16 May
Two weeks One month (I decided to give one month as requested by many people) have passed since I put the first challenge online, so it’s now the time to show you my solution. On one side, for my own pleasure, I wanted to give a more than complete solution with many options, or different... Read more
29 Apr
Part of the first event we did a couple of weeks ago in Toronto with our friends of DevTO, HTML5 Toronto, and JavaScript Toronto, I also did a presentation on how to design a Windows Store application. It was a mix of good practices for the UI, the UX, and the integration you should do... Read more
25 Apr
You are so passionate! It’s Saturday morning, a bit of drool near your mouth, your pillow printed on your face, and you are still sleeping? Never mind, Fred will start the day by giving you the same effect as if you were dancing with leprechaun in a pool filled with coffee! HTML5? CSS3? JavaScript? All... Read more
22 Apr
In March, I was in Toronto for a Windows 8 event that DevTO, HTML5 Toronto, and JavaScript Toronto made in collaboration with us, Make Web Not War. The event was a mix of installfest, hackathon, and some presentations. I started the day with an introduction to Windows 8, and how to build amazing applications with HTML5, CSS3,... Read more
18 Apr
For the first challenge, let’s start with an element that raise a lot of curiosity, the <canvas>. Your challenge is to create a little paint software. Don’t be afraid of the term, it’s simpler than you think: it’s a site that will give the opportunity to the user to open an image file, draw on it... Read more
08 Apr
Since I joined Microsoft, part of what I’m doing is promoting Web standards. It’s even more important now in my role as you can use HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to build Windows 8 applications. I did many events as workshops or hackathons, and even if there are many people who know the latest, and the... Read more
06 Apr
Today I was in Toronto for the second Toronto user group workshop on Windows 8 with HTML5 Toronto, JavaScript Toronto, and DevTO in collaboration with us, Make Web Not War. Since I did all the presentations on the first event they did 3-4 weeks ago, I was only doing the keynote to wake up the... Read more
22 Jan
This year again, the Confoo conference will happen in Montreal at the end of February. I will be there, again, with the Make Web Not War team as we found that Confoo is a great place to learn, share, meet, and have fun! For the 2013 edition, we will have something special for the attendees, but... Read more
17 Jan
Vendredi passé, Alliance Numérique a mis en ligne une vidéo promotionnelle du Web-In basée sur l’édition de 2012 qui a eu lieu en novembre dernier. Lors de la première édition, j’avais animé le Tablette Camp et cette année, j’ai fait le keynote d’ouverture. Ce fut un plaisir et François Légaré, le grand manitou derrière l’événement, avait... Read more
15 Nov
Cet après-midi j’ai fait un survol rapide de 45 minutes sur HTML5 au Mobiz. J’en ai profité pour introduire quelques éléments que je considère révolutionnaire pour HTML5, des éléments que l’on peut utiliser sans crainte dès aujourd’hui. Pour ceux qui étaient présent, tel que promis, voici ma présentation: Voici quelques ressources et liens vers des... Read more