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The Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), also known as Illinois Tech, is a private, technology-focused, research university offering undergraduate and graduate degrees in engineering, science, architecture, business, design, human sciences, applied technology, and law. Microsoft recently teamed up with Illinois Tech’s Interprofessional Projects Program (IPRO) to create an easy-to-update client application and a serverless computing back-end to greatly speed IPRO course attendance taking. Join Jerry Nixon as he welcomes Jeremy Alexis, Director of the Idea Shop at Illinois Tech, and Sr. Technical Evangelist, Martin Schray to the show as they discuss how they built this application using Azure Functions and WPF. [3:24] What is the Idea Shop at Illinois Tech?[7:14] Describe the project for us, what did you guys work on together?[10:42] What solution did you come up with?[13:43] How does this work? What's the technology behind this?[15:53] Why WPF over UWP for this project?[18:02] Why Azure Functions and not just a web service? What was the benefit here?[23:41] How long did this project take to complete? Did it meet your expectations?[32:30] What does Version 2 look like? Did I hear Facial Recognition correctly?If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Websites & Blogs: Jerry Nixon's BlogMartin Schray on TwitterIllinois Institute of Technology

Chefs For Seniors provides personalized in-home meal preparation for senior citizens on a weekly basis that aligns with dietary restrictions. The service includes grocery shopping, help with meal selection, in-home cooking, and companionship during meal prep. Currently, the chefs at Chefs For Seniors handle their planning and operations by carrying large binders with them to their clients’ homes and to the grocery store to ensure they are purchasing the right ingredients and are fully prepared to cook all of their upcoming meals. Chefs For Seniors needed to build an app as they scale in order to make operations more manageable. Join Jerry Nixon as he welcomes the team from Nathan Allman from Chef for Seniors as well as the team from Microsoft – Lauren Tran and Ian Philpot – as they discuss how they created a cross-platform app using Xamarin, HockeyApp and Azure App Service to improve daily operations at the company. [6:00] Tell us a little bit about Chef for Seniors. What do you do?[10:52] Does the Chef wear the hat when they visit?[11:36] How did this project get started? What were you guys trying to build?[15:36] How complicated did the architecture look for this? How does this work?[18:40] What was your impression of the overall solution?[20:18] We used Prism for this particular Xamarin.forms application, what were the benefits here?[22:19] You also introduced HockeyApp into the project, right? Why?[29:10] What's next for Chefs for Seniors?If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Websites & Blogs: Jerry Nixon's BlogIan Philpot on TwitterLauren Tran on TwitterChefs for Seniors

Shelfie and Microsoft teamed up in a hackfest to build a mobile social media platform to create fundraising photo and video campaigns for nonprofits. Its aim is to build communities around a cause, enhancing awareness, engagement and retention while increasing donations and contributions to the campaigns. Join Jerry Nixon as he welcomes the team from Shelfie, Brendan Barbato and Nathan Geyer, as well as the team from Microsoft, Gavin Bauman and Adina Shanholtz, to the show as they discuss how they implemented Xamarin.Forms and Azure Mobile Services to deliver a cross-platform app for iOS, Android and Windows users that talks to a Ruby on Rails back end migrated from AWS to Microsoft Azure. [8:04] What does Shelfie do and what problem are you trying to solve?[11:54] How did you get started?[14:05] What was your first impression of Xamarin?[15:00] What was the experience like moving from AWS to Azure Mobile Services? Any roadblocks?[17:48] Tell us about working with Xamarin Forms – how was it?[24:42] Where are things headed for Shelfie? What's next for you?If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Websites & Blogs: Jerry Nixon's BlogGavin Bauman on TwitterAdina Shanholtz on TwitterShelfie

Hykso makes a device that boxers and MMA fighters can use to capture performance data, helping them to measure and improve their punching skills. The company wanted to expand the device’s capabilities, so they worked together with Microsoft and devised a multi-user scenario where they were able to extend the senor data from the local device to the cloud using Azure Event Hubs and Stream Analytics. Join Jerry Nixon as he welcomes Charles Lambert, Lead Developer from Hykso and Startup Evangelist, Steve Seow from Microsoft, as they discuss this project in detail as well as provide valuable advice and best practice tips. [5:47] What does Hykso do?[7:30] Tell us a little bit about the hardware and how this works?[9:15] Sports and IoT innovation seem to be hand-in-hand right now. How do you think this will play out in the future?[12:38] How did Microsoft play into this project?[15:12] What do fighters and trainers think when you show this to them?[19:20] How do you start to calculate complicated things like movement or speed?[22:10] When will this device be available and where can people find it?If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Websites & Blogs: Jerry Nixon's BlogSteve Seow on TwitterHykso