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#CognitiveServices – Tutorial to create and publish a complete model in Custom Speech Service (#CRIS)

Hi ! This is my 3rd or 4th time on this, so I better write about this so I won’t forget next time. So, let´s start from the beggining, Custom Speech Service definition (we used to know this as CRIS). The Custom Speech Service lets you create custom speech-to-text models, tailored to your application’s environment, — read more

May 25, 2017
#Flow – Buttons Widgets in iOS and Android

Hi ! Today I was talking about Microsoft flow, and I realized that I didn’t review the Microsoft Flow news during the past weeks. There some new cool integrations with Microsoft Planner and Microsoft teams, however the thing which caught my attention is that finally we have the ability to work with widgets in Android and — read more

May 24, 2017
#Personal – The challenge of living using a 2nd language after a year in #Canada

Hi! Just over a year ago we started a new family adventure in Canada. We have had many new experiences in this great country, however, I must emphasize that my experience with a second language deserves a separate post. Those who know me know that I have a rather “normal” level of English. 1/3 of my job is — read more

May 23, 2017
#Humor – Project Manager Logic …

Hi ! I’ve been there And plain text, just for fun My Team deploy 2 Apps 1 App have 2 Bugs PM reports show 1 bugs per App Project Manager logic ! Greetings @ Austin El Bruno — read more

May 21, 2017
#VS2017 – Code Style configuration in Visual Studio 2017 IDE

Hello! A few months ago, before the official launch of Visual Studio 2017, one of the cool IDE innovations was the chance to define code style configurations to be applied in the IDE while we are coding apps. These configurations were stored in files named “.editorconfig”, and of course, the best way to learn on — read more

May 17, 2017
#VS2017 – HowTo: Share code from IDE in #Gist with a single click!

Hi ! For a while I decided to stop sharing code using “text” in my blog. I used to share a screen shoot of the code and then a link to the full example on GitHub. This seemed like a good idea, because on several occasions I had had unfortunate comments from people who performed — read more

May 16, 2017
#VS2017 – Xaml Converter to display local UTC date times

Hi ! Visual Studio Live at Austin will start soon, so I’ll pick up some of my drafts for a quick post. How to create an XAML Converter to display a DateTime value in the local current format of the machine running the App The converter code is very simple This file contains hidden or — read more

May 15, 2017
#Humor – Fixing Bugs in real life

Hi ! Developers will understand … Greetings @ Austin El Bruno Source: https://giphy.com/ — read more

May 14, 2017
#MixedReality – Windows Mixed Reality Dev Kits ready for preorder and some brand new hand controllers !

Hello! Today is the 2nd Day of Build and yesterday main focus was on Azure and AI, today it has been on Windows 10. In addition to a refresh on creators update and many innovations for developers, today the HP and Acer augmented reality sets have been officially presented. You can preorder the Dev Kits — read more

May 12, 2017
#VS2017 – #VisualStudio2017 will automatically refresh a project, if you add / copy files using the #FileSystem

Update: This is a feature supported in Visual Studio 2017 for .Net Core projects. Hello! This days all the news will be around the Build event. This event usually brings many important innovations for Microsoft Developers and for Developer Products. On the 1st day of build, the biggest developments announced were around Azure and Artificial Intelligence. — read more

May 11, 2017
#Event – #Hololens, the Challenge of 3D Apps for a 2D Developer

Hi ! My house moving planning is almost finished, so it’s time to go back to the communities to learn and share. This time, our friends from Mississauga .Net User Group kindly invited me to share some experiences creating 3D apps for Hololens. In this session, I will share his experiences in creating applications for Hololens. We — read more

May 9, 2017
#Minecraft – News on Minecraft Education Edition (sadly it’s only available for educators…)

Hi ! A few days ago I wrote a post about the novelties that were presented in the event of # MicrosoftEdu, especially oriented to Mixed Reality and Microsoft Teams (link). Another great tool presented in this event was some new features that were added to Minecraft Education Edition. Let’s start with the main objective — read more

May 8, 2017
#Humor – Blue or Gold dress? Here is how …

Hi ! Do you remember the famous Gold or Blue dress question from 2 years ago? If you think you can go back to sleep quietly at night, look at this … Greetings @ Toronto El Bruno References Wikipedia, The Dress — read more

May 7, 2017
#Microsoft – There were more than #Surface Laptop on Microsoft event 2 days ago: #MSTeams and #3D

Hi ! A couple of days ago, Microsoft hosted an event were they revealed a new device for the Surface family: Surface Laptop. It has everything you may expect from a Surface device: great presentation, amazing hardware features and a couple of “buts”. In example, the lack of color options in the top level hardware — read more

May 4, 2017
#VS2017 – Visible Keyboard shortcuts in the IDE thanks to #ReSharper !

Hi ! If you know me, you probably noted that, when I’m programming, I hardly use the mouse, I like to use keyboard shortcuts. This is very useful for me, however it can became an issue when I need to share my screen and do some coworking. In example when I’m doing a code review… — read more

May 3, 2017
#VS2017 – Debug // ReAttach to process, so cool !

Hola ! Hoy mientras depuraba una UWP me encontré con este nuevo menú el Visual Studio 2017: Debug // Reattach to Process. El nombre es bastante descriptivo y la verdad es que es una idea genial. Según lo que comentan en el blog de MSDN, el funcionamiento es el siguiente: Una vez que nos hemos… — read more

May 2, 2017
#Hololens – How to use clases TapToPlace and InitialScanManager

Hi ! Yesterday I wrote about a custom solution I made to have Tap to Place feature in an Hololens App. The main set of features was We can perform an initial scan of an environment, based on a time constraint. Also we can continue the scan process if we don’t find a minimum of — read more

Apr 27, 2017
#Hololens – Alternative fix to the TapToPlace and WorldAnchor issue (until official #HoloToolkit release)

Hi ! If you work with Beta products you will find funny scenarios, like something working, then not working, then working again. The next Hololens forums thread is a must read if you want to understand the frustration you can get in this scenarios: VS2017/U5.6 Crash – WinRTScriptingObjectWrapper::InternalAddRef Reference Count cannot be zero (link) TLTR HoloToolkit current — read more

Apr 26, 2017
#Hololens – #SpatialMapping, tutorial search for simple surfaces (1×1 floor tile)

Hi ! In my previous posts I wrote on how to use Spatial Understanding to have a better control of the environment scanning process with Hololens. In that post I created a demo with the following steps As soon as the App starts, Hololens started the scanning process We defined a minimmun number of planes — read more

Apr 25, 2017
#Humor – #Google Play looking for Malware

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Apr 23, 2017