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Internet Explorer 9 Beta UI

liquidpooled — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:14:16 +0000

And I still can't get my users to grasp IE 8. Great.

A solid 95/100 on the Acid3 test is refreshing though.

Gmail Introduces Priority InBox

liquidpooled — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:15:25 +0000

On top of the spam filter, now Google can help me prioritize my inbox. Interesting.

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Email overload? Try Priority Inbox

A Better Approach to Kickoff Meetings

liquidpooled — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:24:25 +0000

We've all been there. The kickoff meeting. Are the right people in the room? Did we identify all the stakeholders? Have we defined the right measurements for success?

Kevin M. Hoffman over at A List Apart has some interesting thoughts on putting together Kick Ass Kickoff Meetings. Check it out.

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Kick Ass Kickoff Meetings

The Oregon Trailer

liquidpooled — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:21:45 +0000

Put me down for 2 tickets.

Who Needs a Flashlight and a SOCKS Proxy?

liquidpooled — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:34:56 +0000

Have you ever found yourself sitting with your iPhone and your computer, wondering what the world would be like if you had an app that was multifunctional and acted as both a flashlight and a SOCKS proxy? Yeah, me too.

Head on over to the App Store and grab Handy Light (iTunes link) before it gets pulled. Not only will you get a flashlight, but also an iPhone running iOS4 (inlcuding the iPhone 4) that is capable of tethering to your Mac or PC without a jailbreak.

Hit up AppShopper.com for the full details.

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Handy Light: Tethering App Camouflaged as Flashlight

JavaScript Minification

liquidpooled — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:10:58 +0000

A List Apart has a refresher on refactoring your JavaScript when using YUI Compressor to minify your code (but it applies regardless of your compression engine).

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JavaScript Minification Part II

Problems with A/B Testing? Look to Groundhog Day for Inspiration

liquidpooled — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:46:57 +0000

Jeff Atwood’s latest post at Coding Horror is a good one. There’s something to be said for making people think about A/B testing in the context of Groundhog Day (a Bill Murray classic).

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Yoda and a TomTom GPS

liquidpooled — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:42:14 +0000

When are they bringing these voices to the iPhone apps?

SharePoint Solution Downloader

liquidpooled — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:22:24 +0000

One of my pain points as a SharePoint “administrator” is having to deal with deployments of solution packages to my environment without the best change management. This means that I often see packages making their way in to the environment without any thought given to keeping the package in case it needs to be reapplied at a later time (Note: I’m not the only one who controls what goes into the environment).

The solution? I whipped up a Windows application so download one, several, or all of the solution packages currently stored in the farm configuration database.

I have posted the application to CodePlex @ http://spsolutiondownloader.codeplex.com/.

The application must be run in the context of a Farm Administrator (i.e. right-click, Run As…) on a server in the farm for which you wish to download the solution package(s) from and requires the .NET Framework 3.5.

I would love some feedback from the community as to whether or not this useful. I have some other little apps in mind I could put together with the proper motivation.

Netflix and Vista Media Center

liquidpooled — Sat, 23 May 2009 00:36:54 +0000

Microsoft recently recently released/pushed out a new add-on for interacting with Netflix, allowing for the viewing of “instant” movies from within the Media Center 10ft. UI.

One quirk that you may run into is that videos are not playing after installation. You might need to break out the keyboard, as Silverlight will have opened a dialog behind the Media Center window asking you to enable protected content. Once that hurdle is crossed, it should be smooth sailing.

Netflix in Windows Media Center

[Microsoft Windows: Netflix in Windows Media Center]

[via Hacking Netflix]