Links 2006.12.11

Managing Client Expectations: User Acceptance Documentation

How do I determine when a project is over, and how do I communicate this to my client?

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Are You (And Your Apps) Ready For Vista?
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ISO 19770 and Software Asset Management (SAM)
(some standards)
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Older IT Workers: A Survival Guide

If you`re old enough to remember the debut of Windows NT, you may face some challenges in the tech job market.

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Microsoft Unveils Expression Studio Design Tools Suite, 'Flash Killer'
(competition for Macromedia Flash?)
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Outsourcing: India Moving Up, Philippines Moving In

Evidence of that sharp growth is on display early in the evening in the lobby of the RCBC Plaza building in Makati City, as groups of prosperous-looking young men and women, Starbucks coffees and McDonald's bags in hand, head to work at more than a dozen call centers serving the United States, just as everyone else is heading home.

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To Outsource, or Not to Outsource
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Rendering an IHTMLElement to an Image File Using GDI+
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Recursively create thumbnails from PDF files
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God, cat and dog

There are four parts: main program, god, and the TLO:s cat and dog. Imagine that the TLO:s are parts of your program, probably doing something big and untamed.
Using a debugger to step through the code is the easiest way to understand how it works. Main program creates god. God creates cat and dog.

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Paint.JS
(Good old MS Paint, but built with JavaScript)
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Manage ASP.NET Session variables using the Facade design pattern
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A Helpful Database Library
(.NET & ADO Database connection and SQL execution library. Error handling, etc..)
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AJAX Frameworks tested and reviewed:
- Putting AJAX Frameworks to the Test
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- An Open Source AJAX Comparison Matrix
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