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My understanding was this was the first pass with adding patterns to the language with later versions potentially extending the types of patterns and / or where patterns can be use…

It looks like the article was written in 2012 where the crashing behaviour was normal in Windows 8.0, this changed in Windows 8.1

The Surface Pro's come with only one USB port on the device, they make it up for it with having one on the power brick which I think is an awesome idea.

That age old saying, "Change you job, or change your job."

Also the management portal hasn't required Silverlight for at least a year now, it's all HTML5. And if you don't want to use the portal then there's command line tools for both Nod…

99% of WP7 apps worked perfectly well on WP8. The only ones that had issues were usually the ones that had managed to get exemptions from Microsoft to use underlying private APIs t…

Yup that gesture (swipe from the left hand side) switches between the active running apps (the desktop counts as one "app"). If you swipe slowly then you can dock the app to either…

Potentially, because the join between the type cover and tablet is obviously flexible it moves a lot when laying on a non uniform surface (my thighs). Also because of it's width I …

I like the stylus for scribbling notes / impromptu architecture diagrams in one note, especially in meetings. I definitely view it as an ultrabook replacement. My only major gripe …

Yes and No :-) Most utility apps that aren't supporting an existing brand will often support both themes. However I've noticed that apps that are already branded will go along with…

The market certainly seems to be agreeing with you in that the 520 and 620 are the most popular models.

Realising this was one of the best things in my career, it helped me increase my confidence in job interviews. They now weren't just me desperately selling myself to the company, b…

Nice app, if people are looking for something similar for Xaml based apps (WPF, Silverlight, Windows Phone and Windows 8) I highly recommend Xaml Spy http://xamlspy.com/

Agreed it's still frustrating, but it's no where near the clusterfuck the OP implies.

This one is certainly not true as a developer who spends his day job building Windows Store apps. You will need an internet connection to acquire a developer license once every thi…

Having arbitrary sizes for icons / tiles I think is still required. I'd maybe go with a consistent gradient / no gradient approach. Personally I'd go with no gradient and a flat co…

Looks good, I'd change the link to http://www.windowsphone.com/s?appid=57a88f24-7dce-47cb-b322-... which doesn't include region that ends up telling me the app isn't available for …

Interestingly I saw the news tonight here in New Zealand that BRCA test is paid for by the government if you have some risk factors for breast cancer (I believe they mentioned havi…

Dropbox for Wi-Fi seems a more confusing description that just "Wi-Fi password sync". This happens out of the box on Windows 8 (when tied to a Microsoft account) and freaked me out…

I must be getting old, or it's late here but I didn't get the "penis" joke till you mentioned it.

We had a game like that in our Halls of Residence at university. One night a name was slipped under your door, you had to get your target wet by any means but only outside. When yo…

No one ever remembers the predictions you got wrong, just the ones you got right. It's the basis of all punditry.

It can be, although to help I created an app that turns Github issues into a kanban/trello style board http://compiledexperience.com/windows-apps/hub-bug

I've run into this problem as well, for me the easiest solution was to run Skydrive for personal and Dropbox teams for work.

I'm using it on my website as it seems one of the closer ones to Segoe for "metro" style websites.