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A couple of weeks ago I traded in my iPhone for a new Mango based Windows Phone 7. For those of you that haven’t tried WP7, I would strongly suggest you do. In addition to being able to view your favourite EPM software through the mobile browser, the whole platform and experience seems vastly superior to the Apple offering.

Whilst the WP7 marketplace has a wide variety of application that is growing on a daily basis, it is a little light on Project related applications. So inspired by the fantastic Project Server and SharePoint iPhone app by Giles Hamson, I thought I would have a go at doing something myself, so I am pleased to introduce Project Social.

What is it?

Project Social is a social viewer application that aggregates MS Project related Twitter and RSS feeds from the official MS Twitter accounts and blogs, a number of community blogs and the Project Server Technet content feeds all into one convenient application. Each item can be read directly on the phone where you can interact socially with it by via twitter (tweets, replies or retweets) email or directly via the browser. The application is based on the excellent Codeplex Social Viewer template which is constantly being updated, so watch out for some exciting new updates in the future.

Where can I get it?

Project Social is available now as a free download from the Windows Phone Marketplace or by clicking on the image below.

If you have any suggestions, or would like to add or remove your feed, please contact me directly at wp7@epmsource.com.

This morning I was once again lucky enough to receive confirmation that I had been re-awarded as an MVP for Project.

I am still humbled by the whole experience and would like to continue to thank the readers of this blog, the community and Microsoft for your support and recognition.

Today I was lucky enough to receive the 2010 MVP award for Project from Microsoft. For those of you that are unaware, Microsoft definition of an MVP is as follows:

MVPs make exceptional contributions to technical communities, sharing their passion, knowledge, and know-how. Meanwhile, because MVPs hear the opinions and needs of many others in the technical community, they are well-placed to share highly focused feedback with Microsoft.

MVPs are independent experts who are offered a close connection with people at Microsoft. To acknowledge MVPs’ leadership and provide a platform to help support their efforts, Microsoft often gives MVPs early access to Microsoft products, as well as the opportunity to pass on their highly targeted feedback and recommendations about product design, development, and support.

I am very humbled by this award. To the people that nominated me, the readers of EPMSource and to Microsoft, I am on cloud nine, thank you