IT Readings Log   

Monday, November 27, 2006

Links 2006.11.27

  • MySQL's Mickos: Open Source in the Enterprise
    (MySQL getting better, even competing with Oracle)
    Click here to read the full article.


  • Omigod! There's a Woman in the Data Center!
    (article on IT being a men's world)
    Click here to read the full article.


  • Office 2007 Will Rock Corporations' Worlds
    (good review on Office 2007)
    Click here to read the full article.


  • Vista Breaks Applications
    (bad review of Vista)
    Click here to read the full article.


  • Microsoft, SAP Share Future of Duet
    Click here to read the full article.


  • Keep It Clean With AJAX
    (too much ajax makes aplications suck)
    Click here to read the full article.


  • Intelligence, Redefined
    (business intelligence - new elements / ideas)
    Click here to read the full article.


  • SQL Server 2005 SP1 Users Face Vista, Longhorn Glitches
    (hmm.. vista issues again?)
    Click here to read the full article.


  • Big Three Search Engines Back Single, Open Protocol
    (new protocol / standards for the main search engines.)
    Click here to read the full article.


  • Offshore and Onshore Labor Market Analysis, Part 2
    (again about offshore. more like contra than pro, but here's a quote you will enjoy:
    The security and status of working for a U.S. company enables
    American companies to avoid having to pay premium wages in comparison to local
    firms offshore. Instead, it is often the local firms that offer premium pay
    packages to lure talent away from local branches of multinational
    companies.

    )
    Click here to read the full article.
  • Saturday, November 25, 2006

    Links 2006.11.24

  • Web 2.0 and the "Pragmatic Semantic Web"
    (web `n` crap: new web standards, expectation,quality.. etc..)
    Click here to read the full article.


  • Debugging and Performance
    (article on code standards and avoiding bugs)
    Click here to read the full article


  • ASP.NET Tip: Testing Web Sites with HttpWebRequest
    (hei! I knew this one. Did it myself.)
    Click here to read the full article.


  • A Docking Panels Library in .NET 2.0
    (some guy that implemented a docking panel control and shares it for free)
    Click here to read the full article.


  • Building an ASP.NET 2.0 Master Page in Three Steps
    Click here to read the full article.


  • Reading and Transforming XML Documents using Visual Basic 2005
    Click here to read the full article.


  • Why Vista Fails in Gaming Applications
    (why? actualy, I am just looking for some of Vista problems / issues)
    Click here to read the full article.


  • i-Technology Enters The Heterogeneous Zone
    (corporations switching from J2EE to .NET, hmm.. why?)
    Click here to read the full article.


  • Avoiding the 5 Most Common SEO Mistakes
    (kind of stupid mistakes)
    Click here to read the full article.


  • I’ve Never Met a Boxed CMS I Like
    (i like code generators but I do NOT like content managment tools: I like to make my work easyer nod dumber)
    Click here to read the full article.


  • Virtual Assistants
    (they convinced me to get a Virtual Assistant)
    Click here to read the full article.


  • Choices = Headaches
    (offering too many options to the users will confuse them)
    Click here to read the full article.


  • What you don't want to know about SOA
    (ok, great article, but what is it that I DO want to know about SOA - I guess: everything else)
    Click here to read the full article.
  • Thursday, November 23, 2006

    Links 2006.11.23

  • Beginner's guide from a seasoned CSS designer
    (css startup tips & tricks)
    Click here to read the full article.


  • Scope in JavaScript
    (advanced javascript stuff: classes, objects, constructors, event handlers, etc...)
    Click here to read the full article.


  • CSS Compatibility in IE7
    (IE7 css improvements / MSDN article )
    Click here to read the full article.


  • Maintain ASP.NET Tree Position on Postbacks
    Click here to read the full article.


  • America: Wake Up on Immigration
    (interesting point of view on immigration: immigrants are actually adding value to US)
    Click here to read the full article.


  • Bulletproof HTML: 37 Steps to Perfect Markup
    (HTML tutorial and FAQ)
    Click here to read the full article.


  • Where Does Your Time Go
    (time management)
    Click here to read the full article.


  • Emulating PBEWithMD5AndDES Encryption under .Net
    (data encryption under .NET, following a java based algorithm)
    Click here to read the full article.


  • A Set class
    Click here to read the full article.


  • Unraveling the Mysteries of .NET 2.0 Configuration
    (great information in here, especially if you consider all the problems you get into when interracting with .NET config sections)
    Click here to read the full article.


  • Building Tree View on demand using AJAX
    Click here to read the full article.
  • Links 2006.11.22

  • How to get Website Thumbnail in a C# application without creating a forms. (console)
    Click here to read the full article.


  • Combining External Data Sources with a MS SQL Server Database to Create Google Maps Using AJAX and ASP.NET
    Click here to read the full article.



  • Improving String.Format
    (cool suggestion about notifying user with custom alerts)
    Click here to read the full article.



  • Create a web service method to manage a NT service
    Click here to read the full article.



  • Create a web service method to get NT service information
    Click here to read the full article.



  • SmartCode-An Open Source Code Generator
    (realy nice Open Source .NET - and not only - code generator based on customizable templates)
    Click here to read the full article.



  • Adobe Launches New Hosted Service: "Adobe Document Center"
    (Virtual Office / Document center.. kind of close to Google docs and MS Office Online concepts)
    Click here to read the full article.



  • Printing an HTML Page in Landscape Mode
    Click here to read the full article.



  • Assign Multiple Styles to an Element Without Burdening Your Browser
    (cool CSS hint - good to know if you already don't.)
    Click here to read the full article.



  • Web Control Enhancements in ASP.NET 2.0
    Click here to read the full article.



  • Reverse Engineer .NET DLLs
    (good that you can do this)
    Click here to read the full article.
  • Sunday, November 19, 2006

    Links 2006.11.18

    Five Pillars of Visual Basic Retirement
    (porting VB applications to C# - huge effort that requires perfect planning)
    http://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/299072.htm

    Yahoo internal memo urges major shake-up, job cuts - Reuters
    (yahoo going down?)
    Click here to read full article

    Microsoft Extends OSP to Office XML
    (not so "Open" XML?)
    http://xml.sys-con.com/read/295629.htm

    Happy 10th Birthday, XML!
    http://xml.sys-con.com/read/302571.htm

    Configuring the .NET Framework 2.0 Using IIS 6.0
    Click here to read full article

    Implementing the XMLHttpRequest Object in AJAX
    (AJAX-junior level)
    Click here to read full article

    Off and Running
    (develop open-source complex solutions in days)
    Click here to read full article

    AJAX Extensions for ASP.NET Not the True Atlas Vision
    (ATLAS.NET AJAX, not very good news)
    Click here to read full article

    The State of Things
    (Article about ViewState & other .NET objects)
    Click here to read full article

    C++09: A Glimpse into the Future
    (C++ going forward, receiving enhancements and additional libraries)
    Click here to read full article

    Friday, November 17, 2006

    Links 2006.11.17

    Modern Life is Rubbish! - (blog on web development - design, programming, Google and SEO)
    http://www.modernlifeisrubbish.co.uk/

    "Firebug integrates with Firefox to put a wealth of development tools at your fingertips while you browse. You can edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page."
    http://www.getfirebug.com/

    Gates on the Past, the Future, and Google
    http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2060022,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03129TX1K0000612

    The Next Hot Jobs In IT
    http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/career/article.php/3643851

    .NET Useful Functional Class Library
    http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/TBMultiFunctionClasses.asp

    JavaScript Library - Animations, DragNDrop, AJAX...
    http://script.aculo.us/

    "Open-jACOB is a free framework for building a new generation of richer, more interactive, database driven, highly personalized cross-browser web applications."
    http://www.openjacob.org/
    Checkout DEMO: http://www.openjacob.org/demo/demo.html

    Ajax and PHP Sessions
    http://thwartedefforts.org/2006/11/11/race-conditions-with-ajax-and-php-sessions/

    Thursday, November 16, 2006

    Links 2006.11.16

    Sun makes Java tech. open-source project
    Click here to read full article

    The Future of ERP
    http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/erp/article.php/3643966

    Will SOA kill the idea of applications?
    http://it-analysis.com/business/content.php?cid=8974&ref=fd_itadm_0

    Client-Side Enhancements in ASP.NET 2.0
    http://aspnet.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/111506-1.aspx

    Naming Conventions
    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/columnists/bknight/2687.asp