In The Hand Ltd

Category: Awards

  • Insert Disc 20 and Press Button to Continue

    Insert Disc 20 and Press Button to Continue

    I was very honoured to receive the MVP award in July, marking my 20th year. Today I was reminded again as I received the glass disc for this award year. It’s something small but means an awful lot when I add it to the stack and reflect on this milestone. We’ve seen a lot of change, this glass trophy and I.

    As I polished it ready for a photo, I was reminded of the small scratch on the front near the MVP logo. Luckily it’s so small you probably can’t tell in the photo. This was where it toppled over during the Christchurch earthquake in 2011. I’m still amazed that it didn’t break given everything else that did.

    We have made it half way around the world and back, and from the simple days of .NET Compact Framework and Windows CE through to a much bigger .NET ecosystem across diverse platforms and development frameworks.

    I’ve had to start implementing a compression algorithm to make it look neater!

    MVP Award glass plaque with stack of yearly discs organised more neatly

    (Yes for some reason the 2014 disc has a slightly different shape notch so sticks out a bit!)

  • APPA Mundi Awarded Microsoft Certified Partner Status

    APPA Mundi has received Certified Partner status within the Microsoft Partner Program along with the Mobility Solutions competency. This achievement showcases APPA Mundi’s expertise in creating mobile solutions based on Microsoft technologies.

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    Microsoft Certified Partner - Mobility Solutions

    One of the reasons I have been busy lately and not blogging as feverishly as in previous months is that I have been, with my three MVP colleagues, busy building up our company – APPA Mundi Ltd. We all have a long history of working with Windows Mobile and we have combined forces to offer consulting, development and training services.

  • Triple Whammy

    I was delighted to hear the results of the Pocket PC Magazine Best Software Awards. This year the SDF has won in both Pocket PC and Smartphone categories. It’s great to be involved in such a successful group project. Also I had a personal win with PocketOutlook In The Hand (now part of the WindowsMobile In The Hand suite) winning in the Smartphone .NET Developer Libraries category, along with 4 other entries reaching the Finalist stage.


    Kudos to the Pocket Pc Magazine team and judges for organising the awards, it has been good to see the number of developer entries increase since the developer categories were introduced in 2003, and it will be interesting to see how this trend continues next year with Visual Studio 2005 and .NETCF v2.0 in full swing.