Android

I've been disappointed with Windows Phone development tools of late; and am hesitant/resonant  to install over a working copy of Studio 2010. I think it's great that the preview express tools are available - and if I had a spare computer I would probably install them.

Instead I decided to take a look at the Android platform - all things considered, isn't that bad. Up and running quickly on a Linux distro with Eclipse and the SDK in less than 15 minutes! Plenty of resource materials available for the platform and a wealth of Google APIs just waiting to be leveraged.

Java still, unfortunately is the ugly older step-sister of C#, and I miss a lot of the features I've grown to love with the .NET CLR. The Android emulator is great - although it takes 30 seconds to initialize (from a monster machine). Another interesting development is that of MonoDroid; which promises to bring CLR goodness to the platform.

Another funday saturday!

UPDATE:
Interesting work - it really appears to me that anyone working in the enterprise NOT focusing on REST/OData services (sans the Entity Framework - of course!) is living on borrowed time.

(Case in point)

End-users expectations are rising, and they will want their same business applications (to a greater or lesser degree) on their desktops, laptops, tablets and phones.

Why am I wasting time writing this? There are oodles of code to be written.

Of Interest
Restlet and OData
Interop. Services
Sharing is Caring (OData or GData) - or is it?
End-to-end

Clouds without tears?
Lokad Development Tools the Windows Azure Partner of the Year 2010 (June 23rd)

How I came by Lokad
http://abdullin.com/journal/2010/7/29/lokad-cqrs-v1-for-windows-azure-in-september-2010.html

http://abdullin.com/journal/2010/6/12/lokadcloud-vs-lokadcqrs.html