Falafel Adds Another Sitefinity Rock Star

Posted by: on | Friday, April 05, 2013     Comments

Capitola CA - 5th April, 2013 - Today Falafel Software is pleased to announce the expansion of its European presence with the addition of another Sitefinity rock star: Daniel Plomp. Daniel is both a Telerik MVP and a Sitefinity Certified Developer whose experience with Telerik products dates back to the original suite of RadControls. In 2008, Daniel founded Konstrui, a software consulting company in the Netherlands focused on delivering Sitefinity web applications. Over the past 5 years, Konstrui delivered more than 25 custom Sitefinity solutions to customers worldwide. Despite his long and successful history with Konstrui, Daniel was excited to ...

Falafel Software promotes Mike Dugan to VP of Products

Posted by: on | Thursday, March 28, 2013     Comments

Falafel Software is pleased to announce that its current Director of Marketing, Mike Dugan, has been promoted to VP of Products. Mike is a software industry veteran with nearly 13 years of experience developing, managing and leading high tech projects. Mike’s strategic thinking and educational background as an MBA made him a natural fit as Director of Marketing the past few years, but his success with Falafel’s internal applications warranted a new strategic role.

Mike developed the business plan for EventBoard, Falafel’s mobile conference application and has managed the sales, marketing, support and development teams for the past two ...

Announcing Falafel Tornado for Sitefinity

Posted by: on | Friday, March 08, 2013     Comments

Telerik’s Sitefinity CMS has been advancing at a tremendous pace. We’ve loved all the great new features, most notably the support for MVC, the inclusion of Kendo UI and the various client side features that come along with these technologies. After building several Sitefinity widgets that relied heavily on JavaScript, including the wildly successful Falafel Dashboard, a slick HTML5 replacement for Sitefinity’s default, we realized that we were relying on Visual Studio less and less. We eventually reached a point where we didn’t really need Visual Studio at all. So we decided to build Falafel Tornado and empower Sitefinity developers everywhere ...

Telerik Tools Helped Deliver EventBoard on Time

Posted by: on | Wednesday, February 27, 2013     Comments

Building our EventBoard mobile solution for conferences was no easy task. The solution includes native applications for iOS, Android, Windows Phone and Windows 8, Windows Azure cloud services, a web based administration portal, and a separate product website.

Thankfully, we were able to use the tools from Telerik in nearly every facet of development. The tools saved us time and money, and now Telerik has featured our development story in a detailed case study. You can read all about what it took to build EventBoard here.

Falafel Strengthens Sitefinity Team

Posted by: on | Sunday, February 17, 2013     Comments

Capitola CA - 18th February, 2013 - Today Falafel Software is pleased to announce that two additional Sitefinity experts are joining the team: Jochem Bökkers and Josh Morales. Jochem and Josh are two of the most respected names in the Sitefinity development community and each brings in-depth Sitefinity knowledge and their own unique technical expertise to the Falafel family.

“It is a pleasure and an honor to add two established software engineers to the Falafel family.” said Lino Tadros, Chairman & CEO of Falafel Software. “Josh and Jochem are hard core Sitefinity architects that will be a tremendous help to ...

EventBoard Official App of Microsoft MVP Summit

Posted by: on | Tuesday, February 12, 2013     Comments

Falafel Software’s mobile conference solution EventBoard, has been chosen as the official application of the Microsoft MVP Summit.

The Microsoft MVP Award is given to technical experts who actively participate in the community, sharing both their knowledge and enthusiasm for Microsoft products. For 20 years, it has remained one of the most difficult awards to earn and wearing the badge of an MVP has signified supreme technical excellence with Microsoft technologies.

Each year, every MVP from around the world is invited to Microsoft headquarters for the MVP Summit. This private event gives MVPs early and direct access to ...

Falafel Software Announces FalafelCon

Posted by: on | Tuesday, January 29, 2013     Comments

Falafel Software is pleased to announce FalafelCon 2013, the new annual training conference for software developers.

Capitola CA - 29th January, 2013 - Falafel Software’s new annual training conference, FalafelCon, will take place at Microsoft’s Silicon Valley Campus on June 10 and 11th, offering software developers four co-located events and 40 technical sessions to choose from.

FalafelCon’s four co-located events include Web and Mobile specific events that explore cutting edge software development techniques with Microsoft development tools. Advanced development topics include Azure tips and tricks, cross platform mobile development, NFC with Windows Phone, Windows 8 sensor integration and ...

Falafel Bugs for Windows 8 Released

Posted by: on | Thursday, January 17, 2013     Comments

We take quality seriously. Up until now, if you said the word “bug” in the halls of Falafel Software, you had better be whispering.

So just imagine how much fun it was to build an app that was full of bugs. Of course, we’re not talking about programming bugs, but the kind of bugs that can scurry all over your screen and give anyone looking over your shoulder the creeps.

This new Windows 8 app wasn’t just for fun either, this bug invasion is smart. You can set the size of the swarm and these intelligent little creatures can tell ...

Falafel Launches New Sitefinity 5.3 Website

Posted by: on | Wednesday, January 02, 2013     Comments

Its 2013, so out with the old and in with the new! Over the holidays, the Falafel team was hard at work preparing our new Sitefinity 5.3 website for launch. The new site is a complete redesign inspired by Windows 8 that features a tile-based, color-coded theme to make navigating the site and finding the exact Falafel Software content you were looking for easier than ever before.

Under the hood, the Sitefinity 5.3 engine and MVC based widgets have given the site a huge performance boost over past incarnations. Fans of Sitefinity will also recognize and appreciate that the Falafel ...

Free Windows Phone 8 Online Phone Camp

Posted by: on | Tuesday, December 04, 2012     Comments

Falafel CEO Lino Tadros takes a break from his Windows Phone 8 Workshop tour and joins Microsoft Developer Evangelist Daniel Egan for a free online Windows Phone 8 Phone Camp.

When: Friday Dec. 7th, 9AM - 2PM PST
Where: Online
Cost to attend: FREE!
Let us know you’ll be watching by registering here: http://wp8camp.eventbrite.com/

Full day Windows Phone workshops typically cost hundreds of dollars and you have an opportunity to to get the same Windows Phone development knowledge for FREE!

You’ll learn everything you need to know to develop and publish a Windows Phone application. Whether you’re a student just ...

Lino Tadros to Teach Windows Phone 8 Dev at DevIntersection

Posted by: on | Monday, November 26, 2012     Comments

If you are a fan of Microsoft development tools, you know the landscape has changed tremendously in the past few weeks. There have been major game changing releases that include Windows 8, Windows Phone 8, Visual Studio 2012 and an array of Azure enhancements. Thankfully, there is an upcoming event where you can learn the skills you need to master these tools immediately, and if you register before Nov. 27th you’ll receive a free Windows Surface Tablet!

DevIntersection will be held Dec 9 -12th in Las Vegas and will be the last stop on Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell’s ....

Learn from Falafel at the Worlds Largest Hackathon

Posted by: on | Thursday, November 08, 2012     Comments

Make that an “Appathon”. Microsoft’s “Gen Appathon”. On Friday Nov 9th, Microsoft is hosting the world’s largest code fest at cities all over the country. This free event is your chance to build Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 applications with education and oversight from experts. The experts at the Sunnyvale, CA event and Irving, TX  event includes three familiar faces who we can vouch for. In Irving, get help from Bary Nusz, the author of the Magnetometer app for Windows Phone and a long series of in-depth Windows Phone and Windows 8 related blogs. At the ...

Ready for Windows Phone 8

Posted by: on | Friday, October 26, 2012     Comments

We’ve been waiting. And waiting. AND WAITING. For the official release of the Windows Phone 8 SDK. Microsoft has teased us all for months. Many developers were expecting to get their hands on the SDK back in June when Windows Phone 8 was first announced. Sure no one told us the SDK would be available, but our expectations had been set from years of previous Microsoft announcements. Since Microsoft did not deliver the SDK in June, they did the right thing by trying to set developers at ease, telling us all the SDK would be available “later this summer.” As ...

The Latest Windows Azure MVP

Posted by: on | Wednesday, October 24, 2012     Comments

Microsoft is running out of designations for Falafel’s Tiberiu Covaci. Before becoming a Microsoft Certified Trainer, Tibi had to pass nearly every .NET related Microsoft exam and earned several Microsoft titles in the process. His technical qualifications and contributions to the .NET development community have already won him the prestigious title of Microsoft MVP. Now, his contributions to the growing Windows Azure community have also caught the attention of Microsoft, and it is with great pleasure that we introduce to you the latest Windows Azure MVP, Tiberiu Covaci.

Congrats Tibi!

A Big Dose of Sitefinity from Falafel

Posted by: on | Thursday, October 18, 2012     Comments

**Update - To get Lino's slides from the Sitefinity and Beyond performance session go here.

Today, Falafel Software CEO Lino Tadros is speaking at the Sitefinity and Beyond Conference in Boston, but that is only a part of our big Sitefinity news.

Customers tend to approach Falafel for the hard stuff. Performance problems, integrations, custom modules, often much more than just a pretty user interface. Having consulted on over 100 of these complex Sitefinity solutions, Lino is well suited to deliver the talk on “Deploying High Performing and Scalable Web Solutions”, but it’s his energy and comedic style that ...

A Salute to the Falafel Rock Stars

Posted by: on | Friday, October 05, 2012     Comments

Every year, October kicks off a very busy season at Falafel : “Conference Season”. Multiple members of the team travel across the country and around world to share their expertise on a number of technologies. All Falafel Software team members spend their days, and often their nights, helping design and build cutting edge solutions for our customers. Their technical presentations draw from these real world experiences and are assembled, practiced, and presented in what little spare time they have. That’s why we call them “Rock Stars”.

This weekend at Silicon Valley Code Camp, Falafel’s entire team from around the ...

Windows 8 Unleashed - Mountain View

Posted by: on | Thursday, September 27, 2012     Comments

John Waters is at it again. The Falafel Software President and CTO has been spreading the Windows 8 love all over the country. This Saturday you can catch him teaching the Windows 8 Unleashed event at the Hacker Dojo in Mountain View, California.

Windows 8 Unleashed is a free event and a great opportunity for experienced .NET developers and novices alike. You'll listen. You'll learn. You'll build....and you might even win some money in the hack-a-thon.

To learn more and register, visit : http://win8unleasheddojo.eventbrite.com/

Lino Tadros on the Tablet Show

Posted by: on | Monday, August 27, 2012     Comments

Listen to this week's installment of "The Tablet Show" featuring Falafel CEO Lino Tadros.
 
The Tablet Show (Show 47, Released Aug. 27th, 2012 )

You'll enjoy this 10-time Microsoft MVP's take on Windows 8 development, HTML 5, JavaScript, iPad and more as Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell ask about his real world experiences developing in the mobile space. 



FREE Windows 8 Unleashed Event - Sunnyvale

Posted by: on | Tuesday, August 21, 2012     Comments

For our friends in Silicon Valley, don't miss Falafel President and CTO John Waters explaining how to build new style Windows 8 apps this Saturday in Sunnyvale. This is your chance to learn from the architect of EventBoard, the first event app available in the Windows 8 store.

What: Windows 8 Unleashed - Sunnyvale
When: Saturday, Aug 25th, 2012  8:00am to 8:00pm
Where:
Nokia
200 S Mathilda Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94086
Cost to attend: FREE!
Register : http://unleashednsunnyvale.eventbrite.com

First you will learn, then you will build! Spend the morning in lecture and hands on labs and the afternoon competing ...

EventBoard in the Windows 8 Store

Posted by: on | Thursday, August 16, 2012     Comments

Microsoft officially released Windows 8 to the public yesterday and one of the first applications you can download from the Windows 8 store comes from Falafel Software. It is with great pleasure and excitement that we announce the availability of EventBoard for Windows 8! Early adopters of Windows tablets will love the new Modern UI style interface, complete with all the Windows 8 bells and whistles. Semantic zoom, share charm integration, snapping, notifications and more will make navigating any conference a breeze. We encourage you to download it and try it out for yourself.

EventBoard for Windows 8 is ...