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What's up?

It's, uh, already that time again, isn't it? Another year, another renewed lease for my domains. I'm pleased to say that, true to my 2009 new lease resolution, I was able to successfully produce an unprecedented two posts in a year! Amazing, right?

Ahem.

Yes, well. Despite my somewhat limited blogging, things have been reasonably active on the world's technology front. The last twelve months have brought us a new version of Visual Studio, Silverlight, Expression Blend, Subtext, various Android phones, the Nook, and that other company released the iPad among other things.

I confess that I've been nursing a bit of envy at that last one with the touch screen interface, so a few months ago I took the plunge and bought some new Apple hardware. Expect the next year here at the Monk to bring articles describing a how to develop on these devices, especially the iPad, written from a Windows-man's perspective.

Hopefully we'll see more than two. This one, categorized under "iOS" on the Zone menu to the left, should kick us off and explain just what kind of crazy has possessed me.