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	<title>Geert van der Cruijsen</title>
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	<description>A blog about Windows Phone &#38; Windows 8 development</description>
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		<title>Launching Skype from your own Windows Store App</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the strong features of Windows 8 is the integration of apps with the Windows 8 OS and also the ability for applications to integrate with other applications. A scenario that can be useful for many applications is to &#8230; <a href="http://vdcruijsen.net/2013/04/launching-skype-from-your-own-windows-store-app/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://vdcruijsen.net/2013/04/launching-skype-from-your-own-windows-store-app/</link>
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		<title>App to App communication on WP8 session @ Techdays 2013 slidedeck + sample code</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week I did a session about App to App communication on Windows Phone 8 and people who attended asked me to make the source of the samples and the slide deck available. I was quite busy this week but &#8230; <a href="http://vdcruijsen.net/2013/03/app-to-app-communication-on-wp8-session-techdays-2013-slidedeck-sample-code/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://vdcruijsen.net/2013/03/app-to-app-communication-on-wp8-session-techdays-2013-slidedeck-sample-code/</link>
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		<title>Fun with ValueConverters: building a Mustachify.me converter for Windows Phone &amp; Windows 8</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Valueconverters are a really usefull feature when you are building an app using the MVVM pattern so you can bind properties from your viewmodel of a specific type to a element in the view which can only bound to another &#8230; <a href="http://vdcruijsen.net/2013/02/fun-with-valueconverters-building-a-mustachify-me-converter-for-windows-phone-windows-8/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://vdcruijsen.net/2013/02/fun-with-valueconverters-building-a-mustachify-me-converter-for-windows-phone-windows-8/</link>
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		<title>Windows Phone 8 Emulator Skin Switcher 1.0 released on codeplex</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last year when working on some Windows Phone 7 projects i thought it was a good idea to change the skin of the Phone emulator of all the developers in our team for screenshots and demos. I created a project &#8230; <a href="http://vdcruijsen.net/2013/01/windows-phone-8-emulator-skin-switcher-1-0-released-on-codeplex/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://vdcruijsen.net/2013/01/windows-phone-8-emulator-skin-switcher-1-0-released-on-codeplex/</link>
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		<title>Code samples + slide deck available of my &#8220;Masters in Microsoft&#8221; session on new Windows Phone 8 developer features</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This post is made for everyone who was at my session at the “Masters in Microsoft” event at the Avanade office yesterday. Hopefully you enjoyed my session! I got asked for the sample code and slide deck a couple of &#8230; <a href="http://vdcruijsen.net/2012/11/mim-slidedeck-codesamples-wp8-win8/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://vdcruijsen.net/2012/11/mim-slidedeck-codesamples-wp8-win8/</link>
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		<title>8 days of Windows Phone 8 &#124; Day 8: Wallet and In-App purchases</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160;&#160; Welcome to the last day in this series of blog posts on the new features for developers of the Windows Phone 8 platform. Today, the 8th day we’ll talk on our last subject of the series, the wallet functionality &#8230; <a href="http://vdcruijsen.net/2012/11/8-days-of-windows-phone-8-day-8-wallet-and-in-app-purchases/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://vdcruijsen.net/2012/11/8-days-of-windows-phone-8-day-8-wallet-and-in-app-purchases/</link>
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		<title>8 days of Windows Phone 8 &#124; Day 7: Proximity capabilities</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Welcome back to the blog series 8 days of Windows Phone 8. Today, almost the last post we’ll dive into proximity capabilities also known as bluetooth and nfc. One note to this post is that i couldn’t test the &#8230; <a href="http://vdcruijsen.net/2012/11/8-days-of-windows-phone-8-day-7-proximity-capabilities/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://vdcruijsen.net/2012/11/8-days-of-windows-phone-8-day-7-proximity-capabilities/</link>
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		<title>8 days of Windows Phone 8 &#124; Days 6: Speech API</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Welcome again to the blog series called 8 days of Windows Phone 8 celebrating the release of Windows Phone 8 and the Windows Phone 8 SDK. Today, 5 days after the release it’s time for the 6th post in &#8230; <a href="http://vdcruijsen.net/2012/11/8-days-of-windows-phone-8-days-6-speech/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://vdcruijsen.net/2012/11/8-days-of-windows-phone-8-days-6-speech/</link>
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		<title>8 days of Windows Phone 8 &#124; Day 5: .net 4.5 &amp; C# 5.0</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Welcome back to my series of blog posts called 8 days of Windows Phone 8. Today, the 5th day of this series we’ll talk about the new features in the .net framework 4.5 and the C# 5.0 language that &#8230; <a href="http://vdcruijsen.net/2012/11/8-days-of-windows-phone-8-day-5-net-4-5-c-5-0/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://vdcruijsen.net/2012/11/8-days-of-windows-phone-8-day-5-net-4-5-c-5-0/</link>
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		<title>8 days of Windows Phone 8 &#124; Day 4: New Screen Resolutions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Welcome back to my series of blog posts called 8 days of Windows Phone 8. Today, the 4th day of this series we’ll dive into the new screen resolutions of Windows Phone 8 and what you should do to &#8230; <a href="http://vdcruijsen.net/2012/11/8-days-of-windows-phone-8-day-4-new-screen-resolutions/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://vdcruijsen.net/2012/11/8-days-of-windows-phone-8-day-4-new-screen-resolutions/</link>
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		<title>8 days of Windows Phone 8 &#124; Day 3: Emulator &amp; Simulation Dashboard</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome back to my series of blog posts called 8 days of Windows Phone 8. Today, the 3rd day of this series we’ll dive into the new Emulator and the Simulation Dashboard in Visual Studio 2012. Day 1: SDK Overview &#8230; <a href="http://vdcruijsen.net/2012/10/8-days-of-windows-phone-8-day-3-emulator-simulation-dashboard/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://vdcruijsen.net/2012/10/8-days-of-windows-phone-8-day-3-emulator-simulation-dashboard/</link>
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		<title>8 days of Windows Phone 8 &#124; Day 2: Live tiles &amp; Lock screen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome back to my series of blog posts called 8 days of Windows Phone 8. Today, the 2nd day of this series we’ll dive into the new possibilities of Windows Phone 8 live tiles and the lock screen. Day 1: &#8230; <a href="http://vdcruijsen.net/2012/10/8-days-of-windows-phone-8-day-2-live-tiles-lock-screen/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://vdcruijsen.net/2012/10/8-days-of-windows-phone-8-day-2-live-tiles-lock-screen/</link>
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		<title>8 days of Windows Phone 8</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday Windows Phone 8 was announced at the live broadcasted event in San Francisco and today the SDK was made available to the public on BUILD. To celebrate this I wrote this series of blog posts to inform you on &#8230; <a href="http://vdcruijsen.net/2012/10/8-days-of-windows-phone-8/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://vdcruijsen.net/2012/10/8-days-of-windows-phone-8/</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;ll be speaking on Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 in November</title>
		<description><![CDATA[November is going to be a big month for everyone who likes developing for Windows. 2 days ago Windows 8 was officially launched and this Monday Windows Phone 8 will be launched. Lots of events are organized and in November &#8230; <a href="http://vdcruijsen.net/2012/10/ill-be-speaking-on-windows-8-and-windows-phone-8-in-november/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://vdcruijsen.net/2012/10/ill-be-speaking-on-windows-8-and-windows-phone-8-in-november/</link>
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		<title>Solving Windows 8 enterprise activation error 0&#215;80070005</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So Windows 8 RTM launched yesterday and lots of people installed their copy from MSDN. I did the same but after the installation i couldn’t get my copy to activate. I kept receiving an error 0&#215;80070005 when i wanted to &#8230; <a href="http://vdcruijsen.net/2012/09/solving-windows-8-enterprise-activation-error-0x80070005/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://vdcruijsen.net/2012/09/solving-windows-8-enterprise-activation-error-0x80070005/</link>
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		<title>Solving Windows 8 enterprise activation error &quot;DNS name does not exist&quot; 0x8007232B</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So Windows 8 RTM launched yesterday and lots of people installed their copy from MSDN. I did the same but after the installation i couldn’t get my copy to activate. I kept receiving an error &#8220;DNS name does not exist &#8230; <a href="http://vdcruijsen.net/2012/08/solving-windows-8-enterprise-activation-error-0x8007232b/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://vdcruijsen.net/2012/08/solving-windows-8-enterprise-activation-error-0x8007232b/</link>
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		<title>Introducing: PhoneCompare for Windows Phone 7</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’ve built a new Windows Phone App that lets you compare 2 Windows Phone devices with all available specs right next to each other to see which is the best. You can also just check the specifications of one of &#8230; <a href="http://vdcruijsen.net/2012/04/introducing-phonecompare-for-windows-phone-7/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://vdcruijsen.net/2012/04/introducing-phonecompare-for-windows-phone-7/</link>
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		<title>Windows Phone developer introduction sessions at UTwente &amp; TU/E</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week I visited Twente University and today I went to the University of Eindhoven to do a session on building your first Windows Phone App. This post is mainly created for visitors of those sessions so they can download &#8230; <a href="http://vdcruijsen.net/2012/04/windows-phone-developer-introduction-sessions-at-utwente-tue/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://vdcruijsen.net/2012/04/windows-phone-developer-introduction-sessions-at-utwente-tue/</link>
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		<title>Using the complementary color of the phone accent color in your WP7 app</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’m building a Windows Phone app where I want to compare 2 objects to each other visually by showing graphs on how good each of the objects is performing. because I like to use the accent color in my apps &#8230; <a href="http://vdcruijsen.net/2012/03/using-the-complementary-color-of-the-phone-accent-color-in-your-wp7-app/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://vdcruijsen.net/2012/03/using-the-complementary-color-of-the-phone-accent-color-in-your-wp7-app/</link>
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		<title>Build your first Windows Phone app sample code and powerpoint deck from my session @ Windesheim Zwolle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I did a hands on Windows Phone development session to show students of the Windesheim in Zwolle how to build their first application. If you were at yesterdays session I hope you got inspired to start making Windows Phone &#8230; <a href="http://vdcruijsen.net/2012/03/build-your-first-windows-phone-app-sample-code-and-powerpoint-deck-from-my-session-windesheim-zwolle/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://vdcruijsen.net/2012/03/build-your-first-windows-phone-app-sample-code-and-powerpoint-deck-from-my-session-windesheim-zwolle/</link>
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		<title>Demo code and ppt deck from my Techdays talk on WP7 Push notifications, Live tiles and background agents available</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s they day after the Techdays 2012 in the Netherlands and everyone is fully inspired by all the new knowledge they acquired at the event. I got questions from people asking for the powerpoint deck and my demo code so &#8230; <a href="http://vdcruijsen.net/2012/02/demo-code-and-ppt-deck-from-my-techdays-talk-on-wp7-push-notifications-live-tiles-and-background-agents-available/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://vdcruijsen.net/2012/02/demo-code-and-ppt-deck-from-my-techdays-talk-on-wp7-push-notifications-live-tiles-and-background-agents-available/</link>
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		<title>TechdaysNL 2012 Lots of WP7, Win8, Metro and ASP.NET MVC sessions. Which sessions to pick?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This thursday Microsoft Techdays 2012 kicks off for Dutch developers working on the Microsoft platform. This year I’m speaking at 2 sessions on Windows Phone but I’m also going to visit other sessions during the 2 days of the conventions. &#8230; <a href="http://vdcruijsen.net/2012/02/techdaysnl-2012-lots-of-wp7-win8-metro-and-asp-net-mvc-sessions-which-sessions-to-pick/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://vdcruijsen.net/2012/02/techdaysnl-2012-lots-of-wp7-win8-metro-and-asp-net-mvc-sessions-which-sessions-to-pick/</link>
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		<title>Windows Phone 7 emulator skin switcher 1.2 released on Codeplex</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Version 1.0 and 1.1 of my Windows Phone 7 emulator skin switcher were hosted on my SkyDrive but I got several requests from people to move it to Codeplex so I did that this afternoon. From now on the latest &#8230; <a href="http://vdcruijsen.net/2012/01/windows-phone-7-emulator-skin-switcher-1-2-released-on-codeplex/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://vdcruijsen.net/2012/01/windows-phone-7-emulator-skin-switcher-1-2-released-on-codeplex/</link>
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		<title>Testing the SH WP ApplicationBar in an Multiselectlist MVVM scenario</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you’re developing for Windows Phone 7 and are using MVVM you’re probably familiar with the problem that you cannot bind the out of the box ApplicationBar because it is not a silverlight control. Since the early days of WP7 &#8230; <a href="http://vdcruijsen.net/2012/01/testing-the-sh-wp-applicationbar-in-an-multiselectlist-mvvm-scenario/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://vdcruijsen.net/2012/01/testing-the-sh-wp-applicationbar-in-an-multiselectlist-mvvm-scenario/</link>
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		<title>Fixing the The Target &#8220;GetCopyToOutputDirectoryContentProjectItems&#8221; does not exist in the project exception when building your WP7 project</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My colleague was installing the Windows Phone 7.1 SDK today and we received the following errors during installation plus a popup box that the bootstrapper had an exception: Setup could not install the following components: Microsoft XNA game Studio 4.0 &#8230; <a href="http://vdcruijsen.net/2012/01/fixing-the-the-target-getcopytooutputdirectorycontentprojectitems-does-not-exist-in-the-project-exception-when-building-your-wp7-project/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://vdcruijsen.net/2012/01/fixing-the-the-target-getcopytooutputdirectorycontentprojectitems-does-not-exist-in-the-project-exception-when-building-your-wp7-project/</link>
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		<title>WP7 Emulator Skin Switcher v1.1 released &#8211; now containing 23 skins (Nokia, Samsung, HTC and more)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After the first release of my skin switcher last week I got replies from a lot of people asking for more skins of Samsung, HTC and other devices. I tried to get in contact with all the skin creators out &#8230; <a href="http://vdcruijsen.net/2011/12/wp7-emulator-skin-switcher-v1-1-released-now-containing-23-skins-nokia-samsung-htc-and-more/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://vdcruijsen.net/2011/12/wp7-emulator-skin-switcher-v1-1-released-now-containing-23-skins-nokia-samsung-htc-and-more/</link>
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		<title>Windows Phone 7 Emulator Skin Switcher 1.0 Beta</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the last few weeks several people started creating their own skins for the Windows Phone 7 Emulator. Switching between different skins was a lot of work by copying files manually to the emulator directory every time you wanted to &#8230; <a href="http://vdcruijsen.net/2011/12/windows-phone-7-emulator-skin-switcher-1-0-beta/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://vdcruijsen.net/2011/12/windows-phone-7-emulator-skin-switcher-1-0-beta/</link>
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		<title>Creating dynamic Windows Phone 7 live tile images client side</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the best parts of windows phone that makes Windows Phone stand out are the live tiles. Microsoft enables you to do a few out of the box customizations to the live tiles but&#160; when you want to go &#8230; <a href="http://vdcruijsen.net/2011/12/creating-dynamic-windows-phone-7-live-tile-images-client-side/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://vdcruijsen.net/2011/12/creating-dynamic-windows-phone-7-live-tile-images-client-side/</link>
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		<title>Tutorial: How to use the Silverlight Toolkit transitions without writing XAML by using the Toolkit behavior extensions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In my last post I announced the new Codeplex project I’ve started called the Windows Phone Silverlight toolkit behavior extensions. In this post I’ll explain how to use the behaviors in this project in Expression Blend to create beautiful page &#8230; <a href="http://vdcruijsen.net/2011/12/tutorial-how-to-use-the-silverlight-toolkit-transitions-without-writing-xaml-by-using-the-toolkit-behavior-extensions/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://vdcruijsen.net/2011/12/tutorial-how-to-use-the-silverlight-toolkit-transitions-without-writing-xaml-by-using-the-toolkit-behavior-extensions/</link>
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		<title>Started a new Codeplex project: Windows Phone Silverlight Toolkit Behavior Extensions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Of all windows phone development that is done in the world I think almost everyone is using the Windows Phone Silverlight Toolkit you can get from Codeplex. This toolkit adds a lot of new controls and also other cool features &#8230; <a href="http://vdcruijsen.net/2011/12/started-a-new-codeplex-project-windows-phone-silverlight-toolkit-behavior-extensions/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://vdcruijsen.net/2011/12/started-a-new-codeplex-project-windows-phone-silverlight-toolkit-behavior-extensions/</link>
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		<title>New blog template</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I got a bit bored with my old blog template so I finally switched to a new one that fitted me better. This new template is better readable and clean and I like the orange color that fits with my &#8230; <a href="http://vdcruijsen.net/2011/12/new-blog-template/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://vdcruijsen.net/2011/12/new-blog-template/</link>
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		<title>Switching Dark/Light theme in Blend for Windows Phone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today a small tip on how to change the design view of your windows phone 7 application in Expression Blend so you can see it in light or dark theme or check how all the different accent colors look: This &#8230; <a href="http://vdcruijsen.net/2011/12/switching-darklight-theme-in-blend-for-windows-phone/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://vdcruijsen.net/2011/12/switching-darklight-theme-in-blend-for-windows-phone/</link>
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		<title>Microsoft Pubcenter not showing ads in your windows phone 7 app?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The free apps I had in the marketplace were running Google’s Admob as adprovider because when I wrote the apps Microsoft Pubcenter wasn’t available in the Netherlands yet. When I was upgrading my Apps to Mango I found out that &#8230; <a href="http://vdcruijsen.net/2011/11/microsoft-pubcenter-not-showing-ads-in-your-windows-phone-7-app/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://vdcruijsen.net/2011/11/microsoft-pubcenter-not-showing-ads-in-your-windows-phone-7-app/</link>
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		<title>PinPin 1.2 update now available in the WP7 Marketplace</title>
		<description><![CDATA[First note I want to make: The “Error retrieving ATM locations” bug is fixed in this release! Here is the story on how it all went down: Since PinPin’s launch last week I’ve been loaded with feedback from people, most &#8230; <a href="http://vdcruijsen.net/2011/08/pinpin-1-2-update-now-available-in-the-wp7-marketplace/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://vdcruijsen.net/2011/08/pinpin-1-2-update-now-available-in-the-wp7-marketplace/</link>
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		<title>Introducing: PinPin for Windows Phone 7</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’m proud to announce my 2nd Windows Phone 7 application available in the marketplace. The new app is called PinPin and is an app to locate an ATM near your location. The app is really simple at this first release, &#8230; <a href="http://vdcruijsen.net/2011/07/introducing-pinpin-for-windows-phone-7/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://vdcruijsen.net/2011/07/introducing-pinpin-for-windows-phone-7/</link>
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		<title>WP7 App hub error: The [NeutralResourceLanguage] attribute is missing on the entry assembly. (2003)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today the Microsoft Windows Phone 7 App Hub got a makeover. My new app was ready for deployment yesterday so logging into the new App hub to deploy my app today was the plan. After uploading my .xap file the &#8230; <a href="http://vdcruijsen.net/2011/07/wp7-app-hub-error-the-neutralresourcelanguage-attribute-is-missing-on-the-entry-assembly-2003/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://vdcruijsen.net/2011/07/wp7-app-hub-error-the-neutralresourcelanguage-attribute-is-missing-on-the-entry-assembly-2003/</link>
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		<title>My Windows Phone 7 Mango Beta review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The beta of Windows Phone 7.1 codename “Mango” was released last week and in this post I’ll write down my experiences with Mango that I had using it since the launch of the beta. I’ll try to update this post &#8230; <a href="http://vdcruijsen.net/2011/07/my-windows-phone-7-mango-beta-review/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://vdcruijsen.net/2011/07/my-windows-phone-7-mango-beta-review/</link>
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		<title>Creating your own customizable tabs / carousel plugin for jQuery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I was browsing the web for a tabs or carousel plugin for jQuery that fitted my needs. I wanted a simple but highly customizable control for displaying tabs which could also automatically page like a carousel. I found a &#8230; <a href="http://vdcruijsen.net/2011/03/creating-your-own-customizable-tabs-carousel-plugin-with-jquery/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://vdcruijsen.net/2011/03/creating-your-own-customizable-tabs-carousel-plugin-with-jquery/</link>
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		<title>Virtual conference MVCConf 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday MVCConf 2011 was held. MVCConf is a virtual conference about ASP.NET MVC and since ASP.NET MVC 3 has shipped a few weeks ago there was a lot to talk about. The conference is organized by the community and there &#8230; <a href="http://vdcruijsen.net/2011/02/virtual-conference-mvcconf-2011/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://vdcruijsen.net/2011/02/virtual-conference-mvcconf-2011/</link>
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		<title>Using the WP7 system color in live tiles and application icon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’m currently building my first WP7 application for a contest that is held by Avanade Netherlands for all its employees. Who can create the best app in a small amount of time. My app is almost finished and I was &#8230; <a href="http://vdcruijsen.net/2011/01/using-the-wp7-system-color-in-live-tiles-and-application-icon/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://vdcruijsen.net/2011/01/using-the-wp7-system-color-in-live-tiles-and-application-icon/</link>
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		<title>First impression of the HTC Trophy and Windows Phone 7</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks after the official release of windows phone 7 our entire company (Avanade Netherlands) moved to Windows phone 7. Every Employee (225) received a HTC Trophy today and tonight i&#8217;ve put my new phone to the test. Here &#8230; <a href="http://vdcruijsen.net/2010/11/first-impression-of-the-htc-trophy-and-windows-phone-7/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://vdcruijsen.net/2010/11/first-impression-of-the-htc-trophy-and-windows-phone-7/</link>
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		<title>SharePoint Automatic prefilling of lookup fields in insert forms using JQuery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At my last project I was working on a SharePoint online solution and one of the requirements is to prefill some values at one of the insert forms for a list. Since this is SharePoint online and the only tool &#8230; <a href="http://vdcruijsen.net/2010/08/sharepoint-automatic-prefilling-of-lookup-fields-in-insert-forms-using-jquery/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://vdcruijsen.net/2010/08/sharepoint-automatic-prefilling-of-lookup-fields-in-insert-forms-using-jquery/</link>
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		<title>Using the SPContext in HttpModules in SharePoint</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When you are building custom HttpModules in SharePoint a common thing to do is to use the SPContext object to get acces to your SPSite, SPWeb, SPList or SPListItem. When doing this you have to be careful because the SPContext &#8230; <a href="http://vdcruijsen.net/2010/05/using-the-spcontext-in-httpmodules-in-sharepoint/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://vdcruijsen.net/2010/05/using-the-spcontext-in-httpmodules-in-sharepoint/</link>
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		<title>Combined power of SharePoint and JQuery part 2: Changing the SharePoint webpart edit menu position</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever had the problem using SharePoint 2007 that when you create small webpart zones that the edit button disappeared because the title of the webpart was to long? I ran into this problem at my current project and &#8230; <a href="http://vdcruijsen.net/2010/05/combined-power-of-sharepoint-and-jquery-part-2-changing-the-sharepoint-webpart-edit-menu-position/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://vdcruijsen.net/2010/05/combined-power-of-sharepoint-and-jquery-part-2-changing-the-sharepoint-webpart-edit-menu-position/</link>
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		<title>Updated my weblog to DotNetBlogengine 1.6.1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just before my vacation to Peru i noticed that i received a lot of spam in my comments on my blog. i was running DotNetBlogEngine 1.4.5 and the spamfilter seemed to be broken. I didn&#8217;t have time to fix it &#8230; <a href="http://vdcruijsen.net/2010/05/updated-my-weblog-to-dotnetblogengine-1-6-1/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://vdcruijsen.net/2010/05/updated-my-weblog-to-dotnetblogengine-1-6-1/</link>
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		<title>Going to DevDays 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow first 7 months of no blogging then 2&#160;in 1 week I&#8217;ve been looking through al the sessions on the first day of the DevDays 2010 at the world-forum The Hague, The Netherlands and I&#8217;ve picked the ones I&#8217;m going &#8230; <a href="http://vdcruijsen.net/2010/02/going-to-devdays-2010/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://vdcruijsen.net/2010/02/going-to-devdays-2010/</link>
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		<title>Combined power of SharePoint and JQuery part1: Changing the SharePoint Image Picker</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow&#8230; long time since i blogged. Thank god I&#8217;m going to the Dutch DevDays to see Scott Hanselman&#8217;s session called &#8220;How to make your blog suck less&#8221; So here is an update of mine about how to use JQuery in &#8230; <a href="http://vdcruijsen.net/2010/02/combined-power-of-sharepoint-and-jquery-part1-changing-the-sharepoint-image-picker/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://vdcruijsen.net/2010/02/combined-power-of-sharepoint-and-jquery-part1-changing-the-sharepoint-image-picker/</link>
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		<title>Creating an MVC based website with reusable widgets</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After the Asp.net MVC Framework was released i was pretty impressed of how it worked but one of my main problems was how to handle the data on the page that is not the main goal of the specific page. &#8230; <a href="http://vdcruijsen.net/2009/07/creating-an-mvc-based-website-with-reusable-widgets/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://vdcruijsen.net/2009/07/creating-an-mvc-based-website-with-reusable-widgets/</link>
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		<title>My article about the ASP.NET MVC Framework published in the Dutch .Net Magazine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello everyone, It&#8217;s been a while since my last post (again ) but I&#8217;ve been quite busy testing out the new ASP.NET MVC Framework. I have to say i really like it. Currently I&#8217;m building my own little CMS framework &#8230; <a href="http://vdcruijsen.net/2009/06/my-article-about-the-asp-net-mvc-framework-published-in-the-dutch-net-magazine/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://vdcruijsen.net/2009/06/my-article-about-the-asp-net-mvc-framework-published-in-the-dutch-net-magazine/</link>
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		<title>ASP.NET MVC framework 1.0 released</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After the announcement of silverlight 3.0 i was chatting with a colleague about how cool it would be if asp.net MVC framework would also be released at mix. My colleague started searching and came up with this link: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=53289097-73ce-43bf-b6a6-35e00103cb4b&#38;displaylang=en Pretty &#8230; <a href="http://vdcruijsen.net/2009/03/asp-net-mvc-framework-1-0-released/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://vdcruijsen.net/2009/03/asp-net-mvc-framework-1-0-released/</link>
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