Software Development in the Real World

Make Your Software Development Team Agile

miguelcarrasco — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 05:38:31 +0000

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Agile seems to be the most popular set software development methodologies today. But how do you actually implement agile? How do you ensure your software development team is running lean? Is your software being developed iteratively? TeamPulse is an awesome product that is being released later this month that combines agile and lean best practices [...]

The way we interact with computers is about to change in a huge way

miguelcarrasco — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 15:38:57 +0000

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Frankly the title is wrong. It’s much bigger than that. Do you remember watching Minority Report and getting completely excited about what could be possible in future user interfaces? Microsoft has invested heavily in different ways to interact with the pc, Project Natal which was recently renamed to Kinect is set to be released in [...]

Windows Live Messenger for iPhone

miguelcarrasco — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:14:53 +0000

Microsoft has completed the development of their fourth application for the iPhone. It is now available on the App Store, so go check it out! It is definitely a beautiful application that takes advantages of the form factor very well. The new app includes support for the new Windows Live Messenger Wave 4 features. This means you will have complete integration with Facebook, Flickr, and Skydrive files.

Windows Live Messenger is the most popular IM client in the world, so its move to the iPhone should be welcomed by many! With the application, you can chat with all your Live Messenger contacts, as well as Yahoo! Contacts.

For those have been looking for an easy way to read your Hotmail on your iPhone, the wait is over. You can now read your Hotmail right in the Windows Live Messenger application.

So there you have it. You can now stay connected with nearly everyone via your iPhone!

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Get Your Kids Into Software Development

miguelcarrasco — Wed, 05 May 2010 10:32:30 +0000

I’ve been looking around for a way to get my son interested in Software Development. My wife asks me what I would do if he isn’t interested in programming, and I tell her I would be ok with it. It doesn’t mean I can’t try and influence his interests! I stumbled onto this really neat project by Microsoft FUSE Labs, Kodu. Kodu gives children the ability to learn programming and basic Object Oriented Software Development principles, without even knowing they are learning how to develop games. Kids are able to create games by visually designing worlds, interactive objects, and characters. The best part is your children will be able to play their games on their XBOX 360 after they are done creating the game!

I thought maybe I wouldn’t let my son play video games for a while, but maybe I might modify the rule and tell him he can play games, as long as he made the game.

Check Out Kodu and the Microsoft FUSE Labs team.

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