Hello World!
Yes, I know its cliched. But considering the fact that I am a programmer, I believe it would be sacrilege if I posted anything other than a “Hello World” as the very first words I write in my new blog.
So, to briefly introduce myself, I am Prashant Vaidyanathan. I’m 21 years old, and am in my final semester in Engineering (Electronics and Electrical) in BITS -Pilani- Dubai Campus. I currently am interning in Microsoft, and work as a Junior Software Developer. I love Basketball and used to be a National Level Basketball player back in India, and I love watching NBA matches. I also love football, and am an Optimistic Arsenal fan. ( optimistic would be pushing it here. I truly believe in the Arsenal youth system and believe that they will win their next major silverware when my children are old enough to write a blog of their own). Also apparently, I tend to digress from the main point.
My true interest however, lies in Computers. I have been playing with computers ever since I was 4. I know a couple of programming languages: C, C++, C#, Visual Basic, Lisp, BF, Whirl, Java, Assembly Language, HTML, CSS, XAML (Gasp for breath….). I work on multiple platforms, tools and frameworks including AutoCad, Visual Studio, Expression Studio, Silverlight, XNA, Adobe Photoshop, Maya. (Pretty cool eh? ). Last year I presented my paper on “A new encryption technique for the secured transmission and storage of text information with medical images” in the IN-TECH 2011 conference organized by the World Association for Innovative Technologies (WAIT) for which I was awarded the Award for Science and Technology transfer.
So yeah. Thats me, being not so modest. But I believe that I must give the readers of this blog a fair reason to believe in my posts.
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I work in Microsoft Gulf in Dubai in the DPE – Developer Platform and Technologies department. My job entails:
1) Making Windows Phone 7 Apps
2) Training Students from other universities to build Apps for the Windows Phone.
3) Testing out the cool new technologies here in Microsoft.
Its been 6 weeks, and I must be honest. Its been one of the best 6 weeks of my life. I have learnt a LOT. More than what any textbook or course could offer. And this, being my dream job, I am actually loving my work here.
The reason, for me picking the name of the blog as captainwp7. Well, I’d like to think of myself as some super hero for the Windows Phone 7 from the DC universe making Apps for Batman, Superman and Flash. But seriously, its coz, I used to be called Captain back in school, and well, this blog is going to be about the Windows Phone.
I will be discussing cool new features that I come across. I will also be sharing tricks and tips for programming, not just for the Windows Phone or Windows 8, but also, for other technologies. I will also be sharing source code for most of my programs.
For all those of you who are actually afraid of programming or code or feel your greatest achievement with any computer has been using MS Paint (no offense), fear not. This blog is to help you overcome that fear of programming and actually learn cool tips that you can have fun with.
So, thats it for now. Will be posting soon about the Windows Phone to give most people who dont know what it is, a general overview about it. Till then, Chao.
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