It has been quite a while since I have written a blog post but have been wanting to rejuvenate my blog as I start experimenting with some of the latest technology.  As well I keep reading from Scott Hanselman and John Sonmez on the importance of blogging.

I have been a long time BizTalk Developer and always interested in what it can do.  But recently I have really been intrigued with mobile development.  There is so much going on in this space.  I even tried learning Objective C a while ago but just couldn’t get into it.

But over the last few years I have been experimenting with the Xamarin tools.  I have actually been watching them since the Monotouch days at Novell.  For experienced C# developers there is no better way to develop Cross Platform applications for iOS, Android and Windows Phones.

An even newer area of interest that is picking up is in the area of Enterprise Mobile Platforms.  That is mobile applications that connect to your enterprise.  I have seen a few companies trying to get into this space.  Xamarin has also teamed up with SAP and Salesforce.com to provide ways to connect into the enterprise.

Another approach I want to look into is connecting Mobile Applications (developed using Xamarin) to the enterprise using BizTalk.  The best way of accomplishing this is by using Windows (Microsoft) Azure.

I hope to use this blog to document some of my learnings on this journey.