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Russ Fustino is a Microsoft MVP and CEO of Fustino Brothers, Inc (FBI) and is a highly experienced software evangelist. He has developed and published Windows Store, Windows Phone, Xamarin iOS, and Android apps. He is a former Developer Evangelist for Microsoft, Xamarin, ComponentOne, OutSystems and Raygun. FBI Tull apps are endorsed by Jethro Tull. Russ has a passion for software development and tools through conveying technology via live seminars, webcasts, blogs, photos and internet video productions. Russ is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in Windows Platform and an INETA Lifetime Achievement Award winner for helping educate, entertain and enlighten over 1 million programmers. Russ co-heads up an INETA group: Mobile Application Developers Tampa (MADTampa - www.madtampa.com ). Check out Russ’ blog at www.russtoolshed.net/blog and follow @RussFustino

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Jethro Tull, New USA Tour, New App! Press Release

September 12, 2014 rfustino Leave a comment

Caption: September 2014 – Fustino Brothers (Rich, Gary & Russ) announce exclusive on Windows, new phone and tablet apps.

Jethro Tull, New USA Tour, New App
Release Date: 9/12/2014

TAMPA BAY, FL – September 12, 2014 – Fustino Brothers, Inc, (FBI) a vibrant startup app building company, today announced their new app with “rock star legend” status on the smartphone and table. FBI has gained endorsement back in the spring of this current year, and produced a Tull Tribute app. Today the Jethro Tull app has come full circle to a “universal” app (build for both the Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows Store 8.1 – the tablet or desktop environments).

The app coincides with the Ian Anderson, new “Homo Erraticus and Best of Jethro Tull” United States tour. Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull fame hits the road starting in Seattle, WA September 12. Along with the new app, Ian brings new music out for a spin as well as all the Tull classics, too. Download this incredible app at: http://bit.ly/1Avx81S from the Microsoft Windows Store and at http://bit.ly/1rC22Rt from the Windows Phone Store. See the Jethro Tull app promo here: http://bit.ly/1p8u0CR

The ‘Jethro Tull’ app. (#JethroTullApp) launches with the tour on September 12 in the Microsoft Windows Store and the Windows Phone Store. James Anderson, Jethro Tull and Calliandra Production Manager, and son of Ian Anderson says “The Fustino Brothers have managed to combine the depth and detail of the Jethro Tull website with an entertaining and intuitive interface in a new App. They have made this an easy to navigate for a first time Tull visitor and for the seasoned aficionado, a highly interesting way to find out more about your favourite British Prog Rock band.” See promotions on Facebook Official Jethro Tull and Twitter at and @JethroTull as well as http://ww.fustinobrothers.com/fbi-blog .

The Jethro Tull app was inspired by the three Fustino Brothers, Rich, Gary and Russ with deep passion and appreciation for Ian Anderson’s music, performances and genius. This includes the Jethro Tull band music and especially Ian Anderson’s solo works with approximately 52 CDs published spanning 6 decades.

Get the free Jethro Tull app by FBI, in the Microsoft Windows Store and the Windows Phone Store. See the USA tour dates along with official videos, photos, and music, social media, hot links and an abundance of more Tull information at your fingertips. Android and iPhone apps will soon be available. The Jethro Tull app is built with App Studio to generate the core application.

Rich Fustino, FBI’s Chief Audio Engineer, founder of Steele Productions, guitar teacher of 47+ years at Matt’s Music (Tonawanda, NY) and Crossroads Music Center (Williamsville, NY) says, “I was turned on to Tull listening to their 3rd album Benefit. I could not stop playing it, and then turned my brothers on to it. We all attended the Aqualung Tour as our first concert together. I am so happy to help ‘benefit’ Tull fans worldwide.”

Gary Fustino, FBI’s VP, an ambassador for both the Tampa Bay’s St. Pete Chamber and Midstate Chamber of Connecticut, eServices Director for Bluffs Business Association, dba: Design For Communication and founder of InBusinessLinks Network – says “The key to our success is to generate apps in the shortest period of time while yielding high quality standards. Tull’s fabulous album art and music have been a creative inspiration.”

Russ Fustino (Russ’ Toolshed Network – New Port Richey, FL) FBI’s President and CEO, a Microsoft MVP in Microsoft Platform Development, and Xamarin developer evangelist says, “We would love nothing more than to have Jethro Tull, in the pocket of fans worldwide, young and old. Tull has provided much entertainment in our family and this is our way of saying Thank You.”

Follow @FustinoBrothers on Twitter to stay ‘in tune’ with FBI announcements regarding Tull and please like FBI Facebook Page, www.facebook.com/fustinobrothers

Jethro Tull and Ian Anderson names, logos, likeness, and music are registered and copyrighted by Ian Anderson Group of Companies, LTD.

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Win Jethro Tull Tickets or an autographed item!

September 12, 2014 rfustino Leave a comment

New Contest! Download the Jethro Tull app today! Official rules…

1) Simply like our Facebook Fustino Brothers Fan Page

AND…

2) Let us know what you think about the new Jethro Tull app by placing a comment on the Facebook Fustino Brothers Fan Page.

We will do a random draw. You might win 1 of 5 autographed items or two tickets to any show on the new USA Ian Anderson tour. Contest ends, 9/19 at Midnight EST.

Download:

Windows Phone Store App at http://bit.ly/1rC22Rt

Windows Store App http://bit.ly/1Avx81S

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Contest: 4 days left! Favorite Xamarin Studio Feature

August 14, 2014 rfustino Leave a comment

With recent updates to Xamarin Studio and the introduction of very affordable $25 per month Xamarin Indie subscriptions, more developers than ever are finding out just how fast, easy, and fun mobile development with Xamarin Studio can be. Submissions are needed by August 18, so don’t let this pass by with just 4 days left. Click on the Xamarin blog post below for more info on how to enter and some great prizes.

http://blog.xamarin.com/contest-favorite-feature-of-xamarin-studio/

community, iOS, Xamarin

What do Tom Hanks and Xamarin have in common?

August 14, 2014 rfustino Leave a comment

Attention App Developers! See my 1st Xamarin blog post!

http://blog.xamarin.com/tom-hanks-vintage-typewriter-inspired-hanx-writer-app/

I interviewed developer Jonathan Peppers of Hitcents about his Tom Hanks inspired app called Hanx Writer. How did Tom Hanks inspire this app? Read the blog to find out! I think you will enjoy this post as it provides great info on how this app was built using the Xamarin Platform. He includes a wealth of knowledge including which API’s he used when he built this app. Enjoy and by all means please share!

Please tweet w #hanxwriter and download the Hanx Writer iPad app which was just released today!

Screen shot from the new Hanx app just released today!

Jonathan Peppers, Senior Application developer.

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Where in the World is Russ Fustino?

August 14, 2014 rfustino Leave a comment

My calendar has been filling up in my new Developer Evangelism role at Xamarin. Here is my current itinerary, I hope to see you at one or more of these events! If you have an event you would like to have me speak at, please let me know. @RussFustino

8/18/2014
South Florida Xamarin User Group
The Best of Xamarin University
http://www.meetup.com/South-Florida-Xamarin-User-Group/events/199391772/

8/19/2014
TechNite in Miami
Networking Event
http://technightattheballpark.com/

8/20/2014
Tampa Xamarin UG
The Best of Xamarin University
http://www.meetup.com/Tampa-Bay-Xamarin-User-Group/events/199363032/

9/4/2014
Tallahassee .NET UG
Xamarin.Forms
http://www.meetup.com/tally-dot-net/

9/13/2014
Jacksonville, Code Impact
Xamarin.Forms
http://www.codeimpact.org

9/18/2014
Portland, Maine, Casco Bay .NET Users Group
Xamarin.Forms
http://www.cbnug.org/

9/20/2014
Vermont Code Camp
Xamarin.Forms
http://vtcodecamp.org/

9/25/2014
Space Coast UG
Topic TBD
http://www.meetup.com/Space-Coast-Net-User-Group/

10/6 thru 10/10
Evolve – Atlanta
Topic: TBD
Http://evolve.xamarin.com

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Flickr session at Noon today

August 11, 2014 rfustino Leave a comment

Be Sure to Join in Today at 12:00 noon…

Flickr – Online, Screen Sharing, Presentation and Interactive Participant Discussion-

Finding the Right Pictures to Publish Can Be a Challenge
Categories Help, and How to Use Them for Biz
Who Can See the Images Posted?
Private Image Collections For Biz & Apps Resources
Demo- Apps with Flickr Image Data Binding

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Android, Azure, iOS, Visual Studio, Windows Phone App, Xamarin, Xamarin Forms, Xamarin Studio

Great SD Times Article on Xamarin and Azure

August 7, 2014 rfustino Leave a comment

I had the great pleasure of chatting with Microsoft RD Patrick Hynds and I contributed a few quotes to his latest article in SD Times Magazine on Azure. We talked about how Xamarin fits nicely into this scenario. Xamarin has an Azure Mobile Services Component in the Xamarin Component Store.

Enjoy a good read at:
http://sdtimes.com/follow-azure-road-cloud/

Xamarin is specifically mentioned on page 9:
http://sdtimes.com/follow-azure-road-cloud/9/

Also, announcing Monthly payments for Indie!

Xamarin Forms session by Russ Fustino, Xamarin Developer Evangelist

Android, iOS, Tampa Dev, Windows Phone App, Xamarin, Xamarin Forms

Xamarin at Successful Tampa Code Camp! Recap

July 29, 2014 rfustino Leave a comment

I had the great pleasure presenting Xamarin Forms at the recent Tampa Code Camp. This event was resurrected from a one year hiatus and a welcome site to the Tampa Developer Community. Many are looking forward to a bigger and better code camp as part of a very engaged developer community here in Tampa next year.

Personally, this was a huge moment in the next chapter of my career as well. I delivered my first Xamarin Session, concluding with three weeks of intense training and setup. It was a culture shock, of sorts, for me to present on a Mac and I joked about it that it was more of a challenge for me to learn a Mac than learn Xamarin! The Mac is a better presenting machine in that there are fewer moving parts to demonstrate iOS development. I still use my Windows machine to develop on. Anyway, it all turned out good as about 60 in my session learned about the Xamarin Platform and Xamarin Forms. For most of the audience, it was their first exposure to Xamarin.

Here are is PowerPoint for the session: http://1drv.ms/1AbKxPp

First photo of Russ as a Xamarin Developer Evangelist in Action! (Thanks Scott Dorman!)

It was a packed house! Greg Leonardo was working on my AV here. It is funny, I once did that for him a few years back at one of his sessions. Full circle, huh?

First Demo, Xamarin Forms Hello World in iOS, Android, and Windows Phone. This got a big warm round of applause!

Russ with Greg Leonardo, Head organizer of Tampa Code Camp.

Fox News has a great piece on the code camp: http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/26016891/code-camp-brings-developers-together

Download Xamarin today at www.xamarin.com

Follow my new Twitter @RussFustino

and follow @XamarinHQ

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YouTube For Apps and Biz

July 12, 2014 rfustino Leave a comment

Topic: “YouTube” for Apps Dev and Biz Mtg

Date 7/14/14 at Noon EST

Presentations by Gary (dba: Design For Communication), Russ (of Russ’ ToolShed fame), and Rich (entertainment industry’s Steele Productions). Live chat and Q&A. Bring your expertise to the table.

http://www.meetup.com/InBusinessLinksNetwork-FustinoBrothersInc/events/181789272/

Theme: How to use You Tube, another very important social media tool, for your application (apps) development and online business marketing. Discussion is open for you to share in your successful expertise or painful experiences.

Pain Points: What is the problem with YouTube?
• Finding (the right) videos can be a challenge
• Playlists help, but how do I use them?
• Who can see videos I post?
• Who can see playlists I create?
• If picture is worth a 100 words. What is a video worth?
• Can I create an app with YouTube videos?

Agenda:

•Basics

•Uploading Videos

•Playlists

•Privacy settings

•App Studio and the YouTube API

Join us for a free webinar and discuss this challenges live.

Associated Websites:
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www.fustinobrothers.com

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Android, iOS, Windows 8 App, Windows Phone App, Xamarin

Russ Fustino, Xamarin Developer Evangelist!

July 1, 2014 rfustino Leave a comment

Hello all! I am happy to announce I am the new Developer Evangelist for Xamarin! I am so excited about this next chapter in my career. I am looking forward to learning and teaching one of the hottest set of software products on this planet, which will help the lives of many fellow geeks! It is a very rewarding position indeed and I am on cloud 9. Everyone I have met at Xamarin is awesome and I look forward getting to know the entire team.

For those that unfamiliar on what Xamarin does… we produce software for programmers which facilitates creating the same mobile app, natively, on multiple platforms such as Windows Phone, Android and iOS. It is a ‘must have’ tool in the industry with some incredible recent announcements on the new version Xamarin 3.

Xamarin

I will be traveling up to the Boston Xamarin office on occasion and I look forward to seeing all the “Shed Heads” back home. So, New England crew, get those lobsters ready!

And of course, I will be hitting up all the conferences for speaking engagements in and around Florida and all over the country. Drop me an email if you are interested in having me speak at your user group or conference. My new email at Xamarin is russell.fustino@xamarin.com .

I also setup a new twitter @RussFustino with my actual name (about time huh?). Please follow! I will have more details on my Xamarin blog once it gets set up. Stay tuned and follow me on twitter. Thanks!

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