I recently had a project where I wanted my web site content to utilize short URLs. These short URL’s would be easier to utilize on Twitter where the message is limited to 140 characters. At this stage link shortening is old news and I could use one of the many available link shortening services (Bit.ly, Goo.gl) to generate these links. However, I dislike the idea of encouraging visitors to tweet a Bit.ly link, as opposed to my own links.
Using database ID’s to create short links
To address this my original idea was to simply rely on the auto-incremented row ID’s for each item in the database. For the database table, this looks something like this:
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The Telerik Evangelism team has recently been experimenting with new techniques for staying connected and in-sync. One of these techniques was to utilize video-conferencing for our bi-weekly meetings. Sadly, I’ve not discovered any video-conferencing solutions that accommodates a team of our size (15 people). Below I’ve summarized my experiences thus far:
The Holidays are upon us and 2011 is nearly gone. This past year has been extremely busy and significant for Sitefinity. Before we move into 2012 I want to reflect on 2011. This post is strictly my personal opinion and, consequently, is being published to my personal blog.
