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Windows Live Writer and Twitter

I just found a plug-in for Windows Live Writer that posts updates to Twitter when you publish a new post to your blog. Twitter Notify lets you format the tweet and prompts you when you publish a post. ...[Read more]

Published: 7/6/2009 | 2  Comments | 0  Links to this post

Linux Browser Testing Made Easy

Every once in a while I have a client that requires more extensive browser testing. For most Windows-based browsers I have them installed locally or run a VPC with them installed. I am not a Linux expert by any means so the thought of standing up a ...[Read more]

Published: 5/25/2009 | 0  Comments | 0  Links to this post

New Look to SharePoint.Microsoft.com

Have you taken a look at SharePoint.Microsoft.com? Look at the Silverlight navigation and image rendering. Cool! Looking forward to a “How we did it post on the SharePoint blog.” ...[Read more]

Published: 5/20/2009 | 1  Comment | 0  Links to this post

Presenting at Tech•Ed 2009

I will be presenting at Tech•Ed 2009 in LA, May 11-15, 2009. SharePoint Search Challenges and Tricks Abstract Many organizations struggle with SharePoint search configuration when it falls outside simple document search. This session presents s ...[Read more]

Published: 4/16/2009 | 0  Comments | 0  Links to this post

Color Picking in SPD

For all the bashing we give SharePoint Designer, there are some very cool, though poorly documented, features. For example, have you ever found yourself creating a style sheet from a graphic provided by a designer? Did the designer give you every he ...[Read more]

Published: 12/19/2008 | 0  Comments | 0  Links to this post

SharePoint Menu Alternative

I was recently working with a colleague who posed the following question: "How can I wrap the top navigation rather than scroll it off screen?" My follow up question was: "Why on earth would you ever have a top navigation that wa ...[Read more]

Published: 10/26/2008 | 5  Comments | 0  Links to this post

SharePoint Image Search (Part 4)

Introduction This is Part 4 of a 4 part series on how to create an image search center on a MOSS site. My goal is to create a search results page similar to the Microsoft Live Search Images page. In Part 1 I explored the out of the box search ex ...[Read more]

Published: 9/1/2008 | 69  Comments | 0  Links to this post

SharePoint Image Search (Part 3)

Introduction This is Part 3 of a 4 part series on how to create an image search center on a MOSS site. My goal is to create a search results page similar to the Microsoft Live Search Images page. In Part 1 I explored the out of the box search ex ...[Read more]

Published: 8/31/2008 | 8  Comments | 0  Links to this post

SharePoint Image Search (Part 2)

Introduction This is Part 2 of a 4 part series on how to create an image search center on a MOSS site. My goal is to create a search results page similar to the Microsoft Live Search Images page. In Part 1 I explored the out of the box search ex ...[Read more]

Published: 8/30/2008 | 8  Comments | 0  Links to this post

SharePoint Image Search (Part 1)

Introduction After working on several search projects it is clear that the out of the box search experience for images is, well, less than optimal. I mean look at how cool the Microsoft Live Search Images interface is, then, hover over an image ...[Read more]

Published: 8/28/2008 | 25  Comments | 0  Links to this post
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