Daily Blog Post 12/31/2008

• Free Ebook: Thriving on Less – Simplifying in a Tough Economy

  From the introduction:

  The recent economic recession has a lot of people worried, about their jobs, their businesses, their homes and their bills. When your income is dropping or in jeopardy and you still have a mountain of bills to pay, things can get pretty scary.

  However, tough economic times do not have to be a time of struggles! If you look for the opportunity in the middle of difficulty, as Mr. Einstein suggested, then tough economic times become an opportunity to transform your life.

  Table of Contents

  Introduction
  1. A Simple Lifestyle
  2. Focus on the Essentials
  3. Thriving on Less, Not Struggling
  4. Focusing on Enough, Not More
  5. Make Small Financial Changes First
  6. Look at Large Expenses for the Long Term
  7. Changing Your Spending Habits
  8. A Guide to Getting Out of Debt
  9. Tools for a Frugal Life
  10. Resources

  tags: ebbok, simplifying, free

• CodeProject: Beginners Introduction to State Management Techniques in ASP.NET. Free source code and programming help

  Recently Code Project started a beginners walkthrough for web development, an initiative for organizing all the information required for web development under one article. I think it will be helpful for beginners to get guidelines for web development. This article is my contribution to the ASP.NET section where I describe the state management techniques and best practices used when developing with ASP.NET.

  tags: codeproject, asp.net, session, state management, development, .net

• ergo-online® – Übersicht über die Grundsätze der Dialoggestaltung nach DIN EN ISO 9241-110

  Die Bildschirmarbeitsverordnung fordert die Berücksichtigung ergonomischer Grundsätze auch bei Software. Diese software-ergonomischen Grundsätze sind in der für den deutschsprachigen Raum gültigen Norm DIN EN ISO 9241-110 (vorher Teil 10) aufgeführt. Moderne grafische Datenbankanwendungen müssen ebenso wie Internetseiten diese Anforderungen erfüllen.

  tags: dialoggestaltung, 9241-110, din, overview, gui, design, user, interface

• Zac Smith’s SharePoint Blog

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  Guide to making SharePoint XHTML Compliant
  by Zac Smith, 19-Apr-07, 21 Comments

  This is intended as a pretty high level overview of how you can get MOSS to validate against the W3C XHTML 1.0 recommendation. The aim of this article is not to explain every intricate detail of getting a MOSS site to be XHTML compliant. However it should demonstrate some techniques to get people started and eventually develop better methods of achieving compliance.

  tags: sharepoint, xhtml, compliant, moss, blogarticle, webdesign

• Screen Architect – Home

  Screen Architect is a prototyping tool specifically developed to allow rapid prototyping of user interfaces.

  Screen Architect is a plug-in to the popular UML CASE tool Enterprise Architect allowing traceability between screen elements and the underlying analysis model.

  It has easy to use functionality, seamless integration with Enterprise Architect and offers great value for money.

  tags: gui, design, prototyping, softwaredesign, software, commercial, enterprise architect

• Design for Developers

  A few years ago I had the opportunity to sit down with a designer possessed of a rare talent. We were both part of the same team and he was creating some UI elements that I was to wire up. As I sat there (in awe) watching him work I realized that much of his considerable skill was rooted in fundamentals not unlike the art of programming. Of course, there are design skills that are intuitive that can’t be “learned.” But, that can also be said of the logical clarity found in a really elegant data model or a brilliant inheritance tree. I am certainly no designer, but I have observed the more creative among us for several years and have gained some insight into their world. In this article I’ll share some basic principles that can help raise your design acumen and improve the experience of your users.

  tags: blogarticle, design, development, ajax, interface, gui

• SharePoint Central Administration: High Availability, Load Balancing, Security & General Recommendations

  I keep getting sandbagged by folks on the topic of the SharePoint Central Administration (SPCA) application, and there is still considerable confusion about how SPCA should be best deployed within a farm topology, how to make it “Highly Available” and “Secure”. Most of the queries are around what I do in my deployments and what recommendations I have for SPCA. Therefore this article covers these topics along with some additional discussion and general recommendations.

  tags: moss, sharepoint, administration, high, availability, bestpractices, blogarticle

• Hakan Eren’s blog : Using huge files with SharePoint

  tags: sharepoint, blogarticle, huge files, files, performance, moss

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

SharePoint Central Admin – Hochverfügbarkeit, Load Balancing & Security

So zum Ende des Jahres leere ich meine “Musst Du den anderen noch mitteilen” – Box .

Einen interessanten und guten Artikel zum Thema “Hochverfügbarkeit, Load Balancing & Security” hat jemand bei harbar.net entwickelt. Wer eine Übersicht mit Best Practices sucht  zum Thema findet diesen hier

http://www.harbar.net/articles/spca.aspx

Initiative "Clean Code Developer"

Ralph Westphal (mehrfacher Speaker an Techdays etc.) und Stefan Lieser haben einen interessante Initiative ins Leben gerufen. Dabei geht es eine Art Judogürtel für Software Engineers und basiert auf dem fast gleichnamigen Buch “Clean Code” von Robert C. Martin.

Grundidee welche dahintersteckt, ist dass es egal welche Sprache, Prägung etc. man programmiert, es ein paar Grundsätze und Grundwerte in der Software Entwicklung gibt welche jedoch oft nicht eingehalten werden (so nach dem Grundsatz “es läuft ja, wo ist das Problem”). Die Gründe sind zwar oft einfach zu finden, die Quittung für nicht so sauberen Code erhält man jedoch meist dann später – und meist gut gesalzen.

Mit “Clean Code Developer” gründen sie nun eine Bewegung welche sich auch untereinander dafür einsetzt für “clean” respektive besseren, nachhaltigeren Code. Idee dahinter ist wie beim Judo eine Art Gürtelsystem (CCD-Grade…zwar keine Gürtel sondern Armbänder).

Das Ganze tönt wohl etwas speziell, ist es auch…am Besten selber anschauen

http://www.clean-code-developer.de/

und die Grundwerte sind  hier in der Übersicht

http://www.clean-code-developer.de/wiki/CcdWertesystem

Drauf gestossen bin ich übrigens im Blog von Ralph Westphal. Nach meinem Dafürhalten eines der besten Softwarengineering-Blogs im deutschsprachigen Raum

One Man Think Tank –
http://ralfw.blogspot.com/

Grosse Dateien unter SharePoint

Im Rahmen einer Kundenofferte habe ich mich mal schlau gemacht wie es mit maximalen Dateigrössen und deren Impact auf Performance etc. aussieht….

Per Zufall hat dies in diesen Tagen jemand ausprobiert….

http://blogs.msdn.com/hakaneren/archive/2008/12/30/using-huge-files-with-sharepoint.aspx

Daily Blog Post 12/30/2008

• Dynamic Drive CSS Layouts- Tableless, CSS based templates

  tags: css, templates, layout, webdesign

• ColorBlender.com | Your free online color matching toolbox

  Welcome to ColorBlender – your free online tool for color matching and palette design!

  To get started, choose a preferred color using the color picker below, and a 6-color matching palette (a “blend”) will be automatically calculated.

  Using the radio buttons you may switch to Direct Edit mode to tweak or edit individual colors of your blend.

  Blends can be saved for future use, and will be available whenever you return to this site from the same workstation, given that your browser accepts cookies.

  For more help, please see the online help. Need some inspiration? Load a random blend!

  tags: colorpicker, onlineservice, tool, webdesign, design, color, photoshopp

• Colors, Color Schemes and Color Palettes with GenoPal PC/Mac

  Find Harmonious Colors

  tags: color, colorpicker, onlineservice, free, pattern

• Design for Developers

  A few years ago I had the opportunity to sit down with a designer possessed of a rare talent. We were both part of the same team and he was creating some UI elements that I was to wire up. As I sat there (in awe) watching him work I realized that much of his considerable skill was rooted in fundamentals not unlike the art of programming. Of course, there are design skills that are intuitive that can’t be “learned.” But, that can also be said of the logical clarity found in a really elegant data model or a brilliant inheritance tree. I am certainly no designer, but I have observed the more creative among us for several years and have gained some insight into their world. In this article I’ll share some basic principles that can help raise your design acumen and improve the experience of your users.

  tags: programming, development, article, interface, gui, design

• Mike Davidson – sIFR

  sIFR 2.0: Rich Accessible Typography for the Masses

  sIFR is meant to replace short passages of plain browser text with text rendered in your typeface of choice, regardless of whether or not your users have that font installed on their systems. It accomplishes this by using a combination of javascript, CSS, and Flash.

  tags: font, embedding, webdesign, css, flash, freeware, html

• Server2Go – Self configurable WAMPP Stack

  Server2Go is a Webserver that runs out of the box without any installation and on write protected media. This means that web applications based on Server2Go can be used directly from cdrom, a usb stick or from any folder on a hard disk without the hassle of configuring Apache, PHP or MySQL.
  Server2Go allows you to create a standalone working web site or PHP application on a CD-ROM. There are many examples of its possible useses such as catalogue software, calculation programmes, image campaigns (CMS-based), computer based training lessons or other applicatons. Most PHP-Software such as the content management system Joomla or the computer based training software Moodle can be used from CD-ROM with the help of Server2Go.

  Server2Go was developed in the first instance for use on CD-ROM but there is no problem in using it from other drives too. Using a web browser, a user can run php programs as well as view html files on the CD-ROM. He only needs to insert a CD with Server2Go. The server software starts automatically and a browser is opened with the Website of the CD-ROM.
  Server2Go was built in the first place to replace other CD-ROM webservers such as WampOnCD or Microweb that lacked some important features or are not being actively developed.
  Main Features

  * Free! No royalties
  * Complete WAMPP Server-Stack
  * Runs directly from CD-ROM, USB Stick or Hard disk without installation
  * Full featured webserver (based on apache)
  * PHP 5.x support with many extensions installed (e.g. gd)
  * Supports SQLite databases
  * Runs on all versions of Windows from Win 98 and above, MAC OSX support is coming
  * Support for MySQL 5 Databases
  * Supports many PHP extensions (GD-Lib, PDO…) by default
  * Support for Perl 5.8

  tags: mysql, php, windows, server, web, software, freeware, wampp, apache, portable

• AnyToISO Converter – Convert various CD/DVD-ROM images to ISO format | CRYSTALIDEA Software

  # Convert BIN, MDF, PDI, CDI, NRG, B5I, IMG CD/DVD-ROM images to ISO
  # Fast and Easy ™ technology
  # Totally free

  tags: software, freeware, converter, iso, dvd

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

Daily Blog Post 12/29/2008

• Outlook to SharePoint Integration Email and Attachment transfer

  Scinaptic OnePlaceMail™

  Scinaptic OnePlaceMail™ delivers superior integration between Microsoft® Outlook® and SharePoint® to facilitate the transfer of business knowledge from personal mail boxes to a shared centrally managed, secure repository.
  OnePlaceMail At A Glance

  * Drag & drop Outlook emails/attachments directly to SharePoint
  * Capture email metadata automatically
  * Dynamic prompt/completion of destination library metadata (columns)
  * Right-click Send To (from Windows Explorer) directly to SharePoint
  * Drag & drop pictures directly to Picture Libraries

  tags: sharepoint, moss, extension, commercial, addon, feature

• Tablet PC Post :: Tablet PC and UMPC Software Trading Post – Download Utilities, Business Productivity, and Games

  tags: software, tabletpc, commercial, shareware, freeware, linklist

• Fujitsu Siemens Notebook Amilo Li 3910 – Office World

  Fujitsu Siemens Notebook Amilo Li 3910

  tags: seriphilipp_notebook

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

Top 25 SharePoint Projekte auf Codeplex

Michael Gannotti hat eine Zusammenstellung der 25 meist heruntergeladenen SharePoint Projekte aufgelistet. Viele sind bekannt (STSDEV, SmartPart), aber trotzdem hat es noch das eine oder andere interessante Projekt darunter, welche – zumindest mir – nicht bekannt waren.

http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/blogs/mikeg/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?List=1b3bbb8f-4b5a-4f72-94c4-94cb80bc3866&ID=1426

Interessant und nicht so bekannt:

SharePoint Forum	http://www.codeplex.com/SPFORUMS
SharePoint Manager	http://www.codeplex.com/spm
SharePoint Sushi (SharePoint Utility with a Smart, Helpful Interface)	http://www.codeplex.com/sushi
Useful Sharepoint Designer Custom Workflow Activities	http://www.codeplex.com/SPDActivities

Daily Blog Post 12/24/2008

• Sockso – Personal Music Server

  Sockso is a free, open-source, personal music server for everyone! It’s designed to be as simple as possible so that anyone with a mouse and some mp3′s can get their friends listening to their music across the internet in seconds!
  Sockso features

  * Simple setup (no install! just double click and go!)
  * Supports MP3, OGG Vorbis, Flac and WMA
  * Easy web-interface for your friends, and a GUI for you!
  * Online flash music player, playlists, search, etc…
  * Download single tracks, or entire albums/artists or playlists
  * Statistics like most played, recently popular, etc…

  tags: software, opensource, mediacenter, audiostation, streaming, server, freeware, music, sound

• Nikhil Kothari’s Weblog : Fluent Animations in Silverlight

  A fluent (jQuery-esque) API for creating Silverlight animations easily in code, built on top of Silverlight.FX, along with some early thoughts on possible integration of animations and view models.

  tags: silverlight, animation, blogarticle, fluent

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

Daily Blog Post 12/23/2008

• Spring2FuerGruenschnaebel.pdf (application/pdf-Objekt)

  tags: pdf, spring, development, java, c#, framework, gettingstarted, ebook

• Synergist : Simple Silverlight SEO with ASP.Net and XSLT

  tags: silverlight, seo, blogarticle, xslt, transformation

• iThoughts

  iThoughts is a mind mapping tool that runs on your iPod Touch or iPhone. It can be purchased from the Apple iTunes ‘AppStore’ for £3.99

  tags: ipod, iphone, mindmapping, software, shareware, ipodtouch

• Live Konzert Video Streams – Kostenlos auf Fabchannel.com

  Kostenlose Konzert Video Streams
  Bei Fabchannel.com dreht sich alles um kostenlose Konzert Musikvideos und Live Streams. Mit über 900 Exklusivaufnahmen in voller Länge ist unser Archiv die heißeste und umfangreichste Quelle für Live Musik Konzerte in Deutschland. Hier kannst du Musik downloaden, hören und genießen. Und das beste, alles ist kostenlos!

  tags: live, concert, streaming, video, music, sound

• Holiday Goodie Bag: Free C# and VB Coding Standards Reference Documents

  I present to you the latest incarnations of my efforts: a zip file containing C# and VB.NET editions of my reference coding standards. I’ve been holding these for the holidays so that I could share a little something extra with my readers as the year winds down. I certainly don’t expect everyone to agree with my standards but I hope by posting these, you can get a head start towards documenting your own.

  tags: blogarticle, naming, code, guidelines, codeguidelines, coding, standards, doc, vb.net, c#, .net, development

• Welcome to Index Your Files

  Search Files for Windows with Advanced Features using Index Files

  Is Portable
  Is easy to use with a standard windows GUI.
  Creates Indexes faster and smaller than any other.
  Compacts the indexes
  Create indexes for Only the directories you select.
  Internal display for found files
  Is compact and runs from a Single file without .dll’s
  Support Unicode

  Find files on your own computer or network with great speed and simplicity

  tags: software, freeware, portable, usbstick, search, indexing

• Office Forms Server 2007 XmlForm Control = Web Part – Patrick Tisseghem’s Blog [MVP SharePoint]

  So here is the scenario, you have an InfoPath template for meeting agendas (one of the samples) and you publish this to a SharePoint site, creating a document library and leveraging the Office Forms Server to deliver a browser-based experience. You can now have the XmlForm Web Part on the home page showing one of these meeting agendas.

  tags: infopath, forms, webpart, moss, sharepoint, hosting

• LyteBox for SharePoint – Home

  Easy to use LyteBox based javascript photo gallery. Pulls in all the photos automatically from a picture library. Works in MOSS and WSS even in hosted environments. Uses 2 library templates, a content editor web part, and data view web part with XSLT. No DLL’s to install.

  tags: moss, sharepoint, lytebox, lightbox, webpart, codeplex, opensource

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

Einführung ins Spring Framework

Wie im Mail von Oliver Burkhalter erwähnt gibts das Spring Framework auch für .Net und gewinnt auch hier laufend an Popularität.

http://www.springframework.net/

Wer eine Einführung in die Thematik sucht, wird hier fündig:

Spring für Grünschnäbel

http://www.knurt.de/download/Spring2FuerGruenschnaebel.pdf

Das Ebook basiert zwar auf Java kann aber für die Grundszenarien locker auch für .Net herhalten (zumindest finde ich dass….).

 

Auf das freie Ebook bin ich übrigens über das neue Developer-Portal von Heise gestolpert

http://www.heise.de/developer/