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Whenever there is a new bit of technology I try my best to learn it - but I think there is no better way to learn it than use it in anger. Here is the product of said anger!
The Google Searcher is the first example - this was built because I wanted to learn about Windows Presentation Foundation which is funny because vista gadgets don't use this technology but I decided to continue anyway!
Next up was actually my Sql Searcher but I didn't release that until after Fonebook. This was developed to help me with a project for work and not really as a way of learning new technologies but it is pretty useful so I released it anyway
Finally (until the next thing is released) was Fonebook. I had just started to use Facebook
when I found the API and just had to write something for it. The original idea
was born out of a blog
posting
on Jason Langridges blog which then kinda spiralled! Initially it was a boring
Windows application that did the job but then I decided I really did want to
learn all about WPF and so added that in to.
So what's next then... Well I have just sat the beta exam for WCF (Windows
Communication Foundation) so don't be too surprised if you see that integrated
into Fonebook at some point!