JohnMcBride on September 18th, 2008

After doing a lot of custom SharePoint 2007 development since MOSS was released I believe that any custom code should be written as a feature. This make for deployment/activation/deactivation from the SharePoint administrator standpoint a no brainer. So with everything developed as a feature we are going to get a excellent understanding of the feature.xml [...]

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Having a little extra time this weekend I figured it would be a good idea to get SQL 2008 RTM installed on a development laptop and configure SharePoint to work with it. Shouldn’t be a big issue, but as most things with technology there was a stumbling block. So I fire up the install, it [...]

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JohnMcBride on September 11th, 2008

I like this quote because I think sometimes we rest to much on our previous successes. For me, once something is done I look to move on to a new challenge. I believe that is the only way to become successful otherwise you are always protecting what has been previously implemented and as we all [...]

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admin on September 9th, 2008

I like this one and I think more of us in the technology industry need to take it to heart, including managers. Remember your employee’s make you what you are. Anyway’s, Like most of us in the technology industry, early in my career I burned the candle at both ends, sacrificing some precious family time. [...]

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