about the latest in tech, engage with our community & win sweet prizes!Hi friends,   A friendly reminder that Make Web Not War WebCamps webinars are happening today on March 8th. Join us here to learn about the latest in web, mobile, design, and cloud technologies.   Remember, [...]

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