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  • Nordic Track Book Club Review: Future, Inc.

    Life is all about balance (so I'm told), which is why I'm following the review of a great book like Hot, Flat, and Crowded with one that in my opinion is not so great, Future, Inc.: How Businesses Can Anticipate and Profit from What's Next. The book was written to instruct business owners how to perform trend analysis to determine possible futures in their industry and how to communicate those changes to the organization. There are 10 reviews of the book on Amazon, nine 5-star reviews...
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  • Ya' sure u betcha - SQL Server 2008 can store more pie

        SQL Server 2008 can store more pie, really it can! Read More...
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  • CS Nuglet: Invalid Credentials and the Community Server REST API

    This is more of a REST thing than a Community Server issue, but I was testing a REST process on a client site and kept receiving an "Invalid Credentials" error. The REST process was working perfectly on two other Community Server sites, so I couldn't understand what the problem had to be, particularly since everything was configured correctly. Finally it dawned on me that the IIS site was set for NT Authentication rather than anonymous access. There's a lot about REST I don't...
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  • CS Nuglet: Check cs_exceptions on SiteUrls.config critical error

    I was sloppy when installing an add-on the other day on a client Community Server project. I installed this particular add-on a couple of times before and didn't feel like walking through the README.TXT. When I loaded the site I got this. Getting past the Community Server Critical Error Page has the potential of being time-consuming, but rather than analyze .config files or backtrack your steps consider checking the latest entries in the cs_exceptions table. Doing so in this instance quickly...
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  • Adding a CS2008.5 SDK picture to what Bill said

    Good introduction to the Community Server 2008.5 SDK from my friend Bill Bosacker. I mentioned in my last End of Week Community Server Riff that I upgraded to VS2008 specifically because of CS2008.5 compile issues in VS2005, so I can concur with everything Bill said here. Not a problem, of course. CS2008.5 was a good reason to finally upgrade. Like Bill pointed out, I thought it was interesting for the first time in Community Server SDK history to encounter code marked obsolete, an apparent reflection...
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  • Nordic Track Book Club Review: Hot, Flat, and Crowded

    If you know me at all through my blog you'll already know that I think Thomas Friedman's Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America is a very important work that every American and freedom-loving Capitalist should read. The main reason I think the book is so important can be summed up in this one point, the Green Revolution Friedman advocates is as much about economic growth as it is about Global Warming. As for my take on my Nordic Track experience...
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  • Home from Zambia

      Home - Open Smart Care Do you like to travel?  Why is that the case?  For me, despite the myriad ways to keep in touch virtually, there is just nothing like the feel of a particular place.  The look in a person's eye just doesn't translate well, even over a web cam.  It was the goal of my recent trip to build my relationship with the Zambian team working on developing and deploying SmartCare (an electronic medical record system being implemented throughout Zambia...
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  • Using a Configuration File with CS2008.5 Navigation Menus

    I'm upgrading some of my client sites to Community Server 2008.5, and have nothing but good things to say about the latest and greatest version of Community Server. I'm even feeling okay about navigating around in the Control Panel, and that's saying something. Speaking of a different type of navigation, I needed to change how Community Server 2008.5 handled the configuration of the navigation menus on a site upgrade this morning. Ben Tiedt's Dynamic Navigation add-on is now integrated...
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  • David Meerman Scott On ROI And Inbound Marketing

    Hat tip to the Twecosystem (again) for pointing me to this gem from David Meerman Scott speaking at the Inbound Marketing Summit earlier this month. He was asked "How do I make the case to start doing inbound marketing in my organization? Rightfully so, he takes a jab at some of the traditional ROI questions and compares them to real-world situations. “What’s the ROI of putting on your pants in the morning?” and “What’s the ROI of the army of Guatemalan landscapers now raking the bushes around...

  • Everyman Links for September 23, 2008

    Cause $20 Million ain't chump change. God Bless the USA! How wild is it that three guys throw their disparate apps into a pot and four years later are recognized with $20 million in funding by Intel Capital. While each of us may have different ideas of what constitutes true success in life, this funding is recognition of a phenomenal group of developers who have created an outstanding product. Wednesday Friedman. I'm closing in on finishing Thomas Friedman's Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why...
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  • Here's My Seesmic Video Bio

    georgedearing's video profile Technorati Tags: seesmic , vlog , video , microblogging , blogging , web+2.0 Read More...

  • 11 Reasons Why Community Server Evolution Matters

    Last week marked the release of Telligent's newest product , Community Server Evolution , a platform aimed squarely at the intranet and enterprise 2.0 markets. For those of you familiar with Telligent, you'll immediately recognize that Evolution's DNA stems from its bullet-proof big brother, Community Server . So right off the bat, that should allow you to check off all the boxes when it comes to the technology, as we've scaled Community Server for some of the largest social media...

  • Intel Capital to Acquire $20 Million Stake in Telligent

    CONTACTS: Amy Kircos Heather Clisby 480-552-8803 415-385-7448 amy.kircos@intel.com heather.clisby@bm.com Funding Gives Boost to Social Computing SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 23, 2008 – Intel Capital, Intel’s global investment organization, today announced an agreement to acquire a $20 million stake in Telligent Systems, makers of social computing solutions and business intelligence tools. Based in Dallas, Telligent will utilize the funds to expand its sales teams and territories, including growth in...
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  • Telligent Selected Winner of the 2008 Dallas 100 Entrepreneur Awards

    In its 18th year, the Dallas 100™ Awards, presented by the SMU Cox Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship, recognized the top 100 fastest-growing, privately held companies in the North Texas area. And Telligent made the list! In order to qualify for the Dallas 100™, a company must be an independent, privately held corporation, proprietorship or partnership (not a subsidiary of a parent company) as of May 1, 2008; be headquartered in the Dallas area; have had sales of more than $500,000 in fiscal 2005;...
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  • Dodged a Trojan Bullet...I hope

    Trend Micro PC-cillin came installed on my 2-year-old Dell XP laptop and I've been quite happy with it. I particularly like PC-cillin when it alerts me real-time to the presence of a trojan like it did earlier this evening. Had I stopped with deleting the file, if it weren't for Windows Defender I would have still been infected. The bad news is that Defender permitted the files to enter the system, the good news was that it gave me enough information to purge the bad stuff myself. I knew...
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  • In Social Networking Class with Amazon - Shared User Profiles

    Stephen Baker of BusinessWeek gave an interesting commentary on Friday's Marketplace podcast on the concept behind his book "The Numerati." Baker used a meeting with a search engine optimization expert as a starting point to describe how we now establish our relevance and ranking to machines, with the Numerati being those people who tell the machines what to look for. I was at Amazon reading reviews of the book when I noticed a social networking function I hadn't seen before. While...
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  • End of Week Community Server Riff for September 19, 2008

    Time for another End of Week Community Server Riff, boys and girls! The day job this week was filled with thrills and high-flying adventures. I already described the fun of sorting a UserList by points. As I said in the post, that was interesting because I got to spend quality time in Community Server source code. Yeah, I probably spent too much time there and should have done a Chameleon Control CodeGen with a single data provider call, then jump on the Nordic Track an hour early that day, but it's...
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  • In lieu of a Community Server UserList SortBy "Points" Property

    One of my Community Server projects is very User Points-centric. More of my clients are asking for integrated points-based functionality in their communities, and I am starting to see how a rich points API would add a lot of value to Community Server. I know there's been more work done on Points in CS2008.5 by the smart guys on the CS Core Team, and I'm looking forward to building cool features on it. But there's one small item still missing in Community Server CS2008.5 that would make...
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  • The power of functional style

    One of the most thrilling aspects of purchasing the 3G iPhone was seeing the size of the power adaptor.  Seriously, having been a Zune/Blackjack user for the last year, it was a relief to find out that the adaptor was lighter & smaller than the Read More......( read more ) Read More...
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  • Community Server 2008.5, Not Your Traditional Point Release

    If you thought Community Server 2008.1 had some cool features, you haven't seen nothin' yet. In the new 2008.5 release, not only did we make enhancements to the forums module but we were able to squeeze in Wikis, an entire new component to the Community Server platform. That being said, this is not your traditional point release . The demand was too high to let this one slip into Q1 2009. Before I dive into feature highlights, I would like to say thanks to all community members and Telligent...
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  • Someone is doing something bad with my email address

    The screenshot below shows some of the thousands of emails I received today, as someone has set my dbvt.com email address as the return address of a spam blast. This happened a couple of weeks ago as well, but it stopped so I had hoped it was a one-time deal. You sometimes forget there are assholes out there who wish to do you ill. If I learn anything from this or if there are any interesting developments I'll let you know. Read More...
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  • Community Server 2008.5, Not Your Traditional Point Release

    If you thought Community Server 2008.1 had some cool features, you haven't seen nothin' yet. In the new 2008.5 release, not only did we make enhancements to the forums module but we were able to squeeze in Wikis, an entire new component to the Read More......( read more ) Read More...
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  • Everyman Links for September 15, 2008

    Trying to get past "Escape from Suburbia." I haven't been moved as much by a film for a long time as I have by "Escape from Suburbia." Maybe it hit me so hard because Hot, Flat, and Crowded is currently on my Nordic Track reading rack, but for the first time I faced "Peak Oil" and all of its frightening implications. "Escape from Suburbia" shook things up, not with in-your-face sensationalism as you might be thinking, but with simple facts that are easily...
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  • Nordic Track Book Club Review: The Wellness Revolution

    The Wellness Revolution by Paul Pilzner is a light-weight read with a few interesting ideas to support the book's premise that we're on the verge of a huge focus on wellness. The full title is "The New Wellness Revolution: How to Make a Fortune in the Next Trillion Dollar Industry." I enjoyed the book, but not enough to consider giving up writing code for a living anytime soon to invest in the revolution. 2.5 out of 5 Nordic Track Stars. ----------------------------- p.4 The next...
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  • One way to skin a remote Community Server login cat

    One of the things I enjoy about Community Server freelancing is that you never know what your clients will want you to make Community Server do next. Today we needed Community Server to accept a login from another website. Community Server has for a long time supported various single sign-on solutions and shared membership scenarios, but these work when the CS site shares a domain, or more specifically, that domain's cookies. Our login form was on an altogether different site and domain. For...
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