Reposted by Shaun LawrenceGeorge E. Osborn @georgeosborn.bsky.social · 31/12/2025Got five minutes today? Grab your phone. Send a message or a voice note to one person you care about who you think might need a little lift at the end of a long year. It’ll be appreciated, trust me. 052
Shaun Lawrence @bijington.bsky.social · 28/11/2025The perfect news article to popup as you are literally boarding an airbus plane. 020
Reposted by Shaun LawrenceGerald Versluis @jfversluis.dev · 10/09/2025Join Pedro and me Friday, Sept. 12, LIVE! We will look at the brand new Visual Studio 2026, some MAUI, some iOS 26, and of course... AI! Copilot, MCP all the things. youtube.com/live/ZzgcJvX...youtube.comVisual Studio 2026 unboxing with Pedro Jesus! MAUI, Copilot, iOS 26, everything!YouTube video by Gerald Versluis 053
Reposted by Shaun LawrenceJean-Marie Alfonsi @sharpnado.com · 10/09/2025New version of Sharpnado.Tabs v3.3.0 for #dotnet 9 #maui \o/ * many bug fixes * new property SelectedIconSource * supports Windows and MacOS * removes all touch and tap effects github.com/roubachof/Sh... 041
Reposted by Shaun LawrenceMartha Wells @marthawells.com · 24/08/2025Humblebundle to support World Central Kitchen, and get a bunch of my books from @tordotcom.bsky.social including Murderbot and Witch King! #booksky www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...humblebundle.comHumble Book Bundle: Martha Wells' Murderbot and More by TORFall in love with Martha Wells’ The Murderbot Diaries series—the engine behind the hit AppleTV adaptation—and help support World Central Kitchen. 2516311097
Reposted by Shaun LawrenceGareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 10/08/2025Somebody on LinkedIn said what we're all thinking. 480247215179
Reposted by Shaun LawrenceSteven Thewissen @thewissen.com · 27/07/2025For #MAUIUIJuly this year; a post about a little experiment I did a while back involving CSS, .NET MAUI, and something resembling Tailwind → thewissen.io/maui-ui-july...thewissen.ioThe Crosswind experimentIt's .NET MAUI UI July again, this time diving into styling your app using a little experiment I recently made. Let's dive into styling your app in a Tailwind-like fashion. 083
Shaun Lawrence @bijington.bsky.social · 21/07/2025My post for #MauiUiJuly 2025 is a Wheel of names clone. Learn how to build a reusable control within .NET MAUI and use things like GraphicsView and Animation to create a rather fancy looking wheel. blog.bijington.com/2025/07/21/w... #dotnetmaui #mauiuijuly 032
Shaun Lawrence @bijington.bsky.social · 17/07/2025When you forget to carry a dog poo bag of course the dog will go! 120
Reposted by Shaun Lawrence⭑ salma @whitep4nth3r.com · 16/07/2025I have been back and forth over the span of 5 years about whether to publish this article. All opinions and experiences in this post are my own, or from people I personally know, backed up with recent reports and statistics.whitep4nth3r.comWhy Women in Tech isn't enoughWomen in Tech spaces help, but fall short in the long run. Real progress needs systemic change and active involvement from men in positions of power. 2828492
Reposted by Shaun LawrenceMolly White @molly.wiki · 09/07/2025I'm running a quick (3–5 minutes) reader feedback survey for my newsletter, Citation Needed. If you're a reader, I'd love to get your feedback! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...docs.google.comCitation Needed reader feedbackThis survey should take 3–5 minutes. 58911
Reposted by Shaun LawrenceMatt Goldman @mattgoldman.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Ever wanted to create gyroscope based parallax in #dotnetmaui? Francois has you covered, check this out! blog.francois.raminosona.com/sensor-based... #MAUIUIJuly day 9!blog.francois.raminosona.comSensor-based Parallax in .NET MAUI using the Gyroscope #MAUIUIJulyParallax effects add depth and interactivity to your app's UI by making different layers move at different speeds to simulate 3D depth. In this article, we will cover how to implement a flexible paral... 075
Reposted by Shaun LawrenceMatt Goldman @mattgoldman.bsky.social · 08/07/2025#MAUIUIJuly day 8: Sensors in #dotnetmaui - but some cool things you can do with them too! Check it out: blog.francois.raminosona.com/sensors-in-n...blog.francois.raminosona.comSensors in .NET MAUI #MAUIUIJulyIn this post, we will focus on how our phone's sensors work. We will explore six key sensors available in .NET MAUI, complete with real-time visualizations and code samples. 061
Reposted by Shaun LawrenceGerald Versluis @jfversluis.dev · 04/07/2025I just published a new plugin to read EXIF information from images in your .NET MAUI app! Just one line of code and you get a ton of useful information to work with. What do you think? What should I add next? github.com/jfversluis/P...github.comGitHub - jfversluis/Plugin.Maui.Exif: Plugin.Maui.Exif provides the ability to read EXIF metadata from image files in your .NET MAUI application.Plugin.Maui.Exif provides the ability to read EXIF metadata from image files in your .NET MAUI application. - jfversluis/Plugin.Maui.Exif 0122
Reposted by Shaun LawrenceDylan Beattie @dylanbeatt.ie · 30/06/2025I'm running the online version of my "From Keyboard to Keynote" workshop next month! Two half-days full of tips, practical advice, & hands-on exercises about creating and delivering awesome technical presentations. dylanbeattie.net/kb2kn Early bird tickets only £225. You should join. It'll be ace.dylanbeattie.netFrom Keyboard to Keynote : dylanbeattie.netLearn to create & present great tech talks in this online workshop led by Dylan Beattie. 046
Reposted by Shaun LawrenceØredev @oredev.org · 30/06/2025We’re looking for volunteers 💥 to help bring #Oredev2025 to life this November in Malmö. You get: 🤲 access to the conference (work 50%, explore 50%) 🤝 a network of techies, thinkers, doers 💡 inspiration x 1000 Be part of something unforgettable! 👉 ow.ly/guYV50Wfg3h 032
Reposted by Shaun LawrenceJames Eastham @jameseastham.co.uk · 29/06/2025"Everyone wants the summary. But the summary is what's left after someone else decided what matters. Their priorities aren't yours. Their filters aren't yours. When you operate on summaries, you're thinking with someone else's brain." Shane Parrish Brain Food. This is a beaut. 182
Reposted by Shaun LawrenceJames Eastham @jameseastham.co.uk · 29/06/2025This is an excellent watch..Mirrors some of my, not so eloquently put, thoughts on why things might not take off quite as the hype would have you believe. Am I going to let a computer power my life, have my credit card details, when there's even a 5% chance it might hallucinate. Absolutely not. 143
Reposted by Shaun LawrenceGerald Versluis @jfversluis.dev · 29/06/2025Did you know there is even a .NET MAUI app/game on @steampowered.com?! 👀 Check it out here: store.steampowered.com/app/3558190/... Wondering what other real-world apps are built with .NET MAUI? Check this out: github.com/jfversluis/b... Or if you have one yourself, feel free to add it!store.steampowered.comGnollHack on SteamGnollHack is a remastered and enhanced version of the classic roguelike game NetHack, one of the most iconic games developed in 1980s and 1990s. 141
Reposted by Shaun LawrenceVisual Studio User Group @visug.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Got a killer dev talk? Bring it to the stage at VisugXL 2025! 🎤 We’re talking .NET, Azure, OSS, real-world code — the good stuff. 📅 Nov 28 – Leuven, Belgium Hit us with your best shot 👉 sessionize.com/visugxl-2025 #VisugXL2025 #CallForSpeakers #dotnet #Azure #DevRockstarssessionize.comVisugXL 2025 : Call for SpeakersVisugXL 2025 is the annual 1-day, free conference of Visug, bringing together students, developers, architects, and technology enthusiasts for a day o... 057
Reposted by Shaun LawrenceGerald Versluis @jfversluis.dev · 10/06/2025🔥 .NET MAUI Community Toolkit v12 has just been released and its a BIG ONE! Are you using Popups?! Then you will love this release, introducing Popups v2! A complete rewrite to make things more stable and easier to work with! github.com/CommunityToo...github.comRelease v12.0.0: Popup V2 is here! · CommunityToolkit/MauiAn all new implementation of Popups! We complete wrote Popup from the ground up so that it is now more stable and easier to work with than ever. If you're migrating, be sure to check out our guid h... 164
Reposted by Shaun LawrenceGerald Versluis @jfversluis.dev · 05/06/2025Come join us for the June 2025 .NET MAUI Community Toolkit Stand-up at 20:00 BST, in about an hour after this post! www.youtube.com/live/A-SKVW1...youtube.com.NET MAUI Community Toolkit Monthly Standup, June 2025YouTube video by .NET Foundation 071
Shaun Lawrence @bijington.bsky.social · 31/05/2025Lesson learned! Arms day at the gym and grocery shopping was not wise 250
Reposted by Shaun Lawrencegbarkerz.bsky.social @gbarkerz.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Don't forget folks, in a few seconds Accessibility Insights for Windows can highlight potential issues with your app UI. Here it reports 4 nameless elements in game UI. accessibilityinsights.io/docs/windows... 031
Reposted by Shaun LawrenceGerald Versluis @jfversluis.dev · 24/05/2025My demo lightning session from Microsoft Build is already available! Learn all about the crazy cool design time tools we have that make you super productive while building a .NET MAUI app. youtu.be/saHaq9m_Jq0youtu.beUpdate your .NET MAUI app UI at design time | DEM516YouTube video by Microsoft Developer 1238
Shaun Lawrence @bijington.bsky.social · 24/05/2025I used to believe the difference between an amateur and a professional was that an amateur would continually doubt their ability to achieve things. 20 years into my professional career I either got it completely wrong or I’m still an amateur… 040
Reposted by Shaun LawrenceGerald Versluis @jfversluis.dev · 15/05/2025My screen recording plugin for .NET MAUI only supported iOS and Android... Until now! Thanks to the amazing community, this plugin now also supports Windows! I have released a new version of this library so you can check it out. Please let me know how it works for you! github.com/jfversluis/P...github.comRelease v1.0.0 Preview 4: Windows Support · jfversluis/Plugin.Maui.ScreenRecordingBig thank you to @cheburashkalev for adding support for Windows! What's Changed Windows support by @cheburashkalev in #24 New Contributors @cheburashkalev made their first contribution in #24 F... 1174
Reposted by Shaun LawrenceNDC Conferences @ndcconferences.com · 15/05/2025The modern #crossplatform #dotnet and #aspdotnetcore are highly optimised, enabling incredible performance across desktop and web applications. Don't miss @rendle.dev "High Performance .NET Development" at #NDCOslo! ndcoslo.com/workshops/hi...ndcoslo.comHigh Performance .NET Development | NDC Oslo 2025.NET 8.0 can be fast. The modern, cross-platform .NET and ASP.NET Core are highly optimised, enabling incredible performance across desktop and web applications. But to take the best advantage of this... 0102
Reposted by Shaun LawrenceKirill Osenkov @kirillosenkov.com · 14/05/2025We have an SDE II position on my team. No external link, but if I know you, you can send me your resume. 12518
Shaun Lawrence @bijington.bsky.social · 26/04/2025Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs. (“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)media.tenor.coma man in a pirate hat is screaming and says `` i love you guys lol '' .Alt: a man in a pirate hat is screaming and says `` i love you guys lol '' . 000
Reposted by Shaun LawrenceDDD South West @dddsouthwest.com · 23/04/2025With 4 tracks, 170+ guests and speakers, we need some help from the community, so we're looking for a few volunteers on Saturday to help with time management at DDDSW 2025. If you're free and would like to come along, and are able to help out please get in touch! Thank you🙏❤️ 077
Reposted by Shaun LawrenceGerald Versluis @jfversluis.dev · 18/04/2025Let's talk .NET MAUI MediaPicker! What features would you like to see first: rotation, compression, exif information...? Read through the issues here and upvote them so we can make some plans! Or add a comment if you have any additional thoughts github.com/dotnet/maui/...github.comImprove/modernize MediaPicker · Issue #29075 · dotnet/mauiFor .NET 10 we want to look into modernizing and maybe (slightly) improving MediaPicker. First goal is to use the modern APIs for each platform so that the MediaPicker is in a working state again. ... 023
Shaun Lawrence @bijington.bsky.social · 12/04/2025I could get used to waking up to views like this 020
Reposted by Shaun Lawrence.NET @dot.net · 08/04/2025Rev up your #dotNETMAUI testing with BrowserStack App Automate! Run Appium UI tests on real devices in the cloud, tweak #CICD pipelines, and debug with ease. No emulators needed—just pure, speedy results. 🏎️Read the blog. msft.it/63329qWaU3 093
Reposted by Shaun LawrenceGerald Versluis @jfversluis.dev · 07/04/2025🚀 Exciting news! We just posted a new customer success story featuring Tyler Technologies and their My Ride K-12 app. Learn how they revolutionized student transportation with .NET, Blazor, and .NET MAUI. dotnet.microsoft.com/platform/cus...dotnet.microsoft.comTyler Technologies: revolutionizing student transportation with My Ride K-12 | .NETThe My Ride K-12 app is designed to provide parents and students with secure data for bus stop location, route, and pickup time, reducing parent calls to the school's transportation department. 081
Shaun Lawrence @bijington.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Wait…who is this? Only the @sessionize.com speaker of the day! I really appreciate having the opportunity to speak and being speaker of the day feels really special. A few years ago I was terrified at the idea of public speaking, if you have any desire to start and aren’t sure how DM me 041
Shaun Lawrence @bijington.bsky.social · 02/04/2025I am so excited and happy to announce that the second edition of my book 'Introducing .NET MAUI' has been published. You can checkout the book at link.springer.com/book/10.1007... A huge thank you to @jfversluis.dev for the technical review and always being there to help guide me on this journey.link.springer.comIntroducing .NET MAUIGain insights on the latest updates to .NET MAUI with the release of version 9.0. Learn about features like AOT, Polly, MauiReactor, Shell, and more. 1155
Reposted by Shaun LawrenceTony Edwards @tonyedwardspz.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Tickets for @dddsouthwest.bsky.social are out today. Loved this conf last year. Proper community vibe running through it from start to finish. See you there? dddsouthwest.comdddsouthwest.comDDD South West 032
Reposted by Shaun LawrenceBluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 28/03/20251/6 We're seeing an uptick in scams pretending to be Bluesky or @aaron.bsky.team. These scammers are targeting artists via DMs, trying to take you off-app. Our moderation team is reviewing reports of these scammers and will take down their accounts. Here are some important reminders: 9734911893
Reposted by Shaun LawrenceGerald Versluis @jfversluis.dev · 26/03/2025Want to run your .NET MAUI Appium UI tests in the cloud on actual physical devices? With BrowserStack App Automate you can! In this blog post you will learn what BrowserStack has to offer and how you can configure your .NET MAUI app and pipelines to run your UI tests automatically!devblogs.microsoft.comUse BrowserStack App Automate with Appium UI Tests for .NET MAUI Apps - .NET BlogIn this post, learn how to run your Appium UI Tests for .NET MAUI Apps on real devices on the cloud using BrowserStack App Automate. 0102
Shaun Lawrence @bijington.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Post a ship thats not Star Wars or Star Trek I couldn’t find the ship but it still needed postingmedia.tenor.coma man in a white suit stands in a roomAlt: a man in a white suit stands in a room 120
Reposted by Shaun LawrenceMatt Lacey @mrlacey.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Last week I gave a talk at a #MAUI conference that's also relevant to anyone using #WPF #WinUI #WinDev #XAML There's a short write-up at www.mrlacey.com/2025/03/the-... And a longer version at www.mrlacey.com/2025/03/my-t... If this doesn't prompt discussion that leads to change, I give up! 113
Shaun Lawrence @bijington.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Do you ever make a meal so tasty you go and write down the recipe so you can recreate it? We do it for technical documentation so why not for food? Dinner tonight was a good meal :) 000
Shaun Lawrence @bijington.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Just performing the final review of the second edition of “Introducing .NET MAUI”. I love coming to a part and thinking “YES! That sounds like a great bit of knowledge”. At least I’m keeping myself happy 😃 160
Reposted by Shaun LawrenceMattias Karlsson @devlead.se · 01/03/2025The CFP for @oredev.bsky.social 2025 is open! sessionize.com/oredev-2025 I'm volunteering on the program committee, curating the .NET track, send me your best suggestions! #dotnet #cfp 3239
Shaun Lawrence @bijington.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Today we say goodbye to an absolute ray of sunshine. Nana you were more than a grandparent and will be sorely missed ❤️ 560
Reposted by Shaun LawrenceAlvin Ashcraft @alvinashcraft.com · 26/02/2025Ready to sponsor TechBash 2025? Our sponsor prospectus is ready for you! buff.ly/3CUv5BW #devconf #techevent #poconos #kalahariresort #familyfun #developers #techbashbuff.lyReady to sponsor TechBash 2025? Our sponsor prospectus is ready for you! - TechBashTechBash 2025 is happening November 4-7, and you can join us as a sponsor and exhibitor now. Check out our options to join TechBash at the Kalahari Resort in the Poconos this fall! 011