Silverlight and SEO

2010-01-09T23:25:00.000-08:00

A couple of SEO principles -
1. the tag should contain the most important information about your site <br />2. the most significant content should stay in the beginning of the page (after the <body> tag) <br />3. all image tags () should define the alt tag – this is the only way for the search engine to understand what an image ‘says’ <br /> <br />seo-browser.com - See your website like a Search Engine sees it. <br /> <br />Silverlight and SEO articles - <br />http://www.silverlightshow.net/items/Silverlight-SEO.aspx <br />http://silverlight.net/learn/whitepapers/seo-for-silverlight/ <br />SilverlightSEO.com - a site created to test SEO and Silverlight <br />http://blogs.msdn.com/synergist/archive/2007/10/03/simple-silverlight-seo-with-asp-net-and-xslt.aspx <br /> <br /> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>Blend</h1> <p>2010-01-09T03:38:00.001-08:00</p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7k9SDV_JQG8/S0hrIJBYy1I/AAAAAAAAAv0/ZSvjZSxSZeY/s1600-h/Blend.jpg"></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>Blend - Brushes Tool Space</h1> <p>2010-01-09T03:27:00.000-08:00</p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7k9SDV_JQG8/S0hriNvZqrI/AAAAAAAAAv8/efXbp0Erslo/s1600-h/Blend_Brushes.jpg"></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>http://www.photohowto.info/</h1> <p>2010-01-07T01:57:00.001-08:00</p> http://www.photohowto.info/<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>The New Iteration</h1> <p>2009-12-23T02:31:00.000-08:00</p> http://windowsclient.net/wpf/white-papers/thenewiteration.aspx<br />How XAML Transforms the Collaboration Between Designers and Developers in Windows Presentation Foundation<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>Economics, MBA</h1> <p>2009-12-11T23:28:00.000-08:00</p> <a href="http://www.worldwidelearn.com/online-education-guide/social-science/economics-major.htm">http://www.worldwidelearn.com/online-education-guide/social-science/economics-major.htm</a><br /><br />MBA principles laid out succinctly - <a href="http://www.quickmba.com/">http://www.quickmba.com/</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>Job desc.</h1> <p>2009-10-16T00:32:00.001-07:00</p> The System<br />Trader Workstation is purely a user interface project written in C#. We use .Net 3.5 Windows Forms.<br /><br />One of the key aims of the Trader Workstation is that independent development teams can develop user interface components and plug them in easily. They should also be able to release them independently (i.e. without changing any of the rest of the code). To this end the core underlying framework is based on Microsoft¿s Composite Application Block/Smart Client Software Factory (CAB/SCSF).<br />We have continuous builds running from our SVN repository, all code is covered by unit tests written using NUnit.<br />The Team<br />This role is part of the core user interface team for the Trader Workstation as described above. The core team¿s primary focus will be the build of the underlying user interface framework, which includes such things as:<br />- Core user interface support (shell, menus, configuration etc.)<br />- Server-side connectivity support<br />- Base functionality for modelling trades in the client<br />- Base functionality for trade management and pricing screens<br />- Incorporation of risk management and reporting capability into Trader Workstation<br />- Support for client-side market data display and manipulation<br />Key Responsibilities<br />The ideal candidate will not necessarily have worked in investment banking before, but must know C# extremely well and be eager to learn about the credit domain.<br />The job will involve core development of the Trader Workstation user interface functionality described above. Initially this will focus on completion of the build of the underlying framework and core components for bond and CDS trading.<br /><br />This job is a rare opportunity for a candidate with no or limited banking experience to work as part of a small high-quality team developing a Front Office Trading and Risk Management user interface using the latest technologies. This is thus an opportunity to learn how strategic trading systems are built at a large organization, as well as about industry best development practices. <br />It will also provide an excellent chance to learn about trading businesses in general and specifically the credit business. The role will involve exposure to and ad-hoc training on a wide variety of credit instruments. Candidates with a strong appetite for learning about the credit domain will be preferred.<br />Knowledge/Experience: <br />Banking experience is NOT essential<br />Skills:<br />- Excellent knowledge of C# gained in a professional environment.<br />- Understanding of associated concepts (object oriented programming, design patterns, dependency injection)<br />- Exposure to Windows Forms development<br />- Ideally some knowledge of the Composite Application Block (CAB) and/or Spring.Net, but this is not essential.<br /><br />Qualifications:<br />Strong academic record, ideally with a good degree<br />Competencies:<br />Good communicator, able to work collaboratively. The job will involve extensive interaction and collaboration with other development teams working on the various components of the project.<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>Project idea</h1> <p>2009-10-07T21:46:00.000-07:00</p> Text-Speech web service - that takes a text file or string, and returns mp3 file<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>SpicesOfIndia.com</h1> <p>2009-10-06T00:27:00.000-07:00</p> Sites for delivering sweets to India - check their UI design and flow -<br /><br />SpicesOfIndia.com<br />Us2Guntur.com<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>2tion.com</h1> <p>2009-10-01T10:31:00.001-07:00</p> 2tion.com - Tutions website - see a demo to find out how students and tutors are interacting<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>FiveDads.com</h1> <p>2009-09-18T11:24:00.001-07:00</p> FiveDads.com allows dads to read to their children remotely... (Find out what technology they are using)<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>PDF doc password protection</h1> <p>2009-09-05T09:24:00.000-07:00</p> How to make a PDF document password protected ?<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>MBA Options</h1> <p>2009-08-26T01:36:00.000-07:00</p> Port and Shipping MBA<br /><a href="http://getahead.rediff.com/report/2009/jun/02/mba-in-shipping.htm">http://getahead.rediff.com/report/2009/jun/02/mba-in-shipping.htm</a><br /><br /><br />Media and Entertainment MBA<br /><a href="http://getahead.rediff.com/report/2009/jun/01/two-year-mba-in-media-and-entertainment.htm">http://getahead.rediff.com/report/2009/jun/01/two-year-mba-in-media-and-entertainment.htm</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>Nice C# Tutorial</h1> <p>2009-08-19T19:50:00.001-07:00</p> http://www.java2s.com/Tutorial/CSharp/CatalogCSharp.htm<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>Project idea - Video resumes site</h1> <p>2009-07-06T15:14:00.000-07:00</p> Fundamentals<br />------------<br />Use Wowza as backend.<br />Will have to code Flash front end. <br />Audio recording only - this could be better than having video. Have to debate this.<br />Where is Silverlight in this space?<br /><br />Details<br />-------<br />Give job-seekers the option to discard a recording, expire a recording, etc.<br />Probably allow them to record several clips and allow them to be combined into one file. <br />Video on left side, each project details on the right side. <br />Scroll through the resume ?<br />Allow employers to ask follow up questions and allow candidates to reply to those questions.<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>Paying Income Tax in India</h1> <p>2009-06-10T08:09:00.001-07:00</p> http://www.rediff.com/business/report/2009/jun/10/perfin-pay-your-income-tax-if-you-are-returning-to-india.htm<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>DynamicDrive.com - UI site</h1> <p>2009-06-09T07:55:00.000-07:00</p> http://dynamicdrive.com/<br /><br />This is a great website that offers plenty of free code and examples of menus, calendars, dynamic affects, text animations, and much more. <br /><br />Glossy Horizontal Menu is a example that is used in Vince Varallo's ASP.NEt book<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>Microsoft's videos</h1> <p>2009-06-08T10:15:00.001-07:00</p> http://windowsclient.net/learn/<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>To Learn - Axum (Microsft's programming language to build parallel apps)</h1> <p>2009-06-08T09:59:00.000-07:00</p> Building Parallel Applications using Axum<br /><br />http://blogs.msdn.com/somasegar/archive/2009/05/08/building-parallel-applications-using-axum.aspx<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>To Read - Developer's guide to preparing for Windows 7</h1> <p>2009-06-08T09:54:00.000-07:00</p> http://blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/2009/05/06/a-developer-s-guide-to-preparing-for-windows-7.aspx<br /><br />Would like to find out if Win32 API will still be required for programming with Windows 7<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>Reqs that I have to understand</h1> <p>2009-06-02T08:57:00.000-07:00</p> Technical Skill Requirements:<br />1. Specific Spring.Net experiences: <br />* CODING C# & XML FOR SPRING. NET<br />* Spring.NET Configuration File <br />* <span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Configure WCF services using dependency injection </span></span><br />* <span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Spring.NET Container Architecture and Inversion of Control </span></span><br />* Agile, domain-driven design techniques with Spring .NET <br />* Effective ADO.NET data access <br />* <span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Pragmatic AOP </span></span><br />* Unit testing in isolation. Rapid system integration testing <br />* <span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Apply AOP advice to WCF services </span></span><br />* Integration with MSMQ and ActiveMQ<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>Amazon streaming jobs</h1> <p>2009-05-29T09:10:00.000-07:00</p> <span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Software Development Engineer - CloudFront</span></span><br /><br />Amazon Web Services is looking for a software engineer to join our CloudFront content distribution team. Our projects include massively scaleable distributed systems that provide inexpensive, reliable, global distribution. This is an opportunity to join a world class team that is at the forefront of creating the next major computing platform. As a member of the AWS team you will help create a system that will set the pattern for a generation to come.<br /> <br />You should be somebody who enjoys working on systems software, is customer-centric, and feels strongly not only about building good software but also about running that software in the real world. You must enjoy a close-knit team environment of shared responsibility. The ideal candidate will have strong distributed systems and web services design and implementation experience. You should have a thorough understanding of Internet protocols including proprietary streaming protocols such as RTMP/RTMPE as well as HTTP, DNS, and TCP and experience implementing servers using Java in a Linux/Unix environment.<br /> <br />You should have done at least one of:<br /> <br />Designed and built a network of streaming media or progressive download servers.<br />Designed and built high throughput caching systems, cache coherency algorithms, or eventually consistent systems.<br />Designed and built globally scalable DNS request routing.<br /><br />5-10 years of software development experience<br /> Experience developing software in a UNIX/Linux environment <br />Expert experience with Flash Media Server or similar streaming server<br />Expert OO programming skills in Java or C++ <br />BS in computer science or or equivalent, MS or PhD preferred <br />Excellent communication and analytic skills<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Software Development Engineer, Consumer Apps, IMDb</span></span><br /><br />IMDb is looking for top-notch programmers to join our superstar engineering team, chartered with one of the biggest websites on the planet.<br /> <br />We build cool features used by millions of site visitors every day, keeping them stuck to the site like glue. We are investing heavily in streaming video and in internationalization.<br /> <br />We seek enthusiastic, creative problem solvers, because boy does IMDb have problems to solve: deep data sets, increasing scale, and increasing expectations for site visitors who insist that their data be fresh, relevant, accurate, and easily updated in real-time. These challenges and a strong cup of coffee get you up on Monday morning.<br /><br />Bachelors degree in computer science OR at least 5 years industry programming experience.<br />Expert level skills in at least one mainstream programming language (C, C++, Java, Perl).<br />Experience with developing software for Unix/Linux.<br />Experience with relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle).<br />Ability to move fluidly between different programming paradigms, catering the solution to the problem at hand.<br />Willingness to work on a fantastic team of talented and experienced engineers who are experts in everything from security to meta-programming to distributed computing.<br />Willingness to have your work rigorously reviewed by your colleagues, and to rigorously review their work in return.<br /><br />Bonus Qualifications: <br />Experience with streaming video, video-on-demand, flash-based video transcoding.<br />Experience with software localization, especially Unicode/UTF-8.<br />Experience developing high-traffic, high-throughput, distributed real-time services.<br />Experience with presentation-layer technologies: web templating (specifically Mason), JavaScript, JSON, Ajax, CSS, DHTML.<br />Experience with OO Perl programming.<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>RAM - performance bottleneck? Check 'PagesOutput/Sec'</h1> <p>2009-05-27T19:46:00.000-07:00</p> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555223<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Memory, Pages Output/Sec</span> - this shows how many virtual memory pages were written to the pagefile to free RAM page frames for other purposes each second.<br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">This is the best counter to monitor if you suspect that paging is your performance bottleneck.</span> Even if Committed Bytes is greater than the installed RAM, if Pages Output/sec is low or zero most of the time, there is not a significant performance problem from not enough RAM.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Memory, Available MBytes</span> - this measures how much RAM is available to satisfy demands for virtual memory (either new allocations, or for restoring a page from the pagefile).<br /> When RAM is in short supply (e.g. Committed Bytes is greater than installed RAM), the operating system will attempt to keep a certain fraction of installed RAM available for immediate use by copying virtual memory pages that are not in active use to the pagefile. For this reason, this counter will not go to zero and is <span style="font-weight:bold;">not necessarily a good indication of whether your system is short of RAM</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>Reqs</h1> <p>2009-05-27T07:19:00.000-07:00</p> Required Skills: <br />Senior Application Analysts using PowerBuilder Client/server and Web Based Visual Studio.Net environments <br />Must have 5 years progressively more responsible PowerBuilder experience, including dynamic data windows, data stores, object oriented, work on foundation class library members <br />Must have 5 years progressively more responsible Web based experience with dynamic database driven web sites, including development use of Visual Studio, use of JavaScript, use of C#, use of ASP.Net, and AJAX experience <br />Must have at least 2 years experience using <span style="font-weight:bold;">CLSA (Component based Logical and Scalable Architecture) Framework</span> to build .net applications <br />Must have 5 years Oracle RDBMS (V 9i or 10g required), <span style="font-weight:bold;">SQL tuning, PL/SQL development skills</span>, including the development of stored procedures <br />Must have <span style="font-weight:bold;">Telerik control</span> experience to develop ASP.Net application <br />Must have 3 years <span style="font-weight:bold;">Data Modeling experience </span><br />Must have 3 years Analysis and Design experience <br />Must have <span style="font-weight:bold;">Jad/Rad methodology experience</span> <br />Must have experience with <span style="font-weight:bold;">large-scale enterprise level system</span> work with State Automated Child Welfare Information System (SACWIS).<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>ASP.Net developer - Enterprise reqs</h1> <p>2009-05-27T07:08:00.000-07:00</p> 6+ years of solid experience in developing n-tier applications (business objects, console exe for middle-tier processing as well as web app) with Microsoft .Net technology (C#, ASP.NET, AJAX, HTML, Web Services, CSS, XML, XSD, XSLT, Javascript, VBScript, SourceSafe etc.). <br />Solid understanding of <span style="font-weight:bold;">Object Oriented concepts </span><br />Practical, hands-on experience with C# implementation of <span style="font-weight:bold;">common design patterns</span> <br />Fully understand impact as well as implication of <span style="font-weight:bold;">Test-Driven Development with NUnit</span> on the quality of application <br />Familiar with <span style="font-weight:bold;">common application blocks</span> within <span style="font-weight:bold;">Microsoft Enterprise Library 3.1</span> <br />Experience in designing and implementing core components and developing reusable .Net assemblies <br />Strong experience applying <span style="font-weight:bold;">software patterns in a Microsoft environment</span> if necessary <br />Experience identifying existing <span style="font-weight:bold;">patterns </span>within an application and designing a common solution <br />Experience with Visual Studio 2005 and .Net 2.0 <br />Experience in <span style="font-weight:bold;">Microsoft SQL Reporting Services 2000 – creation of reports (rdls)</span> <br />Experience with <span style="font-weight:bold;">Infragistics NetAdvantage 2006 Web Controls</span> <br />Solid understanding of mid-scale database (SYBASE ASE 12.0, SQLServer 2000/2005) and experience with writing SQL’s, stored procedures and debugging stored procedures<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>SSRS</h1> <p>2009-05-20T21:43:00.001-07:00</p> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Quick SSRS tutorial - </span><br />http://alexduggleby.com/2008/07/18/sql-server-reporting-services-2008-tutorial-in-5-minutes-or-how-to-send-my-boss-a-report-from-a-view-quickly/<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Report Viewer control - </span><br />http://www.gotreportviewer.com/<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>.Net Architect reqs - Texas position (Shell)</h1> <p>2009-05-19T07:17:00.001-07:00</p> The below reqs focus on performance, scalability, geography, how to push out the client etc.<br /><br />Skills: <br /><br />Technical skills needed for custom coding include: C#, ASP.net, MS Biz-Talk, XSLT suite. Knowledge of Informatica <br /><br />Full Description: <br /><br />Design & develop the interface from a selected-for-purchase software to the external applications <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Verify the technical architecture is sound</span> (i.e <span style="font-weight:bold;">scalability</span>, fit with Shell technology standards, will scripting be required to push out client to users, should we host on Citrix, configuration of our internal environment dev/test/staging, etc.) <br />This resource will be a contributor for the development of a Solution and take direction from a lead with Infrastructure expertise. <br />The challenges on this project are <br />how do we architect the solution to get the <span style="font-weight:bold;">appropriate performance in all geographies </span><br />are there special consideration associated with the <span style="font-weight:bold;">global nature of the app</span> that need to be incorporated into the solution.<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>Spring.Net</h1> <p>2009-05-18T09:11:00.000-07:00</p> Spring.NET is an <span style="font-weight:bold;">open source application framework </span>that makes <span style="font-weight:bold;">building enterprise .NET applications</span> easier. Providing <span style="font-weight:bold;">components based on proven design patterns </span>that can be integrated into all tiers of your application architecture, Spring helps increase <span style="font-weight:bold;">development productivity</span> and improve <span style="font-weight:bold;">application quality </span>and <span style="font-weight:bold;">performance</span>. <br /><br />http://www.springframework.net/<br /><br><div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>Training/Teaching jobs</h1> <p>2009-05-15T09:03:00.000-07:00</p> NJ-North Brunswick-Senior, Architect-projectleads/Architects/Trai<br />dot net,vb,asp.net,c#,biztalk<br />Location : North Brunswick, NJ<br />Domain : Financial,Pharmaceuticals,Manufacturing,Retail,Dot Com,Government,IT/Software,Insurance,Telecom,HealthCare<br />Experience Level : Senior,Architect<br />Pay Rate : Market<br />Duration : 3 Months<br /><br />Hi we are a 11 plus year old company convienently located in north brunswick new jersey , minutes away from park and ride and new brunswick station.. We are looking for people who can train in the above mentioned skills,, plus anyother area any kind of software or hardware trainers wellcome , so we can train people online and in our training centers , all are wellcome to apply you can be on green card , ead, US citizen H1b or Tn . <br /><br />This is an oppurtunity to make money with us we shall provide all the infrastructure if you have the necessary skills . call us today or mail us. on or call me on<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Contact Details </span> <br />Paul S Sayal <br />Findskills Inc, North Brunswick, NJ <br />Ph(W) : +1-732-398-3987<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>Silverlight developer reqs -</h1> <p>2009-05-15T08:54:00.001-07:00</p> Technical Skills & Knowledge: <br /><br />Strong web application development experience <br />Strong SilverLight 2.0/3.0 RIA development experience <br />SilverLight in a commercial environment for Internet (not intranet) application. <br />Performance critical application development with a 3-tier, high-availability, high-volume, distributed architecture <br />.NET 3.5 and Strong C# <br />WCF REST based web service development <br />Experience with various third-party components (e.g. Infragistics,DevExpress, Telerik) - Silverlight specific <br />Strong OO design skills <br />knowledge of the CLR and FCL. <br />Strong backend sql server 2005/2008 T-SQL programming<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>Sr Content Management & Search Architect</h1> <p>2009-05-15T01:02:00.000-07:00</p> <span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />Qualifications<br />Required<br /><br />Content Management</span>: (at least 2 products required)<br />* EMC Documentum<br />* Interwoven TeamSite<br />* Oracle Universal Content Manager<br />* Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">EnterpriseSearch</span>: (at least one product)<br />* Google Enterprise Search Appliance<br />* Autonomy IDOL Server<br />* Microsoft Enterprise Search Server<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Portal</span> (at least one product)<br />* Oracle/BEA WebLogic Portal 9.x/10.x<br />* SAP Enterprise Portal 7.0<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">e-Discovery </span>(at least one product)<br />* Symantec Enterprise Vault<br />* ZyIMAGE eDiscovery and Production<br />* Autonomy ZANTAZ<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>Social Networking update</h1> <p>2009-04-28T12:34:00.001-07:00</p> http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2009/04/will_facebook_p.html?chan=top+news_top+news+index+-+temp_technology<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>Ecommerce 2.0 book & WPF position desc.</h1> <p>2009-04-28T12:08:00.001-07:00</p> http://issuu.com/imano_ltd/docs/ecommerce2?mode=embed&documentId=081208131222-716ae87037ad44db85b25bddb22070e6&layout=grey<br /><br />Imano is a digital marketing company based in London and Mumbai. Found it though a job posting for a WPF developer. <br /><br />Job Description<br />The ideal candidate would be having minimum 1 year of hands on coding experience with WPF and would be coding extensively on a WPF project from scratch to finish under tight deadlines. The project involves coding on the Microsoft surface sdk with 3d animations and multi touch detection. Please make sure you have solid WPF experience before applying for this job as we expect the candidate to take the project from start to finish on his own under tight deadlines.<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>http://www.kaashyap.com</h1> <p>2009-04-28T10:32:00.001-07:00</p> http://www.kaashyap.com - Microsoft Surface training and jobs<br /><br><div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>Silverlight controls - FULL LIST</h1> <p>2009-04-23T13:43:00.001-07:00</p> http://mtaulty.com/CommunityServer/blogs/mike_taultys_blog/archive/2009/02/03/silverlight-wpf-control-browser.aspx<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>Version Control - for Visual Studio.Net</h1> <p>2009-04-04T12:52:00.001-07:00</p> <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/97704/what-to-use-for-version-control-with-visual-studio-2008-for-inhouse-projects">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/97704/what-to-use-for-version-control-with-visual-studio-2008-for-inhouse-projects</a><br><br><div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>Example Requirements for Lead Video Architect</h1> <p>2009-03-24T12:22:00.001-07:00</p> Lead Video Architect<br /><br />About the Job<br />WorldNow, a New York based technology and sales company, provides a comprehensive suite of online revenue solutions to over 452 local broadcasters, newspapers and cable providers. WorldNow enables media companies to build new businesses on the Internet through five core products including a proprietary streaming video solution, Web site publishing platform, online automotive classifieds, local ad sales, and a national advertising consortium. Current WorldNow customers include Cox, Dispatch, Fisher, Gray, Lin Television, Local TV, LLC, Media General, Raycom Media, Tribune, and Young. To learn more about our company please visit www.worldnow.com.<br /><br />We specialize in building cutting edge online video technology, and are seeking a seasoned Lead Video Architect with a proven track record of creating complex, high-quality enterprise software in a rapidly changing environment.<br /><br />The role of the Lead Video Architect is to provide leadership for the development and delivery of the successful software product. You will play a vital role in designing, enhancing, advancing, and implementing our product, as well as managing multiple projects, and working with other team members on accomplishing goals and objectives. You will also need to be comfortable with staying hands-on in development from time-to-time.<br /><br />The candidate should demonstrate expertise of the various aspects of web-based video applications (both front- and back-end), Web 2.0 technologies, OO development and testing, and agile project management. You will work closely with Product/Project Management and other Engineering teams located here and abroad, and should have the ability to communicate effectively with all levels within the company, understand the full development life cycle and the ability to oversee projects.<br /><br />Role & Responsibilities:<br /><br />· Lead the technical and architectural aspects of our products to ensure consistency, quality and architectural integrity<br />· Lead and mentor the engineering team in the design and development of new product features, providing architectural leadership and guidance to reduce schedule<br />· Mentor and guide the development team in the adoption and use of best practices and design patterns<br />· Work with product management and engineering staff to solidify technical and infrastructure requirements, track milestones related to technical infrastructure and manage issues and risks<br />· Create high quality deliverables, including technical product specification, design documents, UML diagrams, and in some cases, supporting training and documentation<br />· Write, present, and review engineering materials including architecture, design, and functional specifications<br />· Review existing software architecture and identify areas for improvement in the areas of scalability, maintainability, and performance<br />· Design and implement key technical components (such as search, integration, workflow, UI), frameworks, interfaces, and services to be used by a broad range of applications<br />· Participate in sales-related meetings with clients, potential clients, or investors to help articulate our technology vision and proposed solutions on occasion<br />· Travel as required<br /><br />Requirements<br /><br />• 5+ years hands-on experience with Microsoft, Adobe, and Flex technologies, specifically: ASP.Net development, C#, Flash Authoring/ActionScript/Streaming, Flex, JavaScript, XML, REST, Web Services, DHTML, Windows Media, and other streaming technologies<br />• 3+ years experience functioning in a lead technical role on large software development projects<br />• Experience developing software using a formal and structured agile development methodology<br />• Collaborative development in a geographically diverse team environment<br />• Formal testing / software quality assurance experience, including hierarchical test cycle (unit test / application test / system test / user-acceptance test)<br />• Iterative approach to development, using short development cycles and frequent builds<br />• Understanding of browser compatibility issues<br />• Strong time management and estimation abilities<br />• Self-motivated and detail-oriented with excellent analytical abilities<br />• Excellent communication skills: You must be understood by all others and understand communication from team members from a diverse geographic distribution whose primary working language is fluent English. Excellent English written skills and grammar are more important than verbal fluency<br />• Flexible thinking: You must have shown the ability to translate complex problem-solving skills from one domain to another, with demonstrated problem-solving skills in a complex multimedia problem area (audio, video, transport) a must<br />• Experience with Ad serving systems such as DoubleClick and 24/7 a plus<br />• Experience with reporting systems such as Omniture, WebTrends, and HBX a plus<br />• 4-year degree, Bachelors in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field a plus<br /><br />Please send your resume with cover letter, including salary expectations, to LVAcvs08@worldnow.com<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>lynda.com</h1> <p>2009-03-21T11:58:00.001-07:00</p> Has video tutorials for $25/month.<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>Example - Financial .Net developer requirements</h1> <p>2009-03-20T10:11:00.000-07:00</p> Job Description <br /><br />Description <br />The candidate will be heavily involved in the development and Testing of our strategic securities lending trading platform. <br />This is a complex undertaking as we are developing a global trading platform covering trade capture and lifecycle management, books and records management, reporting, settlement and decision support. There are a lot of challenges here: utilising the technologies effectively, liaising with and understanding the business needs and working with and influencing other IT and business teams whose input is required. <br />The candidate will have at least 5 years experience in development of financial applications and should have a good background in equity and fixed income products and ideally good knowledge of the securities lending business (although this is not essential). <br />From a technology perspective, the candidate should have at least 5 years experience in developing multi-tier, multi-threaded database applications. The most recent experience should be in C# and Sybase development. <br />The successful candidate will not only be able to demonstrate mastery of the technology, but also show a strong understanding of the wider scope of applications they have been working on. <br />The candidate will be required work closely with the development teams and business in all regions throughout the lifecycle of projects to ensure that the requirements are being correctly interpreted. <br />The role will involve a lot of interaction with the business and with other teams throughout the organisation. The candidate should therefore be a skilled communicator of ideas, have good influencing skills and be able to translate often-imprecise business ideas into concrete deliverables. <br />The candidate will need to work closely with teams in India and London; therefore there may be requirement to occasionally work outside of regional office hours to assist in communication. <br />At least 5 years industry experience out of which 3 years experience in application development in finance industry. <br />Strong experience in Data modelling <br />Experience in development of winform and webform multi-tier, multi-threaded database applications most recently using C#, SQL Server and/or Sybase <br />Strong analytical skills: ability to understand and critique specifications, confident to push back on unclear requirements. <br />The candidate should have good understanding of OO and n-tier development techniques.<br />Experience of supporting end users preferably within a trading environment.<br />Project lifecycle experience: delivery on at least 2 large-scale, highly complex projects.<br />Experience with working with a global team.<br />Ideally, the successful candidate will also have had experience working in the Investment Banking arena. They should have a good background in equity and fixed income products and good knowledge of the securities lending business in particular.<br /><br />Qualifications<br />Essential Skills<br />Sybase (3yrs+) ? TSQL, Performance Tuning<br />MS.Net/C#(4yrs+)<br />OO Design concepts<br />Financial Markets knowledge<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>Example - Telecom .Net developer requirements</h1> <p>2009-03-20T09:42:00.000-07:00</p> C# Developer with NHibernate and Telecom exp Back to search <br /><br />Duration: 6-9 Months<br /><br />Loc: Dallas <br />Local Candidates Preferred. Immediate Interview.<br /><br />Must have NHibernate and Ordering and Billing Exp along with Telecom.<br /><br />Must Haves: <br />.NET 2.0<br />ASP.NET<br />C#<br />NHibernate<br />SQL/Oracle DB<br />Nunit (or similar)<br />OO Programming<br />Web Services (creating/using)<br /><br />Nice to Have:<br />Creativity<br />WCSF<br />Infragistics<br />AJAX<br />Threading<br /><br />Experience Level: 5+ Years<br /><br />Location: Dallas TX<br /><br />Duration: 6 - 9 months<br /><br />Pay Rate: $50 -$55<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>Examples - ASP.Net Web Developer Requirements in March 2009</h1> <p>2009-03-19T07:26:00.000-07:00</p> (1)<br />Responsibilities The Web Developer is an important position and a key post in the Marketing Department. More than 80% of our marketing leads come from the website which serves as our primary marketing & communications vehicle for all company products and services. <br />Primarily the Web Developer is a major stakeholder and plays an instrumental role in: <br />· The overall customer experience <br />· Campaigns supporting product launches<br />· End to End Architecture of the website, domestic & international <br />· Website functionality and user experience<br /><br />The Web Developer will report to the Director of Web Services, and will be an integral part of the Web team to manage the online business model. The Web Deveoper will need to stay abreast of industry-wide changes in user experience, information architecture, interface design and related new tools and technologies. <br />The Web Developer will contribute to the creative strategy for marketing campaigns, ensuring the concepts effectively translate into web content. Leverage user-centered design principles to create high-quality user experiences and introduce creative solutions to meet user needs.<br /><br />ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: <br />1. Manage new functionality and changes to our domestic and international web sites. <br />2. Participate in the creation of sites maps, concept diagrams, user profiles, user scenarios, wireframes, content matrices, flow diagrams, prototypes, functional requirements documentation and other deliverables representing recommended solutions. <br />3. Collaborate with the marketing team to plan and conduct usability testing and other user experience validation exercises. <br />4. Understand business and user requirements, as well as technical considerations to identify key factors to be considered for the layout, organization and hierarchy of complex customer focused web sites and product releases. <br />5. Help design and develop complex but easy-to-use user interface interactivity, including reusable and complex visual components <br />6. Work with internal and external production teams, freelance design teams, agencies and research <br />7. Research current and future trends in interaction design applied to both web and physical world. <br /> <br />Requirements QUALIFICATIONS: <br />· 5-7 years of experience developing C# ASP.NET web applications and websites <br />· Thorough understanding of cross-browser and platform compatibility issues. <br />· Strong knowledge of web standards and CSS-driven layouts <br />· Applied knowledge and skills with end to end architecture and integration with databases and web services.<br />· Experience creating multilingual websites<br />· Web metrics integration (Omniture or Webtrends) <br />· Understanding of programming issues related to search engine optimization<br />· Team-oriented, cross-functional player; a strategic thinker as well as one who executes <br />· Ability to manage multiple projects, negotiate work flow, and handle tight deadline <br />· Working understanding of SEO principles and how they apply to web design and content creation <br />· BS Degree in Engineering or Computer Science<br /><br />TECHNICAL SKILLS:<br />C# ASP.NET, CSS, JavaScript, HTML/DHTML, SOAP, XML/XSLT<br />SQL Server 2000/2005 database integration<br /><br />(2) <br />Sr. Developer - Our client is seeking a Senior Developer for their New Providence, NJ location. Must have advanced knowledge and extensive experience with .Net2 architecture, C# development, and Web 2.0 technologies. Must have experience working on high volume, dynamic internet applications. A creative mind, experience with design and implementation of social networking functionality. <br /><br />The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience coding in .Net (2.0), ASP.net, web forms, ADP.net, User controls, C#, OOPS, themes and master pages, HTTP handlers. Experience working on Oracle/SQL server database interactions using Data Adapters, Data reader and Dataset.<br /><br />ASP.net, Web 2.0, XML/XSL, JavaScript, CSS, ADO.net<br /><br />Experience Level:<br />5+ Years<br /><br />Requirements:<br />Hands on experience coding in .net (2.0), asp.net, web forms<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>Software companies in Vizag</h1> <p>2009-02-25T16:06:00.000-08:00</p> http://vizagsoftwaredevelopers.blogspot.com/2008/03/list-of-software-companies-in-vizag.html<br /><br />Soft Script Solutions Pvt Ltd: http://www.softscripts.net/contact.php<br /><br />Gems Techno Solutions India Pvt Ltd<br /><br />WebToGo Mobiles Internet GmbH: http://www.webtogo.de/uk/page.asp?p=50<br /><br />Net Savant: http://www.netsavant.org/Contactus/contactus.html<br /><br />NuNet Dwarakanagar(vizag): http://www.nunet-tech.com/inside/gc.html<br /><br />OpenLogix Lawsons Bay Colony (Vizag): http://www.open-logix.com/Company/Contact.html<br /><br />Miracle Software Lawson's Bay Colony (vizag): http://w3.miraclesoft.com/msws/msoft/about/global_locations/india.html<br /><br />suchinfotech : http://www.suchinfotech.com/Quality.html<br /><br />M/s. Essemm Information Technologies (P) Ltd Duvvada (vizag): http://www.essemm.com/contact-us.htm<br /><br />M/s. Net Decisions, U.K.: http://www.netdecisions.com/<br /><br />M/s. Pyxis Technology Solutions (P) Ltd. VSEZ (Vizag): http://www.pyxistechsol.com/contactus_locations.htm<br /><br />M/s. Cambridge Systems (India) Pvt. Ltd. VSEZ (Vizag): http://www.camsysind.com/Contact.html?FrameLoad=25<br /><br />M/s. Phoenix IT Solutions Ltd. VSEZ (Vizag): http://www.phoenix.co.in/docs/contact_us.htm<br /><br />M/s. Extreme IT Solutions VSEZ (Vizag) : <br />http://www.extremeit.net/magnoliaPublic/extremeit/contactus.html<br /><br />M/s. Xinthe Technologies Pvt. Limited VSEZ (Vizag): <br />http://www.xinthe.com/Xinthe_offices.aspx<br /><br />Eprosoft seethammapeta bazaar (vizag) : www.eprosoft.com [vizag address is not mentioned in website]<br /><br />Mahathi (Vizag) : http://www.mahathi.in/contactus.html<br /><br />Gayan Solutions : some where near Indore stadium, maddilapalem<br /><br />Wintel Software PVT. LTD., DWARAKANAGAR, VIZAG<br /><br />ACN Infotech, Siripuram, (vizag) : http://www.acninfotech.com/v2/cont_contact.htm<br /><br />symbiosys , Siripuram ( vizag) : http://symbiosystech.com/contact.html<br /><br />visinfotech , Siripuram (vizag) :http://visinfotech.com/VIS/files/careers.html<br /><br />Computer Terminus Limited : http://ctindia.net/about_CTL.htm<br /><br /><br />(II) http://www.weblogixesolutions.com/contactus.php<br /><br />http://www.symbiosystech.com/contact.html<br /><br />http://www.manuhsolutions.com/ <br />- consulting firm based in US, offshore office in Madhuranagar, Vizag<br /><br />http://www.vigiboss.com<br />- consulting fimr based in US, offshore office in MVP Colony<br /><br />http://www.zdnetasia.com/techjobs/ has postings also<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>Good economics article and comments</h1> <p>2009-02-18T19:24:00.000-08:00</p> http://solari.com/blog/?p=2058<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>Video tutorials for FMS development</h1> <p>2009-01-23T07:43:00.000-08:00</p> http://fmsguru.com/tutorials.cfm<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>AIR for BatchEncoder</h1> <p>2009-01-22T13:12:00.001-08:00</p> AIR for BatchEncoder<br />--------------------<br /><br />http://ajaxian.com/archives/the-pros-and-cons-of-adobe-air<br />Cons:<br />Database access limited to SQLite or web services<br />No way to external applications - to maintain cross-platform compatibility<br /><br />If we cannot call external applications, then we cannot call mencoder<br /><br /><br />Multithreading in FLEX<br />-----------------------<br />http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui/2008/01/threads_in_actionscript_3.html<br />http://blog.barncar.com/?p=10<br />http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/communityengine/index.cfm?event=showdetails&productId=2&postId=12026<br /><br />Using AIR to launch other applications<br />--------------------------------------<br />http://www.jeffryhouser.com/index.cfm/2008/4/22/Using-AIR-to-launch-other-applications<br />Synopsis - launch the exe as URL using URLRequest and let the OS launch the correct application ( for .doc, OS will launch MS Word etc)<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>Economics Books to read</h1> <p>2009-01-19T18:37:00.001-08:00</p> Against Intellectual Property<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>Economics - Dollar, Mandrake Mechanism</h1> <p>2009-01-19T16:31:00.000-08:00</p> http://goldismoney.info/forums/showthread.php?t=3993<br />Above link talks about Mandrake Mechanism.<br /><br />http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/01/25/1828046.php<br />Above link is an interview with the authors of the book The World is Flat? (a critique on The World Is Flat)<br /><br /><b>From a Amazon Forum - has good 'further reading' references - </b><br />What goes up must ultimately go down and the further up it goes, the further down it must go. Right now, we are living on a bubble of debt backed by a currency based on debt, created out of thin air (Google "The Mandrake Mechanism" for the facts on how our currency is created by the Federal Reserve) and redeebable in nothing. (Go to http://www.edwinvieira.com/ and select the "What is a Dollar?" link for a description of the value of our currency in a pdf format. Very revealing description of the facts few Americans are aware of regarding the specific value of the dollar as determined under the Constitution by the first Congress)<br /><br />Alexander Hamilton the First Secretary of the Treasury stated: "There is scarcely any point, in the economy of national affairs, of greater moment than the uniform preservation of the intrinsic value of the money unit. On this the security and steady value of property essentially depend."<br /><br />Our current monetary unit has no redeemable value. It is simply a non-redeemable fiat piece of paper that can only be exchanged as legal tender for all debts public and private. The problem is since it has no intrinsic value, it derives its value from the willingness of others to accept it. However, as the number of Federal Reserve Notes in circulation increases, their value goes down as value does with anything with exchange value. <br /><br />Obama's stimulus plan will utimately drive the value of the Federal Reserve Note further down in value since there will be more FRN's in circulation with no real increase in actual wealth. Our manufacturing has been steadily declining due to NAFTA, CAFTA and outsourcing of manufacturing to foreign nations. Thus, we are not producing wealth but rather consuming it. To pump more money into an economy floating on debt is simply to add to the source of the problem not correct it. If one is deeply in debt, the first thing one must do is stop spending. Our nation is no different.<br /><br />We have gone from the worlds largest producer of goods just after WWII to the world's greatest debtor nation. The only thing holding this house of cards built upon a bubble of debt together is the reluctance of trading partners to cash in the debt they are holding such as China, Japan and the Arab Nations. Once they lose confidence on the bogus, non-redeemable FRN's and start cashing them in, the debt bubble bursts in full and the crash you say will never come will come with a vengeance that could potentially dwarf the Great Depression.<br /><br />The dollar has been reduced to a political abstraction that contains no fixed amount of intrinsic value. Consequently, it can be reduced in value infinitely and it has been. Obama's policies such as piling yet more debt on top of debt as in the "stimulus plan" and cabinet selections like Timothy Geithner, President of the NY Federal Reserve, will ultimately hasten the inevitable correction to an economy built on debt and fluff.<br /><br />The crash will come of that you can be assured. It is only a matter of when and how long it will last. The higher the debt level that is built up, the deeper will be the correction and the longer it will last. (Read "Crash Proof" by Peter Schiff for some additional facts and preservation ideas. Visit Ron Paul's site for some reality on our current political and monetary system. visit the the Ludwig Von Mises Institute website for some common sense economics at http://mises.org/. You also may want to check out "America's Great Depression" by Murray Rothbard which is most likely available from Amazon.com, mises.org or dowloadable on scribd.com or "Web of Debt" by Brown as well.)<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>new streaming developments - Microsoft, Akamai, Adaptive Streaming, OpenVideoPlayer etc</h1> <p>2009-01-13T12:11:00.000-08:00</p> http://www.akamai.com/smoothhd<br />http://www.openvideoplayer.com/<br />http://stackoverflow.com/questions/397411/whats-the-best-solution-to-create-a-streaming-video-website<br /><br />IIS will do Adaptive Streaming - depending on bandwidth, the quality will vary for users.<br /><br />A similar architecture, but used to distribute mainly sound is the Conversations Network. They leverage Amazon S3 and EC2. The whole architecture is documented. Have a look at the interview of Doug Kaye. This project is also documented on Amazon's case studies. You dont have to use Amazon, but the concepts outlined in those articles can be reused in other projects.<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>Dictionary of finance terms (to understand financial articles)</h1> <p>2008-12-31T10:44:00.001-08:00</p> www.small-business-dictionary.org<br />www.investopedia.com<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>Tutorials - Linux drivers, Perl etc</h1> <p>2008-12-29T10:35:00.001-08:00</p> http://www.vijaymukhi.com/<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>Discussion of ports and services on Windows</h1> <p>2008-12-29T09:41:00.000-08:00</p> http://www.hsc.fr/ressources/breves/min_srv_res_win.en.html<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>WPF and BackgroundWorker</h1> <p>2008-12-28T17:54:00.001-08:00</p> Code from http://pavanpodila.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!9C9E888164859398!246.entry :<br /><br />namespace WindowsApplication1<br />{<br /> /// <summary><br /> /// Interaction logic for Window1.xaml<br /> /// </summary><br /><br /> public partial class Window1 : System.Windows.Window<br /> {<br /> private BackgroundWorker _worker;<br /> public Window1()<br /> {<br /> InitializeComponent();<br /> }<br /><br /> private void StartWorker(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)<br /> {<br /> _worker = new BackgroundWorker();<br /> _worker.WorkerReportsProgress = true;<br /> _worker.WorkerSupportsCancellation = true;<br /><br /> _worker.DoWork += delegate(object s, DoWorkEventArgs args)<br /> {<br /> BackgroundWorker worker = s as BackgroundWorker;<br /> for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)<br /> {<br /> if (worker.CancellationPending)<br /> {<br /> args.Cancel = true;<br /> return;<br /> }<br /><br /> Thread.Sleep(1000);<br /> worker.ReportProgress(i + 1);<br /> }<br /> };<br /><br /> _worker.ProgressChanged += delegate(object s, ProgressChangedEventArgs args)<br /> {<br /> _progressBar.Value = args.ProgressPercentage;<br /> };<br /><br /> _worker.RunWorkerCompleted += delegate(object s, RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs args)<br /> {<br /> _btnStart.IsEnabled = true;<br /> _btnCancel.IsEnabled = false;<br /> _progressBar.Value = 0;<br /> };<br /><br /> _worker.RunWorkerAsync();<br /> _btnStart.IsEnabled = false;<br /> _btnCancel.IsEnabled = true;<br /> }<br /><br /> private void CancelWorker(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)<br /> {<br /> _worker.CancelAsync();<br /> }<br /><br /> }<br />}<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>FLV Streaming using IIS and HTTP handler</h1> <p>2008-12-26T10:06:00.000-08:00</p> ASP.NET 2.0<br />http://blogs.ugidotnet.org/kfra/archive/2006/10/04/50003.aspx<br /><br />ASP.NET 1.1<br />http://blogs.ugidotnet.org/kfra/archive/2006/11/26/57225.aspx<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>Flash file - parsing for metadata, generating a preview</h1> <p>2008-12-25T19:10:00.000-08:00</p> Generating a Preview using PHP -<br /><a href = http://flashvideo.damnfinecoffee.eu/flv_preview/ target=blank>http://flashvideo.damnfinecoffee.eu/flv_preview</a><br /><br />Reading a Flv's metadata using C# - <br />http://johndyer.name/post/2005/08/23/Flash-FLV-meta-reader-in-NET-(C).aspx<br /><br />Streaming FLV using PHP<br />http://www.flashcomguru.com/index.cfm/2005/11/2/Streaming-flv-video-via-PHP-take-two<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>Search Strategy - improving upon 'google.com for everything' strategy</h1> <p>2008-12-24T10:20:00.000-08:00</p> http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Strategies.html<br /><br />Above link describes a search strategy that we should use when we want to search for a certain topic on the net.<br /><br />The step that I found most useful - 'picking the right starting place'. The different starting places are - <br />Search Engines, Subject Directories, Specialized Databases, Experts<br /><br /><b>Search Engines</b> - good for searching 'distinctive phrases'; e.g. - <b>www.google.com</b><br /><br /><b>Subject Directories</b> - good for 'overview on a topic', understanding the broader concepts etc; e.g. - <b>directory.google.com, dir.yahoo.com</b><br /><br /><b>Specialized Databases</b> - good for facts, statistics of a topic<br /><br /><b>Expert</b> (Society,organization,author,discussion group,blog) - good for everything<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>Smaller HD space = faster?</h1> <p>2008-12-24T10:05:00.000-08:00</p> http://www.computing.net/answers/hardware/smaller-hd-space-faster/51684.html<br /><br />Above link has a good discussion about the topic. One of the suggestions - a large hard disk (300GB etc) should use 3 partitions at least - a small one (20GB or so) for OS, a 2nd one for Programs , 3rd one for storage.<br /><br />"IMO, you should have a minimum of 3...a relatively small one for the OS, one for programs & one for storage. If the 300GB HDD is setup as one huge partition, of course it's gonna take longer to run maintenance utilities. <br /><br />http://partition.radified.com/"<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>Understanding XP performance</h1> <p>2008-12-24T09:59:00.000-08:00</p> The below forum post is from a user asking about PF usage in XP.<br />http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-xp/reducing-pf-usage/169167.html<br /><br />One of the replies to the post contains the below links to understand performance related topics -<br /><br />http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;555223<br />RAM, Virtual Memory, Pagefile and all that stuff<br /><br />http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310419&Product=winxp<br />Computer Speed and Performance May Decrease<br />When you open, then close programs, programs may not free up RAM memory. That is called<br />"Memory Leak". Restarting computer will clear out its RAM memory.<br /><br />http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308417<br />HOWTO: Set Performance Options in Windows XP<br /><br />http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314482<br />How to Configure Paging Files for Optimization and Recovery in Windows XP<br /><br />http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314834&Product=winxp<br />How to Clear the Windows Paging File at Shutdown<br /><br />http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307886<br />How To Move the Paging File in Windows XP<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>An engineer from IIT, now a farmer</h1> <p>2008-12-23T14:29:00.000-08:00</p> http://specials.rediff.com/money/2008/dec/23slide1-an-engineer-from-iit-now-a-farmer.htm<br /><br />Madhavan, a mechanical engineer who garduated from IIT Madras worked for ONGC for 9 years, saved enough money to buy 6 acres of land and started farming on that land. He started making a profit only after 4 years partly because of the time it took him to get the required know-how. He says it took him 4 years in the 90s to get the know-how but can do the same in 6 months now given the current communication and information facilities. He has a net <i> annual </i> income of 50,000 from 1 acre. He is trying to make improvements so that that figure will become 100,000 from 1 acre. He currently has 10 acres of land and comes into the small-farms category. He mentions the lack of tools for small farmers. <br />If more food is produced per acre, the cost per acre will go down, reducing the cost per every meal, which he says is very high today in India, when compared to the US.<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>Vertical farming</h1> <p>2008-12-23T14:17:00.000-08:00</p> http://science.howstuffworks.com/conservation-issues/vertical-farming.htm<br /><br />Summary - idea is to do farming in buildings in urban areas. This could be the future of farming as most of the world's population is moving to urban areas and arable land decreasing in percentage. Since farming is carried out indoors, conditions can be controlled. <br /><br />"Dr. Despommier believes that 150 30-story farms could feed all of New York City. Elegantly designed, these vertical farms would be carefully placed around a city or clustered together in a nearby development (in the case of New York City, possibly on Governor's Island). They would remain unobtrusive, or even pleasant to the eye."<br /><br />Article has pointers to more information as well.<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>Rinku and Dinesh - Baseball pitchers for Pittsburgh Pirates</h1> <p>2008-12-23T14:14:00.000-08:00</p> http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/video/videopage?videoId=3785319&categoryId=3286128&n8pe6c=2<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>Bollywood - Online business (Vivah - was released online and in theatres on the same day!)</h1> <p>2008-12-23T12:54:00.000-08:00</p> The below Time article talks about the new option of releasing Bollywood movies online at the same time as the theatres. Vivah was released like that and it made $4.5 million dollars which was almost a quarter of the movie's entire earnings.<br /><br />http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1713342,00.html<br /><br />http://www.Rajshri.com<br />http://www.erosentertainment.com/<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>Outside.In - a hyper-local news service</h1> <p>2008-12-22T13:59:00.000-08:00</p> http://broadcastengineering.com/news/outside-in-attempts-1222/<br /><br />Outside.in started as a service that aggregated local bloggers who cover topics that a town's citizens are passionate about. <br /><br />The service can tell advertisers where a reader is and affirm that they are reading about their neighborhood. <br /><br />"Outside.In helps small publishers find an audience and aides larger publishers in finding local stories. By serving up all this local content, it hopes to help advertisers target the reader on precise streets. The service can tell advertisers where a reader is and affirm that they are reading about their neighborhood. That means an ad for a bookstore that is 50ft from the reader will be more useful for the advertiser and the reader."<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>Glossary for Broadcasting/Webcasting technology</h1> <p>2008-12-22T13:35:00.000-08:00</p> http://broadcastengineering.com/glossary/<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>64 bit encoding</h1> <p>2008-12-22T10:10:00.000-08:00</p> http://digitalcontentproducer.com/affordablehd/newsletter/cs4_64bit_1208/index.html?imw=Y<br /><br />The author of the above article found that CS4 on 64 bit machines - Windows and Apple (since they can work with a larger RAM) outperformed CS4 on a 32 bit Windows machine significantly in terms of speed when CS4 was used to convert AVHCD.<br /><br />AVCHD (Audio and Video Compression for High Definition) is a high-definition and standard-definition recording format for use in digital tapeless camcorders.<br /><br />32 bit Windows (eight core, 2.83GHz HP xw6600, 3GB RAM) - 68 mins<br />64 bit Apple OS X 10.5.5 (3.2GHz, 8GB RAM) - 11 mins<br />64 bit Windows (eigt 3.33GHz cores, HP xw8600, 16GB RAM)- 8.5 mins<br /><br />In fact, Adobe recommends (from Adobe's reply to the author) to use 64 bit machines with CS4. Its new architecture splits up the application into separate executables. Each executable has to be 32 bit to maintain compatibility with 32 bit machines and hence can access upto 4 GB RAM only. But, since the application consists of separate executables, the combined RAM that is available for the app is more than 4 GB. And compatibility with 32 bit machines has also been achieved.<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>Apple Compressor 3</h1> <p>2008-12-22T09:41:00.000-08:00</p> Apple Compressor 3<br /><br />Uses Optical Flow analysis and Dynamic Upsampling techniques (analyze motion of pixels from frame to frame and create new frames for the output clip) - superior to Frame Blending technique used by other technologies<br /><br />Features - <br />Batch processing<br />SD,HD, Mpeg2, H264, VC1, WMV, GXF, FLV<br />Prepare video content especially for Apple TV, Ipod, DVD, Mobile Phones<br />Can leverage multiple MACs on the network to distribute encoding tasks using QMaster (that is available with every copy of Final Cut Studio)<br />Metadata and support for closed captioning<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>Portable Live Encoders - TouchStream (Digital Rapids), GoStream (Viewcast), Tricaster</h1> <p>2008-12-22T08:22:00.001-08:00</p> 1. Portable live encoder that is operated using a touch screen<br /><br />http://www.digital-rapids.com/Products/IndividualProducts/TouchStream.aspx<br /><br />YouTube video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBmiLQhT33A&feature=related<br /><br />2. GoStream <br />Very good review at - <br />http://digitalcontentproducer.com/videoencodvd/revfeat/viewcast_niagara_gostream/<br /><br />Can use IPod or Zune as input device<br />No support for SDI, Component vide at the time of review in 2007<br /><br />3. Tricaster<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>3 monitors on a Windows XP machine</h1> <p>2008-12-21T16:55:00.000-08:00</p> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/northrup_multimon.mspx<br />http://daggle.com/060223-231233.html<br /><br />Excerpts from the above links -<br /><br />What is MaxiVista?<br />MaxiVista turns any networked computer into an external monitor. MaxiVista's only hardware requirement is that the two computers must connect to each other across a network, so it's perfect if you can't add an extra video adapter. I have a network adapter for my old laptop, so I connected it to my network and installed the free MaxiVista demo. It worked and my laptop's desktop was immediately spread across three displays, as shown in Figure 1.<br /><br /><b>Manage Multiple Monitors with Ultramon</b><br />There's a downside to using multiple displays—it's hard to keep track of your windows. Arranging windows on each of the different displays requires dragging and dropping, which takes as long as switching between windows with the taskbar. The Windows XP General newsgroup has many questions from people with similar complaints, and everyone gets the same answer: Ultramon.<br /><br />Ultramon makes it easier to work with multiple displays by adding a taskbar to each monitor, adding a button to the title bar of every window that you can use to move it to a different monitor, and letting you quickly switch between different monitor configurations. I configured Ultramon so that pressing F4 moves a window one display to the right and pressing F3 moves it one display to the left, as shown in Figure 2.<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>2 mouse , 2 pointers, 1 computer</h1> <p>2008-12-21T14:23:00.000-08:00</p> http://www.experts-exchange.com/Hardware/Misc/Q_21306997.html<br /><br />Excerpt from one of the posts from Experts-Exchange - <br /><br />1st download: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/cpnmouse/cpnmouse-driver-binary-1.0.1.zip?download<br />2nd download: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/cpnmouse/cpnmouse-ordinary-binary-0.1.0.zip?download<br /><br />Unpack etc...<br /><br />Then go to your hardware manager: Update driver for each of your mouses connected. Use the supplied driver from cpnmouse-driver-binary.<br />During installation choose the kind of your mousetyp: serial, PS/2, USB respectivly.<br /><br />If at least 2 mouses are supported, you are in the game. Now start the exe from cpnmouse-ordinary-binary. It will find all mices that are using that special driver. Now a red cursorblock appears, that can be directed with 1 mouse. The ordinary mouse cursor remains. <br />That's it. Good Luck with your hardware. If just one mouse is supported you can still see that red cursor block, but it is not that much fun.<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>Dressing properly in winter</h1> <p>2008-12-21T12:10:00.000-08:00</p> http://www.weather.com/activities/recreation/outdoors/extreme/layerintro.html?from=tenday_trigger<br /><br />Layer 1: Wicking<br />Layer 2: Insulation<br />Layer 3: The Shell<br />Use a Hat, Get Good Gloves, Protect Your Feet<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>Top 10 Survival Items</h1> <p>2008-12-21T11:17:00.000-08:00</p> http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/10-survival-tools10.htm<br /><br />Map and Compass<br />Fire-starter<br />First Aid Kit<br />Mirror<br />Flares<br />Survival Knife (Rambo)<br />Multi-tools (Swiss Army Knife)<br />Snake-bite kit<br />Water treatment - water filters etc<br />Machete<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>Dec 21, 2008 - Pan IIT 2008 , Rural development, Agriculture</h1> <p>2008-12-21T08:59:00.000-08:00</p> Learn about farming here - http://42explore.com/farming.htm<br />www.agriculture.com<br /><br />Pan-IIT 2008 at IIT-Madras in Chennai :<br /><br />Surprisingly, of the six themes -- Research (leveraging research and technology in rural development), Entrepreneurship (enabling and launching a million entrepreneurs), Infrastructure (opportunities & problems in India), Education (transforming education for a better tomorrow), Innovation (innovation & entrepreneurship), the theme that has attracted the maximum number of people was Rural Transformation!<br /><br />An IIT-M alumnus, R Madhavan is a farmer today. He spoke of his successful Padapai Farms and why he chose to be a farmer and not an engineer. <br />http://www.youtube.com/user/Madhavan65<br /><br />The man who won the heart of all listeners was Popatrao Pawar, a village sarpanch from Ahmednagar district in Maharashtra. In eight years, Popatrao transformed his village of 180 families with his many projects which include the successful 'pani panchayat'. Today, the World Bank has included a visit to this village as a must for its staff.<br /><br />Website - <br />http://www.paniit2008.org/<br /><br />YouTube videos of Rural Development presentations -<br />http://paniit2008.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=298&Itemid=152<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> <article> <h1>Green Sahara!</h1> <p>2008-08-14T15:11:00.001-07:00</p> http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-sahara15-2008aug15,0,3774647.story?page=1<br /><br />Sahara was green for a while - between 12000 and 8000 years ago..<br />This was because, a wobble in the earth's orbit made the rains in Africa move north for some time.<div class="blogger-post-footer"></div> </article> </main></body></html>

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