NOTE that while I am still linking all new content, the source of all my blog content is now the Kotan Code blog. This site is being maintained only to avoid losing search engine links.
Here's a blog post using Lego construction as an analogy to provide an overview of development with the Managed Extensibility Framework: http://www.kotancode.com/2010/08/05/mef-and-the-zen-of-lego/
One of the hardest things to get used to with learning Silverlight and WP7 development is remembering what bits aren't available: like WebRequest. This blog post talks about how to access RESTful services on the web from WP7
In this blog post I discuss some of the reasons behind federation and, at a high level, discuss how to implement multi-domain federation using ADFS v2.0
Starting last with with a scathing review and continuing this week with a much more warm reception, the onslaught of reviews and previews of WP7 has begun