December 2008 Entries
As you may remember I’m not a particular fan of email and my inbox. For keeping up with blogs and rss I used to rely on FeedDemon which is a fantastic application, but it got to the point where I felt like it was another inbox – with pressure on me to read every item that came in. I know you have the panic button and can easily mark all as read but what if I missed something really important! To be honest – if it is really that important when you do need to find it you can...
I’ve just published a couple of articles over on the Lightning Tools blog to show how we can use the BDC, WCF, ASP.NET Ajax and jQuery to display some of your business data Click here for Business Data Catalog and WCF (part 1) Click here for SharePoint, Ajax, jQuery and Client Templates (part 2) If you like them give them some link love!
Rob, Brett and I had a good chat about the business data catalog for the latest SharePoint PodShow. Rob tried to turn it into a Lightning Tools love fest but Brett and I kept it down to good technical information so hopefully you’ll get a lot listening to it. Click here to listen to the Business Data Catalog PodCast. And remember if you like it, give it a blog post or a tweet on twitter! Thanks!
We’ve just released a new version of the Lightning Storm Forums which now allow you to tag your forum posts and make use of a new tag cloud web part. Check out the blog post on the Lightning Tools site for more information Lightning Storm SharePoint Forums
If you are into writing software and want to start a MicroIsv or are running a software company make sure you check out the Business of Software networking site and blog. I went along to the first meeting in London last month and had a great time – picked up some great ideas and tips from others who were attending. The next physical meeting is January 13th 2009, get over there and sign up. Also check out the videos that are being hosted from the last Business of Software conference event this year back in October: http://network.businessofsoftware.org/video...
If you’re wondering what do buy your friendly programmer colleague for Christmas this year check out the T-Shirts Andy Brice has put together: http://successfulsoftware.net/2008/11/25/what-do-you-buy-a-programmer-for-christmas/ My favorite is “Be nice – I have a blog”. The good thing is all profits are also going to charity – nice one Andy!