Introducing WinJS TouchControls
In an earlier post, I walked through step-by-step how to build pull to refresh. While informative, it is a lot of work if you just want to add this cool trick to your app. In this video, I show you...
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Bring your App Studio apps to Windows 8
Windows Phone App Studio Beta is awesome. It’s a great way to build your first app for Windows Phone. It lets you choose different design templates and styles, and lets you pull in different data...
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Design a game that stands out
Mobile games are amazingly popular. Whether you’re launching an Angry Bird while you’re kicking back on the couch watching TV, or flapping a bird waiting in line at the grocery store, we love playing...
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Add a touch gamepad to your HTML5 game
As we discussed in the last post, Design a game that stands out, a great way to differentiate your game is by having touch interactivity. Many touch games are not nearly as great as their console...
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When artists make games…
Amazing things will happen. For the past few months I’ve been working with an incredible gallery here in Minneapolis, Light Grey Art Lab, on a top secret game project. Today, they just opened the call...
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Design a delicious “hamburger” button app layout
Facebook’s hamburger button layout is probably the most well known across platforms. In this post, we look at how to make a good one. Image from: thehamburgerbutton.com An increasingly common trend in...
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Building a delicious “hamburger” button app layout
In the previous post, Designing a delicious “hamburger” button app layout, we walked through, why apps use the hamburger layout style and some design elements that make up a good implementation. In...
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Create logos for Windows and Windows Phone with one SVG
In a previous post, How to make an app logo that doesn’t suck, we talked through the importance of using vector graphics for your logos to maintain fidelity as they are scaled up to higher pixel...
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Build a Super Bowl touchdown light with Spark and IFTTT
I love football. Few things make me as happy as drinking beer and watching the Packers on Sunday. Despite living in Seattle for nine years and enjoying watching the Seahawks and Wisconsin alum Russell...
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Building Real-time Chess with Socket.io
Tony Fischer Chess in Washington Square Park (Flickr) Chess is sweet. If you’ve ever been to Washington Square Park in New York City and watched a few games in action, or been to any of the chess...
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