germanflores’s posterous

When kids grow up wanting to be you, you matter.

Microsoft's strategy, to win market share from Google, is not to compete on user experience. No. Microsoft's strategy is to advertise the heck out of the thing and hope people flock to the site.

Version control done wrong:

Version was code written onto a CD-R

Control was a person who got a full 60K Salary for monitoring a room with a bunch of file folders with different versions of the software. When you made a commit you burned a new CD and brought to Tim on the 5th Floor.

You can't make this stuff up.

This is going to add a new layer to web 2.0, great work from the folks at Google

"It doesn't hurt to ask"

Actually, it does hurt. It does hurt to ask the wrong way, to ask without preparation, to ask without permission. It hurts because you never get another chance to ask right.

I have to remind myself of this everyday, we miss so many opportunities because we don't ask. If you are going to ask make sure you know how reciprocation works: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influence_Science_and_Practice#Reciprocation

They relied on detailed personality assessments of 316 C.E.O.’s and measured their companies’ performances. They found that strong people skills correlate loosely or not at all with being a good C.E.O. Traits like being a good listener, a good team builder, an enthusiastic colleague, a great communicator do not seem to be very important when it comes to leading successful companies.

What mattered, it turned out, were execution and organizational skills. The traits that correlated most powerfully with success were attention to detail, persistence, efficiency, analytic thoroughness and the ability to work long hours.

Don’t expect anyone to change anything for you. Don’t wait for handouts. Instead, pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and work harder than ever to fulfill your own goals.

Have you ever wondered what the people picker control for Person Or Group column performs its check against?  Ever wonder what happens if you specify a SharePoint Group?  What about that search window that appears when you click on the address book icon?

More information that you ever wanted to know about the people picker. The red underline prompt that notes possible matches is a hidden feature for regular SharePoint users.

SharePoint is not a database!

Part of the problem is that business users designing lists are not familiar with basic database concepts - they just want to store their information.  Part of the problem is false advertising by consultants and/or Microsoft that SharePoint is a miracle platform that can do anything - it does some things well but replacing your SQL server or even Access database isn't one of them.