SharePoint is a revolutionary web server technology. Think of it as a foundation that provides the core user interface and management system to enable mere mortals to design a complex, role based web application. Many of our business, educational, and social working relationships could be described as membership/role based. If find myself recommending it to more and more customers at Blue [...]
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There is an amazing disconnect right now between the corporate world and educational institutions that are slowly trying to catch up with the e-learning revolution. In businesses all over the world, cost reduction is driving the the adoption of e-learning due to the inherent efficiencies gained by moving to a centralized, collaborative technology enhanced model of training delivery. Cost [...] Microsoft has released a new non-Windows operating system called Singularity. This OS is written in C#, which is one of the languages we use at Blue Sphere. Microsoft has made the source code for this operating system available to anyone who can qualify for an academic research license. The term “singularity”, at least in technology circles, has come to [...] After years of debating how to best configure our home audio visual system, we have finally moved ahead with a radical plan. We have disowned our only television. And yet, we are still watching cable programming on our computers (and even my cell phone) through the Slingbox. In order to make this feasible, we needed a larger computer monitor [...] Malcolm Gladwell, author of “The Tipping Point”, and “Blink”, wrote this article for the New Yorker back in 2004: http://www.gladwell.com/2004/2004_01_12_a_suv.html As is usually the case with Malcolm’s writing, his perspective on the SUV phenomenon is unique, informative, [...] Database technology is amazing. Most people don’t realize that databases are the core of all good Web applications, including the one you are currently viewing. The power that a database can provide is incredible, just ask Google. So the list of the top ten databases in the world is an interesting reflection on our society, [...] The $2.5 billion in new development (starting in 2000) here in GR is getting some national attention. Land Development Today (PDF) explains that one of our driving forces is environmental stewardship. In fact, the Grand Rapids metro area has more LEED certified buildings per capita than any other location in the United States. Grand Rapids is a leader in [...]
Was Gerald Ford one of our first leaders to advocate for sustainability? From the Ford presidential library Website, here are some of the proposals he submitted to congress: Stimulate effective conservation, including revitalization of our railroads and the expansion of our urban transportation systems; Here are the questions that we are planning to ask of our panelists at the GlimaWest Blog Event: When does blogging make sense for marketing purposes and how does blogging integrate with a marketing campaign? Supposedly Microsoft has started an investigation to determine how these supposedly private internal training videos were leaked to the Internet. Apparently Ricky Gervais (The Office – British version) and Stephen Merchant (his writing partner) made these videos back in 2003 with funding from MS. These videos should be required material for all aspiring [...] |
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