Monthly Archives: August 2010

Windows Azure Storage Breakdown

In reading various blog posts, forums, and Stack Overflow questions there is still quite a bit of confusion around the different data storage options available in Windows Azure.  This is probably mostly due to Microsoft changing their strategy, architecture, and … Continue reading

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Sitefinity 4.0 BETA – Screenshots

Telerik’s Sitefinity 4.0 BETA was released a few minutes ago.  I downloaded the BETA and took several screenshots while testing this new release. See and download the full gallery on posterous You’re free to download and test this BETA for … Continue reading

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Import contacts into Sitefinity’s Newsletter Module

Falafel is now giving away (free!) their Newsletter Group Importer add-on for Sitefinity. This add-on enables you to easily load all of your customer names and email addresses from a simple comma separated file (csv) directly into Sitefinity. To see … Continue reading

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The Most Powerful and Feature Rich Web-Based Code Editors (IDEs)

via speckyboy.com When Visual Studio 2010 was released I commented to co-workers that I wished my IDE was web-based. Visual Studio 2010 felt like more of the same to me. It was still a monolithic program that was tied to … Continue reading

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CSS Editor for Sitefinity CMS

CSS Editor is an extension that brings the desktop experience of a file explorer to view and modify your Sitefinity files right on the web! Screenshots: via blog.basememara.com Basem Emara is a machine. Another add-on for Sitefinity. Reading his blog … Continue reading

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The Myth of Custom Software and “The Box”

The best boxes are those that provide a floor of functionality, yet they allow the developer to customize and extend nearly out to infinity within them. Sitefinity is one of them, which is why I’m using it to try to … Continue reading

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I Hate Web Content Management Systems, And You Should Too

Working with fortune 500 companies, I’m often asked “What is the best CMS system for our needs?”  That’s the wrong question. The right question is more along the lines of : “Which one sucks least?” Maybe an even better question … Continue reading

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What The F*ck Is My Social Media Strategy?

Making it up so you don’t have to Enhance the customer experience by facilitating authentic conversations via whatthefuckismysocialmediastrategy.com This web site helps you justify the time you spend on Twitter & Facebook. Sorry about the language.

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Settlers of Catan coming to Microsoft Surface

via news.cnet.com This is it. This is the thing that will make the Microsoft Surface relevant. For a mere $12,500 we can can play Settlers of Catan on a table. I originally spotted this article on an iPad.  The iPad … Continue reading

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Sitefinity 4.0 Webinar Questions – Round 1

We had a record number of attendees for our Sitefinity 4.0 BETA webinar.  These attendees asked a record number of questions.  In fact, we received 407 questions.  Answering and organizing all of these questions is a daunting task. Below are … Continue reading

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