Another cool thing with XNA 3.0 is the ability to use MP3 and WMA files directly. This gives better compression for your music than the average of 27% before. These files can also be added directly...
One of the things that has been really annoying in XNA 1.0 and 2.0 is the fact that you had to use XACT for everything that had to do with sound. A real painstaking process that really felt like we...
Finally the CTP we’ve all been waiting for is here. You can now pick it up here and start developing for Windows, Xbox 360 and Zune (if you’re lucky enough to own one). Another great news with this...
JavaFX was announced this week at JavaOne. I first heard about it about a year ago and have been waiting ever since for what they are working on. It certainly looks like a direct competitor with Fl...
Since I started working professionally back in 1994 with software development I got very interested in processes and methodologies. Over the years I’ve worked with quite a few types; Waterfall, Cow...
I’ve been considering buying a Mac for a couple of years now. Takes a while for me to decide. But lately I’ve had an image of an iMac on my eyelids whenever I close my eyes (makes it very hard to s...
On the 17th and 18th of June, Norwegian Developers Conference will be held. Rune Grothaug had an interview with Scott Hanselman with questions from Norwegian Net User Group about LAMP, Silverlight ...
One of the things I’ve been finding annoying is the time the designer takes to load for an XAML file when opening it. Pressing escape stops it from doing all it’s preparation for the designer and t...
I was asked earlier by Microsoft if I could hold a workshop in Turkey. On the 20th of May I’ll be heading down to Ankara and hold a 3-4 day workshop for a competition Microsoft is holding at the M...
With the risk of turning my blog into a paternity leave diary, I’ll just update you with the latest from the front. :) Today I started my day with a sore bottom and partly back, understandably fro...