About the Author

Pete Brown works for Microsoft as a Technical Evangelist on the Client and Devices team in John Shewchuk’s “deep tech” (http://bit.ly/DeepTech) Developer Platform Evangelism group. His role is helping developers create high-quality apps for all clients, using Microsoft tools and technologies.

Prior to joining Microsoft in 2009, Pete was an architect, engagement manager, and user experience designer at a consulting company in the Washington, DC, area, where he focused on Silverlight and WPF development. During that time he was also an INETA speaker, a Microsoft WPF MVP, and a Microsoft Silverlight MVP.

As one of only a few remote workers in corporate Microsoft, Pete has a lot of Lync/ Skype webcam meetings and enjoys the stunned ...

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