Microsoft didn’t forget enterprise IT departments when it developed the new version of its mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7.5.

http://informationweek.com/news/windows/microsoft_news/231602241

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/42250/skype-windows-phone-7-app

Let’s get started. 
You use the schema.org vocabulary, along with the microdata format, to add information to your html content.  The long term goal is to support a wider range of formats, the initial focus is on Microdata.  They have a guide on the website that will help get you up to speed with microdata and schema.org, so that you can start adding markup to your web pages.

The broadest item type is Thing, which has four properties: name, description, url, and image.  More specific types share properties with broader types.  For example, a Place is a more specific type of Thing, and a LocalBusiness is a more specific type of Place.  More specific items inherit the properties of their parent.

Here’s a set of commonly used item types:
– Creative works:  CreativeWork, Book, Movie, MusicRecording, Recipe, TVSeries …
– Embedded non-text objects:  AudioObject, ImageObject, VideoObject
– Event
– Organization
– Person
– Place, LocalBusiness, Restaurant …
– Product, Offer, AggregateOffer
– Review, AggregateRating

You can also see a full list of all item types, listed on a single page.

.Net Rocks recently talked to Emily Lewis about HTML5, CSS3, Microformats, and general web developement topics. I enjoyed the podcast and in the podcast they talked about Schema.org. Listen and enjoy.

Google provides goo.gl which when you add ".qr" to the end of a shortened address and get the QR code.  The QR code is also available from the "Details" link in the list of shortened addresses.

bit.ly – After you have generated a shortened link click on the "Info" page and you will see details of the stats and a QR code for the link.  Also if you add ".qrcode" to the end of a bit.ly address you will see the QR code.

It also does very clever things with YouTube videos, Google maps etc.  Here is the QR code for my blog:

Wednesday, June 1 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Microsoft offices
3400 N. Ashton Blvd., Suite 300
Lehi, UT 84043

More Information & Registration

SEATING IS LIMITED TO 40 ATTENDEES, but we will keep a waiting list.

Windows Phone 7 is HOT! Come check out Windows Phone 7 Unleashed for everything you need to know to develop for WP7. Whether you’re a seasoned veteran or you’re just starting with .NET development, there’s something in it for you. The first half of this deep dive event is lecture and hands on lab. At the half point mark of the day, you’ll have a solid foundation for building WP7 applications. The second half of the day is going straight to code.

Build the best app and win a $500 (1st place), $200 (2nd place) or $100 (3rd place) American Express gift card!

Free MarketPlace tokens for those putting their application into the marketplace (a limited supply of these, organizers of each event will collect names and we will distribute)

Telerik is sponsoring a $5,000.00 Grand Prize for the best application over all of the WP7 Unleashed events that are submitted to marketplace. The top 25 will be selected and then one of the top 25 will be randomly picked for the prize (So get your app into the marketplace after the event). They are also giving EVERY attendee a free set of their $99.00 WP7 Controls.

PDSA, Inc. is pleased to sponsor the WP7 Unleashed Events. They will be giving 2 lucky winners from each event a chance to win four 1 hour long videos on Silverlight. In addition 1 lucky person will win our Haystack Code Generator for .NET at each event that allows you to create the business and data classes and the WCF services that can be consumed by Windows Phone 7 applications!

O’Reilly will be giving away a free ebook to every attendee (Many WP7 titles) and will also donate a few books to raffle at each event.

Food and Drink (Water, Sodas) will be provided.

In order to deliver the best possible experience for attendees, seating at these events is VERY limited. Register now!

NOTE: Each attendee is required to bring his/her own laptop with the free software required for the labs. The required software is :

• Windows Vista or Windows 7 (WP7 tools will not run on XP or on a VM)
• Windows Phone 7 Developer tools http://create.msdn.com/en-us/home/getting_started (All 3 below)
• • Developer Tools
  • Developer Tools Jan Update
  • Windows Phone Developer Tools Fix
    All three will be found on that page
    If you already have Visual Studio, the tools will be added to VS otherwise it will install the free phone tools
  • Direct Link to tools ISO instead of web installer http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=201927 (If you use this make sure you go to the other page and install Jan update an dFix)
• Silverlight for Windows Phone Toolkit http://silverlight.codeplex.com/releases/view/60291
• Shake Gesture Library http://create.msdn.com/en-us/education/catalog/article/Recipe_Shake_Gesture_Library
• Register at FanFeedr http://developer.fanfeedr.com/
• Register for MS Advertising and download SDK ? we will show you how to add this to your apps in class http://advertising.microsoft.com/mobile-apps
• Sign Up for a Bing Maps account and key http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff428642.aspx (see instructions next line)
  Instructions on how to register for Bing Maps account http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/wp7trainingcourse_usingbingmapslab_topic2

Optional But Suggested Downloads and Resources:

• VB SDK if you want to write your phone apps in VB.Net http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=a808a69d-6119-47b7-b858-262be5c49915
  (Visual Studio Professional or higher. Does not yet support VS Express for windows phone)
• Paint.Net (Its Free) (for working with images?if you don’t have Photoshop) http://www.getpaint.net/download.html
• Paint.Net PSD Plugin & Install instructions http://psdplugin.codeplex.com/
• Windows Azure Toolkit for WP7 http://watoolkitwp7.codeplex.com/
• Application Certification Requirements http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9730558
• Windows Phone 7 Design Templates http://wp7designtemplates.codeplex.com/ (Silverlight for Windows Phone Toolkit above is needed for this)
• Article ? Using the design templates http://www.windowsphonegeek.com/articles/21-WP7-Toolkit-in-Depth-articles-covering-all-controls
• Silverlight & WP7 Exception Handling and Logging Building Block http://silverlightlogging.codeplex.com/
• Windows Phone 7 Isolated Storage Explorer http://wp7explorer.codeplex.com/
• WP7 Tombstone Helper http://tombstonehelper.codeplex.com/
• Push Notification Server Side Helper http://create.msdn.com/en-us/education/catalog/article/pnhelp-wp7
• WP7 Databases
  • WinPhone7DB http://winphone7db.codeplex.com/
  • Wp7Sqllite http://wp7sqlite.codeplex.com/
  • JubbaDB http://blog.clauskonrad.net/2010/10/how-to-database-for-wp7.html
  • EffiProzDB_WP http://www.effiproz.com/product_wp.aspx
• Isolated Storage Explorer http://wp7explorer.codeplex.com/
• WP7 Dropbox http://wp7dropbox.codeplex.com/
• JSon Viewer to see and read long Json http://jsonviewer.codeplex.com/
• Creating Custom Pushpins for Bing Maps http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/wp7trainingcourse_usingbingmapslab_topic3
• RestSharp http://lukencode.com/2010/08/04/rest-web-services-in-windows-phone-7/
• JSON.Net http://json.codeplex.com/

Thank You!
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Javascript Libraries and ASP.NET: A Guide to jQuery, AJAX and Microsoft

“The journey hasn’t been all smooth. With Microsoft’s move toward jQuery, the ASP.NET AJAX, Microsoft Ajax Library, ASP.NET Ajax Library and Ajax Control Toolkit roadmaps have been uncertain at times. This has made it difficult to keep track of which projects are still relevant, and especially which you should choose going forward.”

http://visitmix.com/Articles/Javascript-Libraries-and-ASPNET

“The WPF platform offers RenderTransform and LayoutTransform. Silverlight – being considerably smaller and a bit simpler – has only RenderTransform. Which is usually enough – except when it’s not! ”

Link:

Your phone can turn into a robot [LayoutTransformer works great on the Windows Phone platform]

“Windows Phone 7 promises to be an amazing mobile phone operating system given its innovative user interface and functionality, as well as its great development platform upon which you can quickly and easily build games and applications. With a myriad of new devices, a powerful and immersive software platform, and a new marketplace to attract developers and provide easy access to applications, consumer demand for Windows Phones will be high, and developers will quickly adopt the Windows Phone platform to capitalize on this growing mobile marketplace. This Training Kit will give you a jumpstart into the new Windows Phone world by providing you with a step-by-step explanation of the tools to use and some key concepts for programming Windows Phones.”

http://channel9.msdn.com/learn/courses/WP7TrainingKit/

http://developer.windowsphone.com/windows-phone-7/

This is taken from Channel 9 we page…

	Getting Started with Windows Phone Windows Phone development platform supports both XNA Framework and Silverlight. This unit takes you through the step-by-step creation of your first Windows Phone Silverlight application.
	Silverlight for Windows Phone While Silverlight runs on the phone, there are some differences between Silverlight and Silverlight for the Windows Phone, not to mention some new controls and concepts. This unit focuses on all the new Silverlight controls, concepts, and tools for Windows Phones.
	XNA Framework 4.0 for Windows Phones XNA Game Studio 4.0 supports multiple platforms, including XBox 360, several Windows OS versions, and the latest addition, Windows Phone. While this unit doesn’t offer a complete XNA Framework tutorial, it does introduce you to the basics of programming XNA Framework games with XNA Game Studio for…