Last week, I spotted a really nice blog post from Mike Oryszak which showed how to update an item without a form by using jQuery to post changes using the SharePoint Lists Web Service. It got me thinking about a lot of things that you might do to make SharePoint feel more “Web 2.0”. By…
There’s a great article by Nicholson Baker in the August 3rd issue of The New Yorker about his experience trying to like the Kindle entitled A New Page: Can the Kindle really improve on the book? It’s a well thought out, interesting read. One of the things that made it especially interesting to me is…
Those of us who use Windows computers are well used to the nearly constant security updates required to keep our software and hardware safe. Our Apple friends are less used to it; the smaller install base (and perception of a more magnanimous corporate attitude) keeps the hackers focused on other things. However, today Apple made…
…is other technologists. My good friend Scott Feier sent me a link to this comic at Smashing Magazine today, which ostensibly explains the future of XHTML. Do you ever want to find the bright bulbs on these standards committees and give them what-for? It’s no wonder my Mom will never really understand computers and people…
Anyone who follows my blog or knows me professionally knows that I love working with the Data View Web Part (DVWP) in SharePoint. It’s the Swiss Army knife of Web Parts, it’s a dessert topping, it’s a floor wax. Yes, it even can help you graph your data. I’ve posted before about this technique for…