Friday, January 27, 2012

Create a Outlook2010 view of only your meeting workspaces appointments.

  1. Open outlook and go to the calendar area.
  1. Select the ‘View’ tab in the top ribbon bar.
  1. Click the dropdown arrow on the 'change view button', select the 'Manage Views...'.
  1. Click ‘New’ and type a name for the view. e.g. ‘MyMeetingWorkspacesView’, hit the ‘OK’ button.
  1. Select ‘Filter’
  1. Go to the ‘Advanced’ tab, click on ‘Field’ dropdown button and select the ‘All Appointment fields’ dropdown list item. Finally select the ‘Meeting Workspace URL’ option.
  1. Check that the condition is set to ‘is not empty’ and press ‘OK’.
  1. And….. you’re done. :-) To use the newly created view just select it under the ‘Change View’ button on the ‘View’ ribbon tab.
  1. Now you will only see your meeting workspace meetings in your otherwise ‘clean’ appearing calendar.

 

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Microsoft All-In-One Code Framework

Microsoft VisualStudio Gallery
The Microsoft All-In-One Code Framework is a free, centralized code sample library provided by the Microsoft Community team. The goal is to provide typical code samples for all Microsoft development technologies. (WinForms, WPF, C++, library, WCF, Office, COM, VB.NET, ASP.NET, C#, mfc, Silverlight, vbasic, Win7, ect)


Codeplex Open Source Community
Hosts all versions of the Microsoft All-In-One Code Framework.


Visual Studio Extension
Even easier way to search, download and manage the code samples. The Sample Browser Visual Studio Extension integrates the Sample Browser with Visual Studio 2010. With this extension, you will be able to search and download samples from within your development environment!


Update (2012-08-27):
Developer Code Samples - http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/


Saturday, January 7, 2012

Collaboration, Professional Programmers

Collaboration:
Robert Martin - The Clean Coder A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers


Perhaps we didn’t get into programming to work with people. Tough luck for us. Programming is all about working with people. We need to work with our business, and we need to work with each other.


I know, I know. Wouldn’t it be great if they just shut us into a room with six massive screens, a T3 pipe, a parallel array of superfast processors, unlimited ram and disk, and a never-ending supply of diet cola and spicy corn chips? Alas, it is not to be. If we really want to spend our days programming, we are going to have to learn to talk to—people. #SoylentGreen


Update (2012/06/27):
How to Talk to Human Beings
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2012/06/how-to-talk-to-human-beings.html

Trust Me, I'm Lying
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2012/05/trust-me-im-lying.html

Life and How to Survive It
http://blazingcold.blogspot.com/2008/08/speech-by-adrian-tan-at-ntu-convocation.html#!/2008/08/speech-by-adrian-tan-at-ntu-convocation.html

Radical Honesty
http://www.esquire.com/print-this/honesty0707?page=all