http://mattpenner.info All about Matt Penner - blog, work experience, project portfolio, skills, etc Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:44:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We had been using WebEx at my work to allow us to hold online meetings.  We are very small scale and only use it once or twice a month, but when we do it really comes in handy.  Once a month or so we have a user group meeting with ... http://mattpenner.info/2010/08/03/why-we-switched-from-webex-to-adobe-connect/ In today’s Internet world where everything is automatic and at the tip of my finger the need (and room) for personal service quickly disappears.  As a fast paced individual myself I actually lean more towards automated solutions.  Often I can find an answer, directions, a phone number, a solution on ... http://mattpenner.info/2010/08/03/praise-for-meeting-one-adobe-connect-vendor/ This was a fun article I just ran across at Business Week: http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2010/07/apple_donates_macpaint_source_code_to_computer_history_museum.html I used Mac Paint on the Mac Plus and I would definitely call it revolutionary.  Yes the Amiga, and several others, came out with competing or better products, however, for me in a new Mac ... http://mattpenner.info/2010/07/21/apple-releases-its-macpaint-source-code-to-the-computer-history-museum/ In every DBA’s career I think having to concatenate results happens at least a few times.  Probably more than we like to admit because we tend to live in table-land.  :)  However, there are those occasions, which are usually driven by some downstream requirement to format output.  Now, I know ... http://mattpenner.info/2010/06/01/a-great-resource-for-different-strategies-on-concatenating-sql-results/ I just saw this article: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/SFF-RAID-HDD,10319.html It’s an amazing feat by Will Urbina.  He has an amazing tool shop and knowledge on how to use them.  He custom built his own Small Form Factor case that holds 8 2TB drives for a total of 14 TB raided.  Pretty ... http://mattpenner.info/2010/05/04/were-all-still-kids-just-with-bigger-toys/ I’ve been using spell-check since the day it was available years ago on my first computer and word processor,  a Victor 9000 with Multimate.  This was back in 6th grade for me and later through my academic career.  I have great belief that my lack of ability to spell complex ... http://mattpenner.info/2010/04/30/spell-check-suggest-as-you-type-etc-are-we-efficient-or-just-lazy/ I am upgrading an older web app of ours as I referenced in my last blog post.  This was originally a straight html app with no dynamic content at all.  I created a .Net ASPX web app out of it and used LINQ to quickly and easily create a survey ... http://mattpenner.info/2010/04/23/building-a-net-3-5-web-app-on-windows-server-2000-with-only-net-2-0/ I’m adding some new features to an older ASP.Net Web Forms app we have.  Fortunately I can take advantage of .Net 3.5, though not MVC because it’s on a Windows 2000 server with IIS 5.  Anyway, this allows me to use LINQ, which has been incredible.  Creating the mapping and ... http://mattpenner.info/2010/04/22/resharper-destabilizing-my-runtime-huh/ Microsoft just released information regarding their new cloud management service for small organizations, Microsoft Intune.  you can read about it on their blog post here. It’s geared towards smaller companies that have between 25 and 2,500 PCs that may not be able to afford a standard IT infrastructure and ... http://mattpenner.info/2010/04/20/microsoft-intune-the-beginning-of-small-business-it-management-in-the-cloud/ I just read this article on Mashable: Google Cloud Print Reveals the Future of Printing   This could eventually be combined with Google maps and location-aware apps.  Then, if I am on my mobile device and I need to print a document quickly I can pull up ... http://mattpenner.info/2010/04/19/google-cloud-print-neat-idea/