Mike Hole’s blog — applied AI, agents, and software engineering, written by someone who has to ship it.https://mikehole.com/en-gbhttps://mikehole.com/blog/agent-emulator-bluetooth-device-communications/https://mikehole.com/blog/agent-emulator-bluetooth-device-communications/Yay the Agent smart watch preview SDK is available. You can find it here: http://www.agentwatches.com/ One of the 1st questions that springs to mind is how do we go about some sort of Bluetooth communFri, 21 Jun 2013 16:33:01 GMTAgentC#Windows 8Windows Phonehttps://mikehole.com/blog/external-nfc-proximity-sensor-for-windows-store-apps/https://mikehole.com/blog/external-nfc-proximity-sensor-for-windows-store-apps/If you are looking for a way to add NFC support to your windows store applications then you have two options. The first is make sure you buy your hardware with an in built proximity sensor. This optioTue, 23 Apr 2013 15:52:15 GMTNFCWindows 8FeliCaRC-S380USBWindows StoreWinRThttps://mikehole.com/blog/windows-phone-notifications-companion-devices/https://mikehole.com/blog/windows-phone-notifications-companion-devices/Hello again! It sure has been a while since I last posted but I am now going to get back into the swing of things, to start things off here are some thoughts I have had in regards to notifications andMon, 11 Mar 2013 14:16:12 GMThttps://mikehole.com/blog/moving-on/https://mikehole.com/blog/moving-on/Friday 28th October will be my last day working for Sequence a talented full service Digital Agency in Cardiff. I started in Sequence back in January 2007 where I had my sites firmly set on being a deFri, 14 Oct 2011 13:24:17 GMThttps://mikehole.com/blog/adding-a-map-image-to-a-secondary-live-tile/https://mikehole.com/blog/adding-a-map-image-to-a-secondary-live-tile/Does your app use live tiles to pin a tile that relates to a location that has a known Latitude and Longitude? If so did you know that it is easy to have a map of that location appear on that tile. ThFri, 09 Sep 2011 07:38:00 GMTC#Live TilesWindows PhoneWP7https://mikehole.com/blog/i-passed/https://mikehole.com/blog/i-passed/There was I thinking that my exam didn’t go well but this morning I got notification that I had passed the exam! This is the 1st time that I have been an MCP in any way. I am well chuffed!Thu, 14 Jul 2011 07:31:07 GMTPhoneCertificationExamMCPPassedhttps://mikehole.com/blog/an-end-to-the-good-times-before-they-even-start/https://mikehole.com/blog/an-end-to-the-good-times-before-they-even-start/On may the 18th I published an article that actually managed the biggest view numbers that I have had on any blog post that I have previously written: More good times for app developers? I think this Mon, 06 Jun 2011 20:22:27 GMTARMC#PhoneSilverlightWindows 8WP7Win8Windows PhoneWP7DEVhttps://mikehole.com/blog/cardiffwpug-2/https://mikehole.com/blog/cardiffwpug-2/On June 1st we had the second user group meeting in Cardiff. It was quite an impressive turnout and I would like to say thanks to all those who came along. We do have a nice group of people building wThu, 02 Jun 2011 09:58:25 GMTCardiff WPUGWP7CardiffWindows PhoneWPUGhttps://mikehole.com/blog/more-good-times-for-app-developers/https://mikehole.com/blog/more-good-times-for-app-developers/UPDATE: 6th June 2011 Hi, I just added a new post that expresses my disappointment in the messages that have come from the Windows 8 launch: http://mikehole.com/2011/06/06/an-end-to-the-good-times-befWed, 18 May 2011 07:58:38 GMTARMC#SilverlightTabletsWindows 8ApplicationsWin8https://mikehole.com/blog/tile-maker/https://mikehole.com/blog/tile-maker/One of my applications on the marketplace is the countdown tile application. This is a simple application that when pinned to the home screen lets you see a countdown of the number of days until a cerTue, 10 May 2011 07:53:12 GMTLive TilesTile MakerVS2010WP7WP7DEVhttps://mikehole.com/blog/the-wp7-marketplace-and-the-enterprise/https://mikehole.com/blog/the-wp7-marketplace-and-the-enterprise/Being a windows phone developer I must say that the Mango platform update has me very excited (except a 30min and 15 second agent restriction leaves me underwhelmed – but that’s another story). One asTue, 19 Apr 2011 14:30:35 GMTPhoneWP7EnterpriseMarketplaceWindows Phonehttps://mikehole.com/blog/from-demo-to-featured-application/https://mikehole.com/blog/from-demo-to-featured-application/Part of the agenda for each WPUG meeting is to give time for people to demonstrate their application to the rest of the attendees. These applications can be a finished product or something that has juThu, 17 Mar 2011 14:08:25 GMTCardiff WPUGPhoneWP7DemoFeatured ApplicationWPUGhttps://mikehole.com/blog/cardiff-wpug-march-2011/https://mikehole.com/blog/cardiff-wpug-march-2011/Ok so meeting Number 1 down and definite call for more! From the feedback that I have received people did find it very useful and they are also expecting more. Some pointers to follow on from my talk:Wed, 09 Mar 2011 09:16:58 GMTCardiff WPUGWP7CardiffWindows PhoneWPUGhttps://mikehole.com/blog/wp7-text-boxes-onenter-my-1st-behaviour/https://mikehole.com/blog/wp7-text-boxes-onenter-my-1st-behaviour/One problem I have encountered on various WP7 apps (including my own applications) is moving between text boxes on a page. The problem can present itself when the SIP is being displayed in front of thWed, 12 Jan 2011 13:58:35 GMTPhoneSilverlightWP7BehavioursText BoxesWindows PhoneWP7DEVhttps://mikehole.com/blog/2010-in-review/https://mikehole.com/blog/2010-in-review/The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads This blog is on fire!. CruncTue, 04 Jan 2011 08:21:12 GMThttps://mikehole.com/blog/where-is-my-3rd-screen/https://mikehole.com/blog/where-is-my-3rd-screen/With MS using the new catch phrase ‘To the cloud’ and saying things like ‘three screens and the cloud’. You would think that they would consider their cross device support even if those devices are alFri, 03 Dec 2010 09:13:09 GMTCloudSilverlightxBox#slfs10Future Of Silverlighthttps://mikehole.com/blog/i-made-this-too/https://mikehole.com/blog/i-made-this-too/Well ok so I did the easy bit! Anyway say hello to Ed Hole It all started at 1am on Tuesday 26th and after a long labour that started with my partner Helen wanting a water birth in Llandough Hospital Wed, 27 Oct 2010 07:17:23 GMThttps://mikehole.com/blog/i-made-this/https://mikehole.com/blog/i-made-this/Pathfinder has finally hit the app marketplace for the UK. We will be posting a video of some of the features very soon. I am quite proud to say that this app went from being a simple ‘featured’ appliFri, 22 Oct 2010 06:36:07 GMTPhoneWP7DevelopmentShowing offWindows Phonehttps://mikehole.com/blog/launch-day-shopping/https://mikehole.com/blog/launch-day-shopping/Just had a mooch around Cardiff to see what’s out there in WP7 land and here is what I found: Orange Posters in the windows and the shops have had stock yay! One shop was given one - which they had soThu, 21 Oct 2010 12:23:31 GMTPhoneWP7WP7 Windows Phonehttps://mikehole.com/blog/wp7-dont-give-false-impressions/https://mikehole.com/blog/wp7-dont-give-false-impressions/Looking at our app submission I spotted that our app states that it requires access to the phones identity: Looking at the WMAppManifest.xml shows that the app doesn’t state that it will do this: So iThu, 21 Oct 2010 08:24:38 GMTC#PhoneWP7Windows PhoneWP7DEVhttps://mikehole.com/blog/wp7-what-to-do-before-the-tools-are-released/https://mikehole.com/blog/wp7-what-to-do-before-the-tools-are-released/Ok so you have just read the announcement on the Windows Phone Developer Blog that we won’t be seeing the tools for a few more weeks. And you have just read that the Pano Pivot and Bing maps controls Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:15:38 GMTPhoneSilverlightVS2010WP7WP7DEVhttps://mikehole.com/blog/odata-call-debugging/https://mikehole.com/blog/odata-call-debugging/If you find yourself looking at error responses from the WCF data service that only tell you ‘An error occurred while processing this request’ from a WCF Data Service then… Just add: config.UseVerboseWed, 04 Aug 2010 20:53:35 GMTDataServiceoDataSilverlightWP7WCF Data ServicesWP7DEVhttps://mikehole.com/blog/windows-phone-7-starting-out/https://mikehole.com/blog/windows-phone-7-starting-out/The one thing about having to take a train home after an event is that is gives you a chance to create a blog entry after it, yesterday was a long day so please forgive any mistakes! Yesterday I attenWed, 28 Jul 2010 09:20:00 GMTPhoneWP7https://mikehole.com/blog/dynamics-crm-4-with-silverlight-part-1-the-iframe-approach/https://mikehole.com/blog/dynamics-crm-4-with-silverlight-part-1-the-iframe-approach/Introduction 29/72010: Sorry but I am going to be dropping this series because my software focus has change to developing Windows Phone 7 applications. Maybe re visit this in the future (hopefully befSat, 24 Apr 2010 17:40:53 GMTDynamics CRMSilverlightVS2010xRmV4https://mikehole.com/blog/bookmarking/https://mikehole.com/blog/bookmarking/Here is something I blogged about in a previous post but then lost: http://blogs.lessthandot.com/index.php/WebDev/ServerProgramming/ASPNET/check-your-msn-status-from-asp-net Thank god other people bloWed, 21 Apr 2010 16:16:38 GMTASP.NETLive MessengerLiveMessengerhttps://mikehole.com/blog/that-just-cant-be-right/https://mikehole.com/blog/that-just-cant-be-right/… can it? I am sure I am paying for 20Mbps. [tweetmeme only_single=”false”]Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:40:46 GMTSpeedVirgin Mediahttps://mikehole.com/blog/microsoft-getting-stick-for-using-flash-again/https://mikehole.com/blog/microsoft-getting-stick-for-using-flash-again/Somehow I missed it but Microsoft launched a new phone platform recently (Kin). This comprises of two phones that have quite different factors but have one main purpose, to be the users social hub. ToTue, 13 Apr 2010 08:37:11 GMTFlashKinSilverlighthttps://mikehole.com/blog/and-so-it-starts/https://mikehole.com/blog/and-so-it-starts/Tomorrow we see the launch of Visual Studio 2010 and Silverlight V4. I for one can’t wait as it will give me loads to blog about! Technorati Tags: VS2010,SilverlightSun, 11 Apr 2010 20:52:12 GMTSilverlightVS2010https://mikehole.com/blog/move-to-wordpress/https://mikehole.com/blog/move-to-wordpress/Ok after trying to find the time to get my blog running on Oxite (now moving to Orchard) etc. I have decided that the time is never going to happen and wordpress is the way to go.Fri, 09 Apr 2010 09:49:27 GMT