This is a fancy bookmark for myself—nothing exciting here.
Get Ready to Become a Small Business Specialist
Gain new skills working with small businesses and become a Small Business Specialist. You can take free courses that help you meet the needs of small businesses. Begin qualifying as a Small Business Specialist by completing a sales and marketing assessment.
Now playing: Bowling for Soup – 5 O’Clock World
If you’re impatient, Shel and Scoble’s book Naked Conversations is now available as an e-book. I’m not sure why Amazon says that Acrobat Reader isn’t available for Pocket PC devices, because I’ve had a reader on my Axim for a while now–the e-book may require a new version, or features that aren’t supported by the mobile versions. You can find the mobile Acrobat Reader download page at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2_mobile.html#pocketPC.
If you’d rather wait for the printed version, you can find the hardcover version here.
Now playing: George Strait – Living and Living Well
This is a question I see very often, and you can set the paper orientation in code-behind as such:
ReportDocument.PrintOptions.PaperOrientation = CrystalDecisions.[Shared].PaperOrientation.Landscape
Crystal Reports .NET Programming
If you’re new to Crystal Reports, or just to CR .NET, this is the book you need. Part how-to, part programming reference, lots of simple examples in both C# and VB.NET.
Now playing: Rent – Out Tonight
Teun Dynstee released his Gantt Chart Web Part today:
The part allows you to specify a list and view to render. You select the fields from the view that will indicate the start and end date of an item. The third required field is the title field. Because the part works with view fields, you can also use calculated fields to specify the start date, end date or title of the item.
Now playing: Dierks Bentley – Lot of Leavin’ Left to Do
Bob Mixon has released a beta of his Quick Launch Web Part:
This Web Part can be used to replace the hard coded HTML in a Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) Site. The first advantage to this Web Part is simply being aware of the current users security permissions. Meaning, if a user does not have the permissions to view the items in a document library or list, even if it is marked to be displayed on the Quick Launch bar, it will not be displayed.
There are many additional features currently present in this Web Part, which include:
- The ability to turn any set of lists on or off. So if you chose to not display Surveys, simply turn it off!
- The ability to display separation lines below the grouping headers.
- And, the best of all features, the ability to dynamically add any items to the quick launch bar through a standard SharePoint list.
From the CR .NET Newsgroup:
Due to the popularity of my CR.NET Programming book being posted online for
free prior to its publication, I’m doing the same with my new book. You can
read chapters from “Crystal Reports XI Encyclopedia” online for free. I’m
posting chapters as I finish them and I currently have four chapters posted.
I’ll post the next four after I review them for errors. If you find the
chapters helpful, please link to them so that others may read them.You can find the chapters listed on the home page of my website:
www.CrystalReportsBook.comEnjoy!
Brian Bischof
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The logo is actually grey (matches my eyes), it just looks blue-ish with the flash.
Now playing: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center – 3. Allegro Assai (Brandenburg Concerto #2 In F, BWV 1047)
I would claim that the image says it all, but I’m not quite sure what it’s saying…
Now playing: Southern Culture On The Skids – Galley Slave
Business blogging is exploding this year, but content ideas are always in short supply. Small businesses can benefit from blogging, but ideas may be even more difficult to come by, especially in small towns. There was a good article this week from Marketing Profs with “Five Surefire Content Ideas (When Your Blog Is Drawing Blanks)” (http://www.marketingprofs.com/6/kranz9.asp). Here’s the intro:
If you’re like me (and many others building a business), you may have created a Web log to communicate more intimately and more frequently with your audience. It’s supposed to be easy. After all, the technology is simple, the style casual and the content brief.
But after the initial wave of enthusiasm, you may find it increasingly difficult to generate ideas for the blog that began with so many thoughts—and so many posts—just a few months ago. Worse, you might be guiding a boss or colleague who may not be a fluent writer, but is the appropriate representative whose voice must be present in the blogosphere.
This is free content, so definately check it out when you get a minute, and keep working on the content for your blog! For more insight into business blogging, I do recommend reading Naked Conversations. I was fortunate enough to be a galley reviewer, and you can read my review at http://www.rjdudley.com/blog/Review+Of+Naked+Conversations.aspx.
If you’re interested in adding a blog to your website, drop me a line through the contacts page and I’ll be glad to help you get started.
TiE PittsburghEvent:
Sales & Marketing Network: The Blog
Blogging and podcasting are revolutionizing the way companies interact and communicate with customers, suppliers, partners and employees. Learn how these new tools are impacting marketing and branding efforts as you hear from a panel of regional and national experts, including Microsoft’s Robert Scoble, Pepper Hamilton’s Jim Singer, Schwartz Communications’ John Moran, Pittsburgh Bloggers co-founder Mike Woycheck and moderator John Soat, Producer of InformationWeek’s The News Show. Note: Pre-registration is required. Please bring valid photo identification for security purposes.
Date: Thursday, January 19
Time: 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Venue: One Mellon Center, Third Floor Conference Room
Cost: $25 for Council and TiE Pittsburgh members, $35 for non-members
RSVP: Online, Council Events or 412.918.4229
Scoble first announced this a while ago, but the Tech Council’s newsletter just came out today. Blogfest 5 will happen the night before, and Scoble’s an scheduled guest. Nothing’s guaranteed with weather at this time of year, but I look forward to the event!
Now playing: Electric Light Orchestra – Do Ya