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Friday, June 10, 2011

A Collection of Good Posts

My friend Edwin Guarin (aka the EdVangelist) has been busy this week and I wanted to send out some link love to some really interesting posts he has written.

  1. Some cool Windows Phone apps made by college students using AppMakr…
  2. Microsoft honored as one of the “Best Places to Work” in Boston!
  3. A great example of teaching the cloud (rather than just using it).
  4. Course on Surface Development at UMASS Lowell
  5. Windows Phone 7 Development in high school!
  6. If you’re developing Windows Phone 7 Applications, and want to make $$$…

Some good stuff there. And something for everyone.

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