VB SIG http://blog.vbsig.com The VBSIG of the Tampa Bay Computer Society Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:58:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 en 30 Day Challenge continues http://blog.vbsig.com/30-day-challenge-continues/49.html http://blog.vbsig.com/30-day-challenge-continues/49.html#comments Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:08:01 +0000 admin http://blog.vbsig.com/30-day-challenge-continues/49.html I hope y’all are taking advantage of the Thirty Day Challenge hosted by Ed Dale.

 Even if you don’t “get it all”, you’re still going to learn a lot.

 I’ve compiled a list of links and added some to those found in the 30DC forums on a static page here Thirty Day Challenge Links (and more).

Also we recorded our Internet Development SIG meeting that was broadcast on Ustream.tv on August 12, 2008

A number of our meetings are broadcast live. You can view them here.

]]> http://blog.vbsig.com/30-day-challenge-continues/49.html/feed 30 Day Challenge Begins http://blog.vbsig.com/30-day-challenge-begins/45.html http://blog.vbsig.com/30-day-challenge-begins/45.html#comments Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:43:43 +0000 admin http://blog.vbsig.com/30-day-challenge-begins/45.html 30 day challenge

This years Thirty Day Challenge Started today, Aug 1 2008.

It’s not too late to get started! Read about the TDC.

Best of luck with your 30DC!

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]]> http://blog.vbsig.com/community-launch-visual-studio-2008/43.html/feed No January Meeting http://blog.vbsig.com/no-january-meeting/42.html http://blog.vbsig.com/no-january-meeting/42.html#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:39:46 +0000 admin http://blog.vbsig.com/no-january-meeting/42.html There’s no January meeting since it falls on January 1, 2008.

See you in February!

]]> http://blog.vbsig.com/no-january-meeting/42.html/feed More C# powerpoint slides http://blog.vbsig.com/more-c-powerpoint-slides/38.html http://blog.vbsig.com/more-c-powerpoint-slides/38.html#comments Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:29:00 +0000 admin http://blog.vbsig.com/more-c-powerpoint-slides/38.html Here’s more powerpoint slides from the SIG meetings.

Session 4 ppt Session 4

Sesion 5 pptSession 5

In December (4th, 7pm), we’ll do an all-skate on where we’re at with C#.

 We’ll try some real world samples, beating the heck out of some Classes and other review topics.

See you there.

]]> http://blog.vbsig.com/more-c-powerpoint-slides/38.html/feed It’s taken five years for Microsoft to try and help protect your IP http://blog.vbsig.com/its-taken-five-years-for-microsoft-to-try-and-help-protect-your-ip/37.html http://blog.vbsig.com/its-taken-five-years-for-microsoft-to-try-and-help-protect-your-ip/37.html#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2007 19:19:38 +0000 admin http://blog.vbsig.com/its-taken-five-years-for-microsoft-to-try-and-help-protect-your-ip/37.html Finally, Microsoft has announced a product to help protect you Intellectual Property (IP), not just theirs!

Read about Microsoft’s Code protection technology here.

It’s not your father’s obfuscation. It’s called Secure Virtual Machine (SVM), purportedly to be a one-way transformation.

If it’s really secure, then perhaps my customers may embrace the Dot Net platform, because up until now, obfuscation was insufficient to prevent reverse engineering.

Microsoft had supplied a lame version of an Obfuscator along with Visual Studio, but if you wanted the (almost) good stuff, you were out $1000 bucks per developer seat! That;s more then VS itself.

So it’s about time.  hope it’s for real. the DotNet platform has so much promise, protecting IP has been what’s stopping it’s adoption for commercial softer.

Now… we have to find out what the commercial version costs.  The free download is for evaluation only, it only will do three functions (boo hiss!) 

]]> http://blog.vbsig.com/its-taken-five-years-for-microsoft-to-try-and-help-protect-your-ip/37.html/feed ID SIG hosts Internet Business Roundtable Discussion http://blog.vbsig.com/id-sig-hosts-internet-business-roundtable-discussion/35.html http://blog.vbsig.com/id-sig-hosts-internet-business-roundtable-discussion/35.html#comments Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:32:13 +0000 admin http://blog.vbsig.com/id-sig-hosts-internet-business-roundtable-discussion/35.html Tuesday, September 11, 7PM the Internet Development SIG will be host to a Internet Business Roundtable Discussion.

While all are invited, this roundtable will be of special interest for those
who have been taking June Hollister’s Online Business Classes.  The
objectives are:

 To share what is and isn’t working for each participant
 To critique each other’s sites (if so desired)
 To elicit ideas on improvements
 Other brainstorming topics

This is a Roundtable, not a class or course.  We will view sites live online
of those who want to participate so that the group can discuss.
Participants are welcome to bring their laptops to take notes, and in case
your site isn’t published to the web yet.  Please feel free to bring
anything: handouts, notes, questions, etc. that may be of benefit to the
group.

Click here for a handy form you can fill out before the meeting.

]]> http://blog.vbsig.com/id-sig-hosts-internet-business-roundtable-discussion/35.html/feed More WP Plugins, Traffic Analysis, CMS and OpenOffice http://blog.vbsig.com/more-wp-plugins-traffic-analysis-cms-and-openoffice/33.html http://blog.vbsig.com/more-wp-plugins-traffic-analysis-cms-and-openoffice/33.html#comments Wed, 15 Aug 2007 06:58:16 +0000 admin http://blog.vbsig.com/more-wp-plugins-traffic-analysis-cms-and-openoffice/33.html We explored a lot of territory on Aug 14th, however, I was a bit disappointed with the sparse attendance.  Serious webmasters need a maintainable and successful web site, whether it’s a blog, a conventional site or a combination. The material covered, while not always appearing relevant, is in one way or another.  I hope that those who attended were able to find at least a bit of take-home information that will better their sites. As promised, here are the PowerPoint slides from the session.

Powerpoint Document 

Tom Kiehl

]]> http://blog.vbsig.com/more-wp-plugins-traffic-analysis-cms-and-openoffice/33.html/feed C# Session 2 Power Point Slides Available http://blog.vbsig.com/c-session-2-power-point-slides-available/31.html http://blog.vbsig.com/c-session-2-power-point-slides-available/31.html#comments Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:03:17 +0000 admin http://blog.vbsig.com/c-session-2-power-point-slides-available/31.html For those who attended, I hope you all were able to follow along. We covered chapters 4 and 5, so at the next meeting we’ll cover chapter 6 and possibly chapter 7.

The Powerpoint  has chapter 4 in it, so that’s where we’ll pick up.

Click Powerpoint Document to download or view the Slides (Right-Click the link and save-as to save to your own computer).

]]> http://blog.vbsig.com/c-session-2-power-point-slides-available/31.html/feed Installing and Customizing Wordpress part 2 http://blog.vbsig.com/installing-and-customizing-wordpress-part-2/30.html http://blog.vbsig.com/installing-and-customizing-wordpress-part-2/30.html#comments Mon, 09 Jul 2007 23:00:46 +0000 admin http://blog.vbsig.com/installing-and-customizing-wordpress-part-2/30.html Tuesday, July 10th, we’ll investigate how to take your basic Wordpress installation, add widgets/plugins, tweak it, massage it and make it reflect the individual look and feel to make it your own.

We’l also cover viewing stats for your blog (or any web site) and what they mean, and what they don’t.

If you have any personal tips and success stories on what works well for you, please share them with the group!

If you have any outstanding issues in either installing, hosting, or modifying it, make sure your voice is heard so we can help.

 See you there!

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