Hi, my name is Kris and I'm a computer programmer living in London, UK.
At heart I love to code and my main focus is with the development of rich client applications. I am also interested in all things to do with graphics, design and user experience.
I develop primarily on the Microsoft platform with a focus on WPF, Silverlight, and XNA and I love the Windows, Web, Windows Phone 7 and Surface platforms.
This site is all about my love of technology. It was put together on various flights and train journeys so it is very ad-hoc. There are still plenty of features I would like to add so watch this space.
When I am not in front of a computer, I can usually be found on Xbox live or out running around London / client location if I am away from home.
Please do say hello. I can be found all over the internet - check out the connect section.
Technology has always been a big part of my life, right from my younger years when I was building my neighbours PC’s using the newest Pentium processors to learning the latest and greatest (and sometimes bleeding edge) client technologies of today and tomorrow.
I am primarily a C# developer and focus on WPF, Silverlight and XNA with the Windows, Windows Phone and Surface platforms.
More recently, I have branched out onto the web and have learnt a thing or two about HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript.
By day (and, more and more by night) I work at Avanade UK as a solution developer.
Here, I cover all technologies across the Microsoft stack but I specialise in WPF and Silverlight.
Projects I have worked on include designing and developing the WPF interface elements to be used in a large scale call centre rollout based on Dynamics CRM and working with the Windows Phone Depth Partner Support Team at Microsoft UK.
I have also written training materials for the Microsoft product groups and Microsoft Learning. This has been based on WPF, Silverlight, Microsoft Surface, XNA and Windows Azure.
I am very passionate about the developer community and I love to share what I am currently learning in the hope that others will benefit from what I happen to be up to.
Below are links to all of the technical stuff I have done that is publicly available.
| type | title | description | link |
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| Presentation | Windows Phone Development with Silverlight | Slides and code for my introductory session to windows phone 7 and how to use Silverlight to target the platform. I have delivered this session at various events and locations including DDD9, DDD South West 3, Microsoft UK and GeekUp Nottingham |  |
| Developer Training | Microsoft Surface | Official training material for Microsoft Surface v1.0. Couse contains nine modules, each with a unique video and lab document |  |
| Article | Microsoft Surface 2.0 | Article for the MSDN Flash newsletter on Microsoft Surface 2.0 |
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If I'm not in front of computer learning how video games are made, the chances are I will be playing one.
I'm a big fan of the Xbox 360 platform and my gamertag is LookItsKris.
Xbox Live - LookItsKris
Halo: Reach
Through the powers of social networking I can be found all over the internet.
Anything larger and more technical I want to say can usually be found on my blog. Anything cool that I find around the internet I add to my tumblr and anything short and sweet gets tweeted on my very active twitter account.
You can also find my professional profile on linkedin and I can also be reached through good old, rock solid email.
If you are using Internet Explorer 9 this site, my blog and my tumblr page all make use of the site pinning feature for easy access to all of my networks.
