New and improved! Well OK it’s not new and how much it has improved is your opinion. But a new version has been published in the app store. You can get it here. There is a WP7 version that has been adapted to the 2014 data feed and includes some bug fixes. This is a maintenance release to enable those stuck on WP7 to continue to use the app. I’m not sure how many people are stuck but I don’t want to assume that everyone has been able to upgrade their phones.

My CodeMash is a simple, clean schedule organizer. I’ve always wanted an app that would let me create my schedule and select alternate sessions. So, I wrote one for myself. I didn’t want to be able to watch twitter or post a tweet, I have other apps for that. I just wanted a simple way to view my schedule. If you’ve ever attended CodeMash you know how hectic it can get.

Since our Labor Day weekend was supposed to be a washout due to the remnants of Hurricane Isaac (it wasn’t, the forecast was wrong, big surprise) I decided to repave my development laptop with Windows 8. First the dreaded start screen. There has been much wailing and gnashing of teeth over this. I had a much easier time dealing with it once I realized it’s just a full screen Windows 7 start menu.

I ran across this issue while trying to duplicate the functionality of a third party jumplist. I wasn’t necessarily trying to replace it but just trying to learn how to make the LongListSelector from the Windows Phone Toolkit behave the same way. Along the way I learned a little bit about how LongListSelector was put together. Reading someone else’s code is always a good thing. The problem is no matter what HorizontalAlignment property is specified on the control contained in the GroupItemsPanel ItemsPanelTemplate the content of the popup is always centered.