Dave Voyles for Gaming, HTML5, Startups, & Xbox

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7/17/2020

I love Gaming, HTML5, Startups, & Xbox, so I figured "why not spread the good word?"

Starting today, Tuesday December 1st, we’re inviting developers to suggest ideas for apps they...

Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 12/01/2015

Recap of Connect() announcements, from Shahed Chowdhuri

My peer in DC, Shahed Chowdhuri, put together a great recap of yesterday’s Connect() event....

Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 11/19/2015

How I got started in technical evangelism, part 2

You can find part 1 of this series here. This is a question that I get asked pretty often, so I...

Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 11/16/2015

A beginner’s guide to WebGL

WebGL (Web Graphics Library) is a JavaScript API for rendering interactive 3D computer graphics and...

Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 11/14/2015

Some of my favorite Visual Studio extensions

I recently wrote an article about some of my favorite Chrome extensions, partly because I wanted to...

Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 11/09/2015

Microsoft guiding startups to funding with Ventures

CNBC recently wrote an article titled How to get Microsoft to mentor your big idea, which I wanted...

Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 10/27/2015

The Xbox wasn’t Microsoft’s first console – the MSX was

I’m sure the Xbox will always have a special place in the hearts of many of us, but it surely...

Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 10/21/2015

A collection of resources for students / startups

Over the last two years I’ve collected a ton of resources for students and startups, so I...

Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 10/20/2015

More progress with the Night Trap HTML5 port

The post More progress with the Night Trap HTML5 port appeared first on Dave Voyles | Tech...

Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 10/20/2015

Exporting a Unity WebGL game to asm.js [video tutorial]

Unity, the popular middleware tools frequently used by game developers are not limited to creating...

Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 10/20/2015

DreamSpark tutorials for students – WordPress, websites, and games

Randy Guthrie, an Academic Evangelist on our Evangelism team at Microsoft, put together a great set...

Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 10/10/2015

Getting started with Emscripten

Writing code for multiple platforms can be a lot of work. It can be even more work to have to...

Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 10/06/2015

How to get into the games industry – networking

For this ongoing event, I plan on illustrating a number of ways that you can get started in the...

Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 10/05/2015

How to get into the gaming industry: Build a digital portfolio

A common question I receive is “How do I get into the gaming Industry?” In fact,...

Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 09/29/2015

How I got started in technical evangelism, Pt. 1

This is a question that I get asked pretty often, so I thought I’d write it down to make it...

Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 09/25/2015

Microsoft Azure camp, hosted by Scott Guthrie in Philadelphia, Oct 13

Microsoft is hosting a free Azure tour across the United States this fall. The first stop will be in...

Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 09/23/2015

Create a WordPress site on Azure using DreamSpark

Create a WordPress on Azure using DreamSpark from joescars My colleague in Florida, Joe Raio,...

Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 09/20/2015

Lifehack: How can I get the path to a file in Windows 10?

I frequently need to copy the file path of an object in Windows, so that I can paste it into a tool...

Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 09/18/2015

Lifehack: Using the Win10 snipping tool to take a delayed screenshot

I frequently need to take screenshots of of a screen and share them with my team. The problem...

Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 09/14/2015

Sunsetting the XBLIG program for the Xbox 360

It’s a sad day for current and former XBLIG developers, but it is inevitable that all digital...

Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 09/09/2015

How to win a hackathon talk, Penn Apps 2015

Here is the slide deck that I used during my Penn Apps 2015 talk this weekend. During this talk, I...

Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 09/04/2015

A list of Chrome extensions that I use, and why

In my day-to-day browsing, I use Chrome Canary. I want to see the latest and greatest. It will...

Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 09/02/2015

Here are some of the YouTube channels I frequent (gaming / music)

I spent a lot of time watching YouTube. Actually, most of the time I’m just listening while it...

Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 09/02/2015

A list of my favorite links this week

This is my weekly newsletter which covers my favorite stories of the week in the fields of Tech,...

Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 08/24/2015

Object.observe in JavaScript, and how I found it to be useful

In rebuilding Night Trap, I ran into an issue where I needed to listen for an event, specifically...

Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 08/22/2015

Indie Dev Podcast, Ep 22 – David Catuhe, BabylonJS

Listen to the podcast Download the .mp3 Subscribe via iTunes David Catuhe is a Principal Program...

Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 08/20/2015

Night Trap – Switching Branches

You can find parts 1 and 2 of this series here: Deconstructiong Night Trap Rebuilding Night Trap...

Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 07/19/2015

Rebuilding Night Trap

In my previous post I talked about the process of tearing the game down, so that I could build it up...

Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 07/17/2015

Deconstructing Night Trap

A few days ago I built a quick prototype for getting Night Trap running in the browser. It’s...

Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 07/16/2015

List of this week’s most interesting stories

This is my weekly newsletter which covers my favorite stories of the week in the fields of Tech,...

Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 07/13/2015

Project Westminster – hosted web apps for UWP (HTML5 in Win 10)

Kiril Seksenov, an Engineer on the Microsoft Edge Web Apps team, put together a great post today...

Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 07/08/2015

Asm.js and WebGL for Unity and Unreal Engine

Unity, and Epic’s Unreal Engine, the popular middleware tools frequently used by game...

Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 07/07/2015

Interoperable Web Development

David Catuhe (@DeltaKosh), a Program Manager on the TED team at Microsoft, has been building a set...

Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 06/29/2015

Wrapping a Famo.us + Angular app in Cordova for iOS

Find the full tutorial here Download the finished version of this tutorial. Open with...

Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 06/26/2015

LifeHack: Auto-upload screenshots from Dropbox, add to your clipboard

I find myself constantly needing to share screenshots on social media, but was growing fr ustrated...

Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 06/25/2015

Creating a Famo.us + Angular Pokemon app

I’ve been working on an application that takes advantage of the marriage between Famo.us and...

Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 06/24/2015

Useful resources for Philly developers

Whether you are nwe to the area or just looking to find some new developers to get in touch wtih,...

Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 06/15/2015

Slides and code for my ASP.NET presentation

Over the last spring I gave several talks about ASP.NET as part of Microsoft’s web dev camp...

Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 06/10/2015

Indie Dev Podcast Ep. 21 – Michael Gnade, Indie Game Stand

I have a podcast about independent game development which I record every few weeks. Listen to the...

Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 06/08/2015

How do students and recent grads get hired at Microsoft?

I get asked this question pretty often, so I thought I’d create a blog post about it. Although...

Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 06/08/2015

This is my weekly newsletter which covers my favorite stories of the week in the fields of Tech,...

Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 06/08/2015

Dave Voyles for Gaming, HTML5, Startups, & Xbox

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