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Monthly Archives: August 2010
Get your current Twitter status in 3 lines of .NET code
Below is the code needed to fetch my current (most recent) Twitter status using .NET 3.5+ and LINQ. First you’ll need the following class references: using System; using System.Linq; using System.Xml.Linq; And here is the code: var twitterXML = XDocument.Load("http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/gabesumner.rss?count=1"); … Continue reading
Discovering the sweet spot between ‘ease of use’ & ‘features’
Many products feel obligated to apologize for not doing everything. However, I’m painfully aware that there is a slider that goes between “simple, easy to use” and “complicated, does everything”. On the far left you have Notepad and on the … Continue reading
Tagged with: cms, sitefinity, telerik, usability, wcm
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Sitefinity 4.0 BETA SDK Screenshots
via flickr.com Screenshots from the soon to be released Sitefinity 4.0 BETA SDK. This SDK (software developer’s kit) will make it easier than every to build Sitefinity add-on’s and extensions.
Tagged with: sdk, sitefinity, telerik
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Accessing Google Docs that were shared with your work email address
So…you already have a Google Gmail account, but someone shared a Google document with your work email address. Does this mean you need to create a new Google account for your work email address simply to view the document? via … Continue reading
Tagged with: collaboration, google documents, google translate
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Accessing Google Docs that were shared with your work email address
So…you already have a Google Gmail account, but someone shared a Google document with your work email address. Does this mean you need to create a new Google account for your work email address simply to view the document? Thankfully … Continue reading
How to evaluate a person’s influence on Twitter
The Klout Score is the measurement of your overall online influence. The scores range from 0 to 100 with higher scores representing a wider and stronger sphere of influence. Klout uses over 25 variables to measure True Reach, Amplification Probability, … Continue reading
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Posterous creates ugly HTML from Gmail emails
I like the idea of casual blogging. Posterous lured me with the promise of effortless blog post publishing. Type an email, send, it’s published. Don’t worry about it. We’ll do the right thing. Unfortunately, I’ve found the results to … Continue reading
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Using Yahoo Pipes & Google Translate to translate a Twitter search into any language
This weekend I was playing around with Yahoo Pipes and created the following pipe: Translate a Twitter search into any language This pipe accepts a search parameter and a desired language. The Twitter search results are then sent to Google … Continue reading
Tagged with: google translate, language translate, twitter, yahoo pipes
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Error establishing SQL Server connection with Sitefinity 4.0 BETA
I tried the Sitefinity 4.0 BETA on my home computer and after selecting the database type (SqlExpress) I received the following error: Server Error in ‘/BetaWebsite’ Application. A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. … Continue reading
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Using a CNAME record for the root record in GoDaddy
Why can’t I create a CNAME record for the root record? Solution: The root record of a domain is the record for the domain with nothing else in front of it. For instance the root record for the domain “example.com.” … Continue reading
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