Designing for Windows 8 Webinar Follow-up Brent Schooley / Wed, Sep 26, 2012 First of all, I would like thank all of you who attended the webinar today. There were a lot of really great questions asked and I hope I provided you with sufficient enough answers to all of them. I...
Do more with less - Microsoft Design Style Series Part 6 Brent Schooley / Tue, Sep 25, 2012 In the previous post in this series, we went through the third of five principles that guide successful Windows Store application design, authentically digital . Today I would like to talk about the...
Authentically digital - Microsoft Design Style Series Part 5 Brent Schooley / Mon, Sep 24, 2012 In the previous post in this series, we went through the second of five principles that guide successful Windows Store application design, be fast and fluid . Today I would like to talk about the third...
Be fast and fluid - Microsoft Design Style Series Part 4 Brent Schooley / Thu, Sep 20, 2012 In the previous post in the series, we went through the first of 5 principles that guide successful Windows Store application design. Today I would like to talk about the second principle: Be fast and...
Pride in craftsmanship - Microsoft Design Style Series Part 3 Brent Schooley / Wed, Sep 19, 2012 In Part 1 of the Microsoft Design Style Series, What is Microsoft Design Style? , I listed the five principles of the Microsoft design style and mentioned that later in the series I would go into them...
Get up to speed with Windows 8: a tutorial series Brent Schooley / Mon, Sep 17, 2012 Today I would like to preview an upcoming tutorial series I have been working on and will begin posting here soon. The series will build a Windows Store application called "Running Total" from the ground...
Microsoft Design Style Inspirations - Microsoft Design Style Series Part 2 Brent Schooley / Wed, Aug 22, 2012 In order to truly understand something it is often important to understand where it originated. This is especially important when the subject at hand is design. Almost everything designed today has...
Whats in a name? The fate of "Metro" Brent Schooley / Fri, Aug 3, 2012 Update: It's "Microsoft design style". I recently kicked off a post series entitled "Metro Design Series" which is going to cover a wide gamut of topics on Windows 8 and Windows Phone design. Unfortunately...
Philly Code Camp 2012 Event Follow-up: Metro Design Fundamentals Brent Schooley / Mon, May 14, 2012 This past Saturday, I had the opportunity to speak at Philly .NET Code Camp 2012.1 which was hosted at Penn State Abington. The title of my talk, officially, was the same as the talk at TechBASH. However...
Filling in the UX Gaps in Metro Style apps Brent Schooley / Tue, May 1, 2012 On Saturday, I gave a presentation at TECHBash about Windows 8 application design and development. The talk introduces the Metro Design principles and shows how to apply these principles to convert...