Presenting

From time to time I'll talk about something technical at a user group or conference. Details of some of the talks I've given previously are below.

I also organise the events for DevEvening and the Windows Phone User Group so you'll usually see me hosting there too.

Windows Phone 7 - Best Practices for Deep Linking

WPUG (London) - 17 August 2011
Guidance and best practices for using secondary tiles and deep linking in "mango" apps.
[video]

Windows Phone 7 announcements - Mix11 recap

WPUG (London) - 20 April 2011
A recap of the features and functionality that will be part of the Mango update and which were announced the previous week at Mix11.
Filling in for Paul Foster & Andrew Bennett - (both of Microsoft) who had to cancel at the last minute.

Introducing Windows Phone 7 Development

CWDNUG (London) - 2 Feb 2011
An introduction to the functionality and features of the phone, highlighting what's new and what's different in the interface, architecture and development experience and how to get started.
[slides - (almost) the same as at VBUG London]

Introducing Windows Phone 7 Development

VBUG (Reading) - 18 Jan 2011
An introduction to the functionality and features of the phone, highlighting what's new and what's different in the interface, architecture and development experience and how to get started.
[slides - (almost) the same as at VBUG London]

WP7 Music and Video Hub integration gotchas

WPUG (London) - 30 Nov 2010
A guide to some of the gotchas and undocumented points of note when creating an app which integrates with the Music and Video Hub.
[slides - TO COME]

Introducing Windows Phone 7 Development

VBUG (Portsmouth) - 25 Nov 2010
An introduction to the functionality and features of the phone, highlighting what's new and what's different in the interface, architecture and development experience and how to get started.
[slides - (almost) the same as at VBUG London]

Cross platform mobile app development

London .Net User Group (London) - 20 Oct 2010
An open mic session providing an introduction to taking WP7 apps to other platforms with PhoneGap.
[slides]

Introducing Windows Phone 7 Development

NxtGenUG (Oxford) - 19 Oct 2010
An introduction to the functionality and features of the phone, highlighting what's new and what's different in the interface, architecture and development experience and how to get started.
[slides - (almost) the same as at VBUG]

Introducing Windows Phone 7 Development

VBUG (London) - 12 Oct 2010
An introduction to the functionality and features of the phone, highlighting what's new and what's different in the interface, architecture and development experience and how to get started.
[slides]

Introducing Windows Phone 7 Development

NEBytes (Newcastle) - 19 Sept 2010
An introduction to the functionality and features of the phone, highlighting what's new and what's different in the interface, architecture and development experience and how to get started.
[slides - (almost) the same as at VBUG]

WP7Dev with HTML & JS

Windows Phone User Group (London) - 25 Aug 2010
Using HTML & JavaScript in a Windows Phone 7 application. Including an introduction to PhoneGap.
[slides]

Windows Phone 7: Why you should care and how to get started

DDD South West 2 (Bristol) - 5 June 2010
Microsoft have just launched Windows Phone 7. But what does this mean for you? Why should you care if you've never developed applications for phones before? And how do you get started when you do want to develop for a Windows Phone? This session will attempt to convince you that understanding mobile development is useful for all developers and then demonstrate how to create an application for a Windows Phone 7 device.
[slides]

Windows Phone 7: Why you should care and how to get started

DevEvening (Woking) - 3 June 2010
Microsoft have just launched Windows Phone 7. But what does this mean for you? Why should you care if you've never developed applications for phones before? And how do you get started when you do want to develop for a Windows Phone? This session will attempt to convince you that understanding mobile development is useful for all developers and then demonstrate how to create an application for a Windows Phone 7 device.
[slides]

Developing for Windows 7

DevEvening (Woking) - 22 Oct 2009
A demonstration of some of the new features of Windows 7 that can be integrated into applications via the Windows API CodePack.
[slides]

Mobile Web 2.0 & MDBF

DDD South West (Taunton) - 23 May 2009
A grok talk on creating a website containing mobile browser optimisations using MDBF.
[slides]

Mobile Web 2.0

DDD Scotland - 2 May 2009
A grok talk on what the Mobile Web is, why it matters and approaches to adding mobile support to a site.
[slides]

What you really need to know about developing for Windows Mobile

DevEvening (Woking) - 14 Nov 2008
A presentation introducing development for Windows Mobile. This included recommendations and best practices for responding to some of the unique challenges of developing for the platform.
[slides]