Have you tried out Visual Studio Achievements – the fun gamification of your every day programming? Head over to Channel9, sign up for an account and download the plugin. And if you are raking your coding achievements already, here’s an app for Windows Phone!

MIX is a gathering of developers, designers, UX experts and business professionals creating the most innovative and profitable consumer sites on the web. This posts lists all the session on Windows Phone at the event..

Amidst the MIX11 buzz around Windows Phone, Microsoft released a refresh of Visual Studio Async CTP that is compatible with VS2010 SP1 and adds Windows Phone 7 support.

The documentation for the Window Phone Developer Tools (WPDT) is now available for viewing offline and is accessible from within the Visual Studio.