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Business community supports ELC Re-building: Hill Group and Clemens Bruns Schaub Architect & Associates were two of... http://dlvr.it/4fmrY
Posted Sep 03, 2010 8:55 AM
Just paid for our new community-building table that seats 10! (@ Past And Present) http://4sq.com/dbUT0a
Posted Sep 03, 2010 8:43 AM
DeepsaidWhat » Blog Archive » Reader Writes: Dearborn Community ...: Building a community garden takes a lot of ti... http://bit.ly/9s4gXt
Posted Sep 03, 2010 8:18 AM
UIC-Community Health Program Empowers Persons With Developmental Disabilities: Building such partnerships across c... http://bit.ly/cJwQTN
Posted Sep 03, 2010 8:17 AM
RT @davidkleeman: Fred Rogers Ctr seeks Early Career Fellows; focus on info delivery/community building bet. early educators & families http://bit.ly/aXve7W
Posted Sep 03, 2010 8:13 AM

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Props to SubVersion - Just saved my butt
Gotta love easy to use source code management!
Great Story from Planet Money (NPR)
I heard this last week and it keeps bouncing around in my head. Great story, with lots of ways to learn from the lessons within. . .
WordPress based blogging site aimed at elementary kids
Here is an interesting take on the community blog. This site targets educators and allows them to create a community out of their classroom.
Great Scottish Fireworks Video
What motivates you?
This is an interesting video on what motivates knowledge workers to perform. And how the phrase "I do this if they didn't pay me" become more relevant the higher the cognitive requirements become.
Editing the DOCICON.XML in SharePoint Hive
Strange as it may seem, SharePoint does not deal with PDF documents out of the box. So you have to dive into the 'hive' to upload an icon for acrobat documents to the images folder. Then hop over to the XML folder and update the DOCICON.XML file. It is a quick and painless process, but sure seems like there should be an automated way of doing this!
Slate explores why The Karate Kid does not do Karate
An interesting article about how martial arts training in the US has changed over the years. With kids in Tae Kwon Do, I found this an good history lesson on why I get the rolling eyes every time I ask how "karate class" went today. Also of interest was that the Chinese government pitched in on the cost of the remake in order to have the story set in China rather than the US. Politics and Propaganda in movies? Say it ain't so Joe!
SharePoint 2010 ECM Features from Digital Landfill
Some good incites into how SharePoint 2010 has enhanced it's ECM feature set and is set to take on the pure play vendors in the market.
SharePoint 2010 Editions Comparison
A good high level overview of what is in the box for SharePoint 2010
SharePoint 2010 default security does not let you open PDF Files, use permissive browser file setting to fix
When serving up Adobe Acrobat files (a.k.a. PDF) from your SharePoint 2010 server, you will not be able to open the file in your browser unless you tweak the default settings for "Browser File Handling" on the web application general settings.

thank to Michael Hacker for finding and documenting this feature.
Index and Search PDF Files in SharePoint Server 2010 - Jie Li's GeekWorld - Site Home - MSDN Blogs
If you need to index and serve up PDF files in SharePoint 2010, this is a good place to start.
Inconvenient Content Query Web Part slots - Waldek Mastykarz
New features for one of my favorite web parts in SharePoint. The Content Query Web Part gets better.
Techfest 2010 will be launched in July
They are trying to break 1,000 attendees this year. Over 60 sessions already setup. Last year's attendance was over 800.
Ning goes premium
I think these are steps in the right direction. I was never fond of the \"ning id\" and it clearly did not when out on the social identity battle; I am not sure if anyone has won yet, but FB & Twitter are good bets. The devil is in the details, how much do I own my content and how do I get it out if I want to leave? I think it was obvious all along that the FREE model was not going to last.
5 Examples for Managing Your Lifestreaming Data Flow
Some good examples how how to manage distributed personal publishing. This must be done carefully to avoid the \'echo chamber effect\"
Ray Ozzie's Docs on docs.com
Ray Ozzie has reached into the past to showcase the new Docs.com. Very interesting stuff. I really enjoyed the first ever Groove All Hands presentation from 1998.
City of Austin looking to Build Developer Site
The City of Austin is taking the unique approach to ask the developer community what they would like to see from the city\'s website. How can the city appeal to the civic minded volunteers who want to build upon the city\'s web assets? If you have an opinion, you are encouraged to participate in the discussion at OpenAustin.Posterous.com
SSW Rules to Better SQL Server Database
I have been doing some SQL Server work recently and found this article to provide a helpful list of best practices. Always great to find resources like this.
The Story Behind Drops of Jupiter
I always liked the song, but never gave much thought to the lyrics, just liked the cool imagery. Knowing the story adds a whole new level of appreciation. The fun of idle Saturday surfing.
Retro Song for the Day
For some reason, Lesley and I were singing this to the kids at dinner tonight. Gotta teach them the classics.
Twitter To Add Metadata
At what point in the process of adding meta data (tagging and categories) does the twitter service start looking like a myriad other publishing platforms that offer a more robust experience? Can market share alone float twiiter or will the changes lead to another MySpace by the side of the I-net byway?

The hook of twitter was ease of publishing. No longer did I need a website, blog, domain, hosting or even a computer. I could publish to the web from my phone. It\'s appeal was the simplicity of use. Can they increase the complexity of the services and still win on ease of use?
Why are You moving to SharePoint 2010?
CMS Wire reports on the results of a survey of why people are looking at SharePoint 2010. Collaboration remains the big selling point for SharePoint, but other functions peak interest as well.
The Web is about Tasks not Goals
A great and humorous post on how websites need to give more space to tasks and less to pitch. Tell me what you do and how I can use it. The days where you read page after page of marketing hype only to find a link to more hype are hopefully numbered.
Enterprise extend the use of WCM
As the quality of the tools and the end-users familiarity with content publishing increases, enterprise users will demand and discover ways to integrate WCM tools into their work process. This will put a bigger demand on in house developed solutions.
Speed Kills - Or Lack of speed kills web traffic
We have always known that slow pages are a frustration to your visitors. But now, slow pages will impact how your site is indexed by Google. There has never been a better time to test your site and find ways to speed up your site.

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