richardb

SharePoint Online Update

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Posted by richardb on November 30, 2011 – 8:39 am
Filed under .NET, Productivity, SharePoint, Software Architecture

Microsoft has just released the first update to SharePoint Online and they have added a couple of features that really strengthens the “cloud” proposition to anyone trying to decide whether to keep their SharePoint farm local or go online.

Business Connectivity Services

BCS in SharePoint Online allows us to finally connect internal line of business systems to our SharePoint Online portal. It’s now possible to start generating meaningful dashboards, KPIs and even CRUD (Create, Read, Update Delete)  applications in SharePoint Online that can connect to your internal systems. Read More »

charlotteb

The Colour of Success

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Posted by charlotteb on November 7, 2011 – 11:35 am
Filed under Corporate Culture, Growth & Development

~The Colour of Success~

I think we can all agree that colour has an effect on humans as a whole. Certain colours can elicit emotions of Happiness, Sadness, Anger, and Lust/Love…..etc. Just think and I’m sure you can come up with at least 2 times colour had or continues to have an effect on your life.

But why does colour affect us so??? According to science, there are four psychological colours- red, blue, yellow and green. Each colour relates in some way to the body, the mind, the emotions and the essential balance between the three. Over all there are eleven basic colours:

RED~ Physical

Positive: Physical courage, strength, warmth, energy, basic survival, ‘fight or flight’, stimulation, masculinity, Excitement. Negative: Defiance, aggression, visual impact, strain.

BLUE~Intellectual

Positive: Intelligence, communication, trust, efficiency, serenity, duty, logic, coolness, reflection, calm. Negative: Coldness, aloofness, lack of emotion, unfriendliness.

YELLOW~Emotional

Positive: Optimism, confidence, self-esteem, extraversion, emotional strength, friendliness, creativity. Negative: Irrationality, fear, emotional fragility, depression, anxiety, suicide. Read More »

andrew

Intranets are useless. Intranets are strategic. #SharePoint

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Posted by andrew on October 27, 2011 – 11:56 am
Filed under Corporate Culture, SharePoint, Usability

 We have an Intranet?
 I don’t visit the Intranet very often, it’s rarely updated. I just use email.
 The Intranet doesn’t make my job more productive, so why bother?
 I typically can’t find what I’m looking for on our Intranet.
 I don’t know how to use the Intranet.
 Our Intranet is useless.

Sound familiar? If not, congratulations, you’re one of the few who may have got it right. The primary purpose of Intranets can be summed up in 5 words: “A vehicle for sharing knowledge”

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paulg

Wordless Wednesday

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Posted by paulg on October 26, 2011 – 6:11 am
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paulg

The 25 Smartest Things that Steve Jobs Said.

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Posted by paulg on October 24, 2011 – 9:26 pm
Filed under Corporate Culture, Developing Teams, Growth & Development

I found Morgan Housel’s splendid blog post on the Web. I took the liberty of excerpting his content below.

This is a quoting of the late Steve Jobs and 25 of his most compelling philosophies.

 

25. “Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me. Going to bed saying we’ve done something wonderful … that matters to me.”

24. “I read a study that measured the efficiency of locomotion for various species on the planet. The condor used the least energy to move a kilometer. Humans came in with a rather unimpressive showing about a third of the way down the list … That didn’t look so good, but then someone at Scientific American had the insight to test the efficiency of locomotion for a man on a bicycle. And a man on a bicycle blew the condor away. That’s what a computer is to me: the computer is the most remarkable tool that we’ve ever come up with. It’s the equivalent of a bicycle for our minds.”

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paulg

Devs Are Smart.

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Posted by paulg on October 23, 2011 – 4:08 pm
Filed under .NET

paulg

The Programming Life Cycle

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Posted by paulg on October 21, 2011 – 12:06 am
Filed under .NET

charlotteb

To be or not to be….Naked at work……

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Posted by charlotteb on October 20, 2011 – 10:55 am
Filed under Corporate Culture

There has always been major controversy about how businesses should conduct themselves amongst employees, clients, and the public. Society is constantly changing and manifesting what they consider to be acceptable business practices. And through these ever-changing opinions, we change our views on the types of companies we want to do business with. And one of the more forward thinking ideas is that a business strategy and structure should be transparent, or naked to the public.

 Transparency by definition means capable of transmitting light so that objects or images can be seen as if there were no intervening material. So fine in texture that it can be seen through. (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/transparent)

 This nakedness/transparency when applied to business allows the public, clients and potential clients to get a very clear understanding of the business they are choosing to partner with, employ or engage. If a business is transparent studies have begun to show that it increases productivity and enhances the ethical workplace culture. One Study by Deloitte in October 2008 published: Read More »

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