Monthly Archives: August 2006

The IW Center and More Chris Caposela

Posted on August 31, 2006 by amandaperran

Last week I confessed my admiration of Chris Capossela and I linked to an interview where he details his career path.  This week, Shane pointed me to a podcast he participated in that is hosted on the IW Center site (which … Continue reading →

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SharePoint 2007 Learning Resources

Posted on August 31, 2006 by amandaperran

Shane posted on this last week but it really is blowing my mind that so many good resources exist already for SharePoint 2007 compared to when we first started working on 2003 (and let’s not even go 2001).  Man those … Continue reading →

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Putting Content Types to Work (Smart Navigation Menu's)

Posted on August 31, 2006 by shaneperran

Many moons ago in SharePoint v2 land we often found ourselves inventing some pretty clever solutions. The problem was they took quite awhile to bring up to production level. For example: Raise your hand if you remember the “Document Library … Continue reading →

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SharePoint 2007, ** CAUTION ** Editing Application.Master (or any _layouts files)

Posted on August 30, 2006 by shaneperran

This post is simply to avoid the invetiable.  As time goes on more and more people will attempt edits of their application.master page as well as other pages within the _layouts directory. Before you do be make sure you fully … Continue reading →

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SharePoint 2007 Features

Posted on August 30, 2006 by shaneperran

(disclaimer: This is in reference to Beta 2 non TR – This may change and for that matter this may not be 100% accurate).  While the naming seems a little strange to say the least, the benefits of “features” are … Continue reading →

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Developer Night in Canada (Usergroup Tour, ATLAS)

Posted on August 30, 2006 by shaneperran

If you are in St. John’s or surrounding areas feel free to join us for Developer Night in Canada. Guest Speaker Christian Beauclair from Microsoft will guide you through building richer web applications using ATLAS (AJAX+ASP.NET).  This is a great … Continue reading →

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SharePoint 123! – Level 200 Session

Posted on August 29, 2006 by amandaperran

SharePoint 123! Level 200 August 30th at 3:30PM EST Join us for our next exciting INETA Live! Webcast event on August 30th at 3:30PM EST for the level 200 content from the SharePoint 123 Training Series! SharePoint 1, 2, 3! … Continue reading →

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Xbox 360 Backwards Compatibility Update

Posted on August 28, 2006 by amandaperran

I noticed from the Xbox team blog today that there have been a load of new games added to the supported by Xbox 360 list.  This is great news as my gen 1 games list is pretty massive but I … Continue reading →

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Vista Experiences So Far

Posted on August 27, 2006 by amandaperran

I have been running Vista on my personal computer for a couple of weeks now.  I really love the interface and behaviour of the operating system.  It’s fun to play with a new interface and get used to all the … Continue reading →

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Good Weekend

Posted on August 26, 2006 by amandaperran

Shane and I had a great time last night camping.  We went to Fitzgerald’s Pond Park near Dunville, which was my first time there in about 20 years.  That park is actually about 20 minutes from where I grew up.  Good clear night and … Continue reading →

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