Recently I found a nice article in ComputerWorld, mentioning the resume tip for Tech guys/gals.
Main tips from the article.
1. Drop the Details
2. Abolish your objective
3. Get your resume in search shape
4. Highlight the right certification.
5. Balance tech and business.
Have a look at the entire article, here.
For a long time, I’s thinking how Microsoft (MSFT) became a Software Giant.
Last day I got an article, captioned “5 Strategies Microsoft got Right”. I'm replicating the same. The original article can be find here.
A) Software is King
Microsoft was among the first companies to see software as the business, not just an add- on sale to hardware. It acted on that insight in a big way.
B) Outsource Your Sales Force
How did Microsoft grow so big so fast? In large part it was the company’s partner strategy. Today, more than 90% of Microsoft products are sold by somebody else. OEM partners such as HP sell most copies of Windows and large reseller partners such as CompuCom sell most copies of Microsoft’s enterprise software, including Exchange, SQL Server, and SharePoint. In fact, you’d have a difficult time trying to call Microsoft to order a product directly.
C) Developers, Developers, Developers!
More than any other software company, Microsoft courts developers, lavishing them with powerful tools, free training, and low-cost support. Visual Basic enabled a whole generation of developers to create custom line-of-business applications on top of Office. Now Visual Studio is the tool of choice for serious corporate developers. Microsoft has been rewarded for this generosity by a torrent of third-party applications and custom solutions that have made Windows indispensable on the corporate desktop. Robust developer support for products such as the Office suite and SQL Server has also helped Microsoft products to flourish where competitors once had the field to themselves.
D) Technology for the Masses
Microsoft has consistently figured out how to make powerful technologies once exclusive to big business—business intelligence, intranets, systems management—accessible to smaller IT shops at a fraction of the cost. In the process, Microsoft has created and captured new customers en masse.
E) The Long View
Microsoft has always taken the long view. It routinely invests billions of dollars in expansive ventures such as Xbox, MSN, and Dynamics with an eye to far-off opportunities and threats. Once engaged, it very rarely retreats. The company will sustain breathtaking losses to gain a foothold in a market (think of Xbox) and endure hits to its image to change a business model that isn’t working (think of MSN). Microsoft continually looks inward and studies how it can improve itself. But despite some long false starts and outright failures (LAN Manager, Windows Mobile, and WebTV), Microsoft has assembled the industry’s largest portfolio of enterprise and consumer software—the least of which generates revenue in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
Ok. Wait. If they are following strategies, there might be some lessons. What do they learned from these strategies ? What are they ? Lessons per strategies, as follows, respectively:
1) Question the rules. Change the game.
2) Create win-win partner situations to grow fast.
3) Don’t neglect your customers’ most important need: a better price.
4) Make it easy for partners to customize your product.
5) Business isn’t a sprint; it’s a marathon. Be persistent.
Recently, I saw a web-portal dedicated for Software-Giant, Microsoft – http://www.directionsonmicrosoft.com.
Take a look.What is Directions on Microsoft?
Directions on Microsoft is the only INDEPENDENT organization in the world devoted exclusively to tracking Microsoft. We've studied Microsoft since 1992. Nobody knows the company better.
Our team of Microsoft experts [analyst bios] provides clear, concise, and actionable analysis of shifts in Microsoft strategy, Microsoft product and technology roadmaps, delivery schedules, organizational changes, marketing initiatives, and licensing and other policies so you can quickly assess how they impact your business.
Thousands of companies worldwide—including corporate purchasers of Microsoft products, system integrators, software vendors, hardware manufacturers, network operators, venture capitalists, and financial analysts—trust Directions on Microsoft for accurate and unbiased Microsoft research and analysis to guide their strategic decisions
RSS Link :- http://www.rssmixer.com/mixes/10639-directions-on-microsoft.rss
All of a sudden, I got craze of RSS and googled for some fine articles. Though got some fine ones, I’s looking for some professional ones. Alas, I got one from MSDN, using the Repeater Control.
Ok! I’ll tell you how to implement. Just follow me.
Step 1: Create an ASP.NET website
Step 2: Add a page names, RSS.aspx.
Step 3: Now add a Repeater control to RSS.aspx.
Now, switch to the source-view of RSS.aspx and clear all the tags except <%@ Page%> tag.
RSS.aspx (source-view)
1: <%@ Page Language="C#" ContentType="text/xml" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="RSS.aspx.cs" Inherits="RSS" %>
2: 3: <asp:repeater ID="Repeater1" runat="server">
4: <HeaderTemplate>
5: <rss version="2.0">
6: <channel>
7: <title>ASP.NET News</title>
8: <link>http://www.aspnetnews.com/headlines/</link>
9: <description>This is the syndication feed foe aspnetnews.com</description>
10: </HeaderTemplate>
11: <ItemTemplate>
12: <item>
13: <title><%1: # FormatForXML(DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "title"))%></title>
14: <description><%1: # FormatForXML(DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Description"))%></description>
15: <link>http://www.aspnetnes.com/story.aspx?id=<%1: # DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "ArticleID")%></link>
16: <author><%1: # FormatForXML(DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Author"))%></author>
17: <pubDate><%1: # String.Format("{0:R}", DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "DatePublished"))%></pubDate>
18: </item>
19: </ItemTemplate>
20: <FooterTemplate>
21: </channel>
22: </rss>
23: </FooterTemplate>
24: </asp:repeater>
RSS.aspx (code-behind)
1: using System.Data.SqlClient;
2: 3: protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
4: {5: string provider = @"Integrated Security=SSPI;Persist Security Info=False;Initial Catalog=test;Data Source=.\sqlexpress";
6: string sql = "SELECT TOP 5 ArticleID, Title, Author, Description, DatePublished FROM Article ORDER BY DatePublished DESC";
7: 8: SqlConnection connection = new SqlConnection(provider);
9: SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand(sql, connection);
10: 11: connection.Open(); 12: 13: Repeater1.DataSource = command.ExecuteReader(); 14: Repeater1.DataBind(); 15: 16: connection.Close(); 17: } 18: 19: protected string FormatForXML(object input)
20: {21: string data = input.ToString();
22: data = data.Replace("&", "&");
23: data = data.Replace("\"", """);
24: data = data.Replace("'", "'");
25: data = data.Replace("<", "<");
26: data = data.Replace(">", ">;");
27: 28: return data;
29: }Table Structure
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Yesterday night, I got insane for an hour. Around 3:30am, I’s browsing internet. Suddenly, my net connection got disconnected. I reconnected it however. When I fire up my browser, what I saw was painful.
By browser loads a message mentioning- “Please wait while your request is being redirected”.
Woooh…!!!
I got afraid, every time when i load a website, I’s welcomed by that message. Also, the page is being redirected to a link as below: http://172.30.19.134:8080/ssssportal.war/exceedlimit.jsp
Today, when I load the link again, I’s pretty relieved. The link took me to the BSNL server, my ISP. And the error caused, because my usage exceeds 1 GB. Ya! a kind of protection mechanism. For past few months, BSNL was encountering several billing issues. Even I’ve have billing dispute thrice with BSNL. Its good that they are introducing certain mechanism to retain their customers.
At least for some time, I’s thinking whether my computer is being hacked by somebody.
Its simple. Just embed this meta tag. IE8 automatically loads the page in IE7 compatibility mode, without needing to switch it manually.
1: <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=7"
For a long time, I’s looking for creating RSS feeds using ASP.NET. I got a couple of examples after Googling. Everything was explained nice. But, it lacked something. None of them explained the basic syntax of RSS feeds. At last, I got the syntax from MSDN library.
Yap! I'm really a fool. Because, there’s a working example on MSDN. Still I didn’t searched MSDN initially. I’s wondering how Google made internet everyone’s biggest weakness.
Here is the syntax:
<rss version=”2.0”>
<channel>
<title>website’s name</title>
<link>website’s link</link>
<description>website description</description>
<item>
<title>news-item title</title>
<link>news-item link</link>
<description>news-item description</description>
<author>news-item author</author>
<pubDate>news-item published date</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
---
--- NEXT ITEM Details
---
</item>
</channel>
</rss>
After the release of IE8 beta 2, there were many articles posted in Internet, both praising and cursing the beta release.
In ZDNet, I saw an article about the beta release. What surprised me that, the very first comment is cursing the beta release. What he mentioned was as follows:
“Clik on the down-arrow of your vertical scroll-bar few times. Afterwards, click-and-hold the scroll-bar and move it up-down (vertically). This will give a distorted effect to the textbox(s) and the button(s), in the page”.
What he’s saying was right…!!!
Here’s the screenshot:
I agree with him. But, I approached this problem/bug in a different manner. After the release of IE7 and Vista, Redmondians are taking extra-care to make their product bug-free as possible. Then, how did this happened ?
The way I thought was right, there is a compatibility-view button. If you find the rendering of a page inaccurate, then you can click on that button, so that that particular page will be rendered in IE7 mode; thus fixing the bug. Also, all the pages from that domain will be rendered in IE7 mode.
I don't know, how many Linux fan-boys and Microsoft-haters enjoyed this bug; without knowing, Remondians are know as “The King of Softwares”
For last few months, I’s on the client-side for a project maintenance. Due to which I’ve extra privilege than the other employs in the company. The company norms wont allow us to set customized wallpapers and screensavers. But, I can bypass all the privilege, since I'm a guest for them.
My PC always have some variety of wallpapers and screensavers.
Last week, I set Microsoft’s courtesy wallpaper, captioned ‘Life without walls. When I reached office today, I’s surprised to see that most of them have changed their wallpapers to ‘Life without walls’. (I don't know, how company officials treat it).
Ha…Ha…Ha…
I really appreciate the magic and the logic behind the wallpaper. Keep it up, Redmondians.
Last week, I wrote about Windows Live Wave 3 beta review. However, you may get various error code, at time. Might during installation, or while using.
Recently I’ve gone through a Knowledge Base article from Microsoft, which has all the error code(s), along with their reason.
Read Knowledge Base Article.
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Im a Microsoft fan boy. I don't like Linux, I must say frankly. The main point I like in Windows is the ease of use and learn. Anyway, its my personal opinion and I don't want anyone to join/fight with me.
Recently, I find an article in ZDNet, titled as ‘10 difference between Windows and Linux’. It explain the top 10 difference between Windows and Linux.
Read it here.
Wow has started again with Windows Live Wave 3.
I like it the best. It’s the best windows Client from Microsoft ever. Ya! Im a Microsoft fan. But, it doesn't means that I’ll accept their every dull releases. I’s weird when I first used Vista Ultimate. I feel like, it’s the worst careless product from Microsoft. But, the giants solved it, as usual via Service Pack 1.
But, its time to speak about Windows Live Wave 3. Though its a beta release, I really like it on the first half an hour use itself. The most I liked among are; of course Windows Hotmail availability @ desktop itself. Because, I got some loading delay on IE8 Beta2; which I’s able to overcome easily. Also, it supports Yahoo! mail (plus only sadly) and Gmail.
Then comes, ability to support multiple weblogs including blogger and wordpress.
Oh! the best I like is it RSS Feed support. Because, I’s actually looking for a Desktop RSS Reader. Right now, I’s using NewzCrawler. Honestly, I’s not satisfied with Google Reader. I actually don't like the interface. Very sluggish. Also, they tried to make it just like Gmail. Its true that its fast and light-weight. I don't know how many of them cares about fast and light-weight services, when they are having a fast broadband connection. At least, I care about the look and feel, of a service which MS delivered to the world with maintaining Quality in all perspectives.
I’ve also installed Photo-Gallery and Movie Maker. But, didn't worked on it, since I'm am not a Media person.
I prefer daily ready-to-use services. WLW3 gave me a WOW in all perspectives.
Wait! I'm (and I’ll be) writing this blog from Live Writer.
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Below code segment protects secret.aspx from unauthorized uesrs. A '?' denotes anonymous/unauthorized users; whereas a '*' represents all user.
TransmitFile() method sends the file to the client without loading it to the application memory on the server. So, It is ideal to use for large files.
WriteFile() method loads the file being download to the server's memory before sending it to the client. It is ideal for small and medium size files.
Connection :
Bittorrent:
Queueing:
Go thru the video, and begin a perfect downloading.
Note: This is a video sample from Metacafe. You can find more related videos here
OR
Just type
shutdown -s
in your console screen or in your RUN window.
You'll get a warning that your PC will shutdown after 1 minute.
Note: This method may fail for first time (sometimes). If its failed, then restart the machine & try it again. It will work. Guranteed!
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