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Digitize Yourself!

July 31, 2012

Digitize Yourself in ASCII text letters like this or in color:

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Optimizing your ASP.NET 2.0 website performance

July 31, 2012

I just discovered this great article on codeproject.com for optimizing ASP.NET 2.0 website performance:

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/aspnet/10ASPNetPerformance.aspx< ...

How to detect a mobile web browser using ASP.NET 2.0

July 31, 2012

Today I'm using two mobile devices: The BlackBerry Perl 8130 and the BlackBerry 8830 'World Edition' phones by Verizion. The 8830 is larger but has a qwerty keyboard. If I'm actually going to be sending email from something, this is the choice. For being in touch when on the go (and I don't like to carry lots of stuff) the Perl is good. But when I'm on the train or bored waiti ...

How to create a console window for a Windows Forms application

July 31, 2012

Suppose you are writing a GUI application for Windows and you want to be able to debug your applicaiton by sending console output to a console window that opens only if you pass a certain command line argument or are compiled in debug mode. Console.WriteLine sends your output to nowhere very fast. If you want to have a console window, here is how you do it:

Inside one of you ...

Recover pictures from digital camera flash memory cards

July 31, 2012

Zero Assumption Digital Image Recovery

Community Server Gurus

July 31, 2012

Here are some of the Masters of Community Server. They have their own CS powered sites of course and they have excellent, valuable content for anyone interested in getting anything done with CS that isn't already done for you when you take it 'out of the box'.

Dave Stokes (davestokes.net) - Dave Stok ...

Predictions for 2007

July 31, 2012

Corporations return to more traditional work environments. More people wearing ties, increasing demands to work longer hours in exchange for higher pay. More job opportunities for decision makers. Unskilled labor rates stagnate, tech sector and IT related jobs stay the same as they are now for next year. Energy becomes very exiting because of legitimate economic needs, cool technological advances, ...

How to use the BIRT Reporting Engine for Eclipse

July 31, 2012

BIRT, the Business Intelligence Reporting Tool for Java, is a powerful open source reporting platform. It's a good tool but it has bugs and an overall lack of good documentation and support. However, if you spend time with it to learn it's ins-and-outs then you'll discover it's very easy to do things with it once you know what to do!

In this blog I'm going to document some of the th ...

Small companies CAN afford to offer customer service and support by outsourcing

July 31, 2012

Recent technologies make it easier than ever for startup ventures to bring new products and services to the market. A website goes up and now its time to start charging a subscription fee, or collecting advertising revenue. However, who's supporting those new customers?

Historically start-ups offer little to no technical support or customer servic ...

How to upgrade from Community Server 2.0 to CS 2.1

July 31, 2012

Dave Stokes wrote a terriffic guide for upgrading from CS 2.0 to 2.1. After reading this guide I can't possibly imagine trying to do this on your own. Definitely get the guide. You have to register on his site, but the energy expended to tap a few key strokes is really worth the great information Dave provides.

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July 31, 2012

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Search Engine Optimization Basics

July 31, 2012

What is Search Engine Optimization?
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the practice of modifying the content of your web page so that it is easier for your target audience to find your website when they search the web using a search engine. When someone goes to a search engine like Google or MSN, they'll type in a search phrase. When they click that search b ...

The Problem of Sending Files to People

July 31, 2012

The Problem of Sending Files to People First I'll talk about the problem, and then I'll talk about the solution later on. Sending large files to people is becomming a problem. When I say large files, I'm referring to files larger than 5 megabytes. A few years ago it was unusual to send large files, so if it took a long time to email someone a file, you didn't really care. However, today sending fi ...

How to stop SPAM - for good!

July 31, 2012

SPAM! It's terrible! It wastes our time! It gets in the way of our friends and our work! Does anything stop it? Yes. I'm going to tell you why current solutions don't work and give you one that really does work, is easy to use, and is affordable. It works so well, you don't need to manage it or think about it. The SPAM problem is easy to understand. Every day we get unwanted email from people who ...

Getting value out of Social Networking websites

July 31, 2012

Social Networking websites are all the rage right now. Even television advertisers are trying to cash in on the hype and connect with younger viewers by advertising their personal pages on MySpace.com. There are many Social Networking websites out there today, many of them knock offs of MySpace. Some sites try to take on different approaches, like TagWorld.com where content gets tagged so that you ...

Search Engine Optimization Resources

July 31, 2012

Search Engine Optimization Resources

Links:
Submit your website to Google for indexing
Submit your website to Yahoo for indexing
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How to install a Tag Cloud in CS 2.1

July 31, 2012

I just upgraded from CS 2.0 to 2.1. One of the great new features is the Tag Cloud feature. Basically you can attach key words to blogs and forum posts, and then visitors can click on those key words in the tag clouds to find related content.

Here's the f ...

Purpose of this Blog

July 31, 2012

The purpose of this blog is to capture lessons about setting up Community Server 2.1 as I learn them. I'm hoping people can benefit. On the official Community Server Forums you can probalby learn everything you can find in this blog. However, on the CS forums there is a lot of Q&A an ...

SEO - A Case Study: QuoteACopier.com

July 31, 2012

This post talks about applying search engine optimization strategies to web pages, while working in parallel with a content designer.

Recently I was contacted by web designer who built QuoteACopier.com. The owners of the site want to increase awareness about their services for providing pricing information and advice to buyers of digital copiers. The website wasn't coming up an ...

How to access command line arguments

July 31, 2012

In a C# Windows Application or Console Application, you may want to access arguments passed to your application via the Command Line.

This is actually very easy to do. All you have to do is modify your Main() method to take in an array of strings:

static void Main(string[] args) {
foreach(string arg in args)
{
Console.WriteLine(String.Format ...

How to SEO your website

July 31, 2012

Here are some quick simple tips to follow to make your web page search engine friendly. Follow these steps and you're 90% of the way there.

Search engines are designed to return pages that are highly relevant to a keyword search phrase typed into the search box on their site. Read more

How to create asynchronous ASP.NET pages using C#

July 31, 2012

IIS combined with ASP.NET provides many technologies to improve performance and scalability. IIS provides a pool of threads so that it can server many requests simultaneously. The pool has a limited number of threads in it, and once they are used up additional requests can start to pile up. Keeping the total number of active threads down is an attempt to prevent too many active threads from ...