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Thoughts about Windows 8 and MS Build

It is clear that the focus of this BUILD is the opportunity to develop code targeted to the Windows environment. This is a big invite to “come on in, the waters fine” and commit to windows. Missing is the world of rich internet applications that are 100% browser based and require no client install/management. Which is [...]
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Very good summary of the Windows 8 Development Platform

http://dougseven.com/2011/09/14/i-know-what-youre-thinking-and…  Good to hear some sanity added to the discussion. Metro style apps are great for what they are,but they are not the only style of application that windows will run. Most business applications will remain either Desktop (WinForm/WPF) or Rich Internet Applications (RIA) running with Silverlight or ASP.Net on a web server [...]
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Christmas in September for BUILD Attendees

So glad that I got to come to the conference.Clipped from www.slashgear.comMicrosoft Blesses 5,000 conference attendees with free Windows 8 Slate PCIf there’s one thing that makes the majority of these developer-based conferences (this week’s being Microsoft’s BUILD conference) its the pre-release hardware that you often get to take home for free. This week at [...]
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Media Finds Skype?

As a long time Skype user, I’m amazed at how many find this news. Skype has been a killer app for many years now. Recently, I have replaced most of my Live Meetings by using the Skype built in Screen Share capabilities. For rapid one-on-one collaboration, you can’t beat [...]
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Social Media Continues To Grow

Add this to LinkedIN’s IPO and it seems we are in a hot social media market. As a longtime BzzAgent, I always thought that this company had a big future in providing consumers a voice in new products. Congrats to the entire team at BZZAgent.Clipped from adage.comTesco Acquires Social-Marketing Firm BzzAgent for $60 MillionU.K. Retailer [...]
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Smart Filters - Refactoring Repetition

When faced with a repetition, you have several options: 1) Manually do it over and over again, 2) Hire a lower cost resource to do the task over and over again, 3) Con someone into thinking they really want to do the task over and over again, 4) Automate the task so a machine [...]
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ToneCheck - Don’t Send the Wrong Message

When I first heard about this, I thought it was a joke, but it is real you can now check the tone of your emails before you send them. No if only they could come up with a way to use this technology to avoid “foot in mouth” syndrome.Clipped from tonecheck.com Studies show e-mail messages [...]
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Context is King - Digital Curator perspective from A List Apart

We have no shortage of content, be it digital or otherwise. The true value of manging content is to provide context which leads to better understanding of what is being presented. Context can be light such such as free form tagging, or rigid when you have complex taxonomies for records management. [...]
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Props to SubVersion - Just saved my butt

Gotta love easy to use source code management!Clipped from subversion.apache.orgApache Subversion“Enterprise-class centralized version control for the masses”Subversion exists to be universally recognized and adopted as an open-source, centralized version control system characterized by its reliability as a safe haven for valuable data; the simplicity of its model and usage; [...]
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Ten Common Database Design Mistakes

http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/database-administration/ten-com…