Blogs by Mahesh Chand

There are several ways to impress your boss. You could sing, dance or buy him/her a beer - it all depends on what kind of boss you have.

Apple iPad 2 is coming on March 11. Check out what it brings to the table.

To build iPhone and/or iPad applications using C#, you need the MonoTouch, iPhone SDK and MonoDevelop IDE. Besides there, there is one more component called the Interface Builder.

2011 is here and I have noticed a tremendous upside in Software development. You are golden if you are working with cutting-edge technologies. Whether you are looking for a better paying job or building your own applications, you must know what is hot now and what is coming in the near future.

Here is what we have so far for the Mindcracker MVP Summit 2011. What do you think? Let us know. All ideas and suggestions are most welcome.

So couple of week ago, I installed the MonoDroid beta. Today, when I tried to build a new application, I got this Beta Expired message.

MonoDevelop is an IDE primarily designed for C# and other .NET languages. MonoDevelop enables developers to quickly write desktop and ASP.NET Web applications on Linux, Windows and Mac OSX.

Here we go. Finally I gave up and got a MacBook Pro today. There is no way one can build iPhone apps without a Mac. Did I tell you, I hate Apple?

I have seen developers do not like to write documentation. Obviously, there are tight deadlines and frequent deliverable but it does not take too much time to write about the functionality you are implementing. If you spend 1 hour for every 7 hours of code you write or even less, it will go a long way and eventually will save your company a lot more time.

Recently, many employers have switched from a purely job website to online social communities such as LinkedIn and Facebook. You will see Job ads on Facebook, LinkedIn and direct on Google Ads. I have seen a lot of traffic dip in pure job websites like Dice.com and Monster.com.

We can use DateTime methods to find out a day by adding a number of days. Here is the code.

We just announced the complete list of MVPs for year 2010. Congratulations to all MVPs.

This is one of the most talked topics in past couple of months. Even few of our clients which we are building websites for have asked me the same question.

Here is a list of my top 5 Visual Studio Tools/APIs for Tech Leads.

Did you buy or use any tools and devices? So what did impress you in 2010? Well, here is my list.

Watch JDSU tech trends for 2011. Very interesting.

Nominate your favorite MVP for the MVP of the Year Award. S. Somasegar, Senior Vice President of Microsoft Developer Division, will host a dinner for the top awarded MVPs at Summit 2011.

I remember the days when looks of an application wasn’t that important but those days are long gone. You can guess by the popularity of HTML 5, IE 9, Adobe Flash, WPF and Silverlight, the crisp, clean, and stunning user interfaces are taking over the Web development world.

Yesterday I got an email from Microsoft and awarded MVP again.

Wishing you a very merry christmas

What plans do you have for this new year? Any resolutions?

Feb 28 - March 2, Washington. Wonder who is attending from C# Corner? Let me know.

A Silverlight 5 beta will be available in the first half of next year, and the final release will ship in the second half of 2011.