UX Design, Motion and Interaction

Adobe Edge on my Ipad and Windows Phone

Tony Corneto — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 18:20:37 +0000

I thought I would upload one the sample projects that is on the Adobe Labs site for the Edge preview to my site and see how well it works on my Ipad and Windows Phone.

I know this is a very early stage preview but it worked beautifully and fluid on my Ipad and Windows Phone. No Flash, No Silverlight.

I’m looking forward to upcoming iterations but what they have now is a solid first start for people interested in putting together simple animations that will work across many platforms and devices.

If you want to try it here is a link to the project on my site.

Lesson learned – Application Icon bug

Tony Corneto — Fri, 20 May 2011 16:35:21 +0000

I learned quite a few things along the way during my WP7 app creation and submission. Here is one problem (turned out to be a bug) that caused wasted time.

Due to a bug when icons are displayed in the program list and on the Start page (Tile), the tile icons displays properly showing the background theme color but on the program list the theme color is not shown and a grey background is shown instead: This doesn’t apply if you don’t have a transparent background for your icon. For example:

Bug verified for pubCenter

Tony Corneto — Fri, 20 May 2011 16:24:08 +0000

During my submission process for my latest WP7 app I found a bug that pubCenter verified:

“This is a bug that is now being addressed. You will not be able to receive text ads if your height is set below 70. Thank you for bringing this to us.
I have no timeline as to when the bug will be fixed and the next update which will include the fix. I expect it will be fairly soon.”

I don’t remember setting my height to < 70 but either way its a good thing to be aware of going forward.

Submitted my first WP7 app last night

Tony Corneto — Tue, 17 May 2011 16:01:24 +0000

Here are some screen shots that I used for the “uploaded artwork” during the WP7 app submission last night.

Illustrated white boards from MIX11

Tony Corneto — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 21:23:32 +0000

Keynote Warmup Day 2

Tony Corneto — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 01:58:10 +0000

Although I loved the talent of the sketch artists yesterday, this DJ is amazing and sets an entirely different and wonderful tone for day 2

MIX11 Keynote Day 2

Tony Corneto — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 01:52:15 +0000

Free Kinect’s for everyone, Windows Phone 7 and a little blip on the radar called Silverlight.
I plan on writing a follow up post on my overall thoughts on MIX 11 but thought I would keep this one glass half full with pretty pictures.

Keynote Warmup Day 2

Tony Corneto — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:49:33 +0000

Although I loved the talent of the sketch artists yesterday, this DJ is amazing and sets an entirely different and wonderful tone for day 2

MIX11 Keynote Day 1 – Underwhelming, fingers crossed for tomorrow

Tony Corneto — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 22:37:10 +0000

Very underwhelmed by today’s keynote. Also unless I’m mistaken why did it end 30 min early? It really felt like something didn’t go as planned. First time in years no mention of Silverlight on the first day. Disappointing

John Papa, the Rat Pack and Open Source Fest

Tony Corneto — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:05:28 +0000

Nice job Microsoft. Open Source Fest was a big hit! What a great idea. I hope they do this every year. Grabbed some good shots of John Papa.