This course describes how to implement and brand a SharePoint based public website using SharePoint web content management (WCM). After the course is completed, you may be able to implement a SharePoint deployment of a branded website with structured content management. You may also be able to successfully plan, deploy, monitor, and maintain an Internet site. No development experience is required, but experience with HTML and CSS is recommended.

For anyone getting into SharePoint branding for Internet sites, this is a great place to start.

• 15 lectures introducing HTML for newcomers
• 15 lectures on accessing the HTML5 canvas for drawing
• 6 lectures on using geolocation, local storage, and advanced forms
• 4 lectures on embedding HTML5 audio and video
• 2 lectures introducing microdata, web workers, and offline web apps
• And much more!

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Not only will this allow me to concentrate on my new gig at RBA but it will also allow me to focus on a few projects that I started a while ago that have been sitting on the shelf. Prarie Dog Punt, B2Mob.com, numcrunch.mobi, and Analysave are all exciting Android apps that I’ve been itching to resume development on. Stay tuned for more details.

Nevertheless, thanks to everyone for supporting Denver Data Solutions.

It also felt great to get out of meetings for a while and just code. It has given me some motivation to start blogging again and as you can see, I’ve updated my site finally. Hope you like it. Stay tuned for more developer content on the way.

Event Overview:

As developers, you keep hearing a lot about HTML5, but many don’t know what it actually means or is truly capable of. If you want to learn about it, your choices are limited; you can either pick up a book or attend an expensive conference that often only scratches the surface. The HTML5 Web Camp is an opportunity to connect with designers and developers and show you what’s possible, and how you can start using it today. HTML5 WebCamp is a completely free event, and will start with demos and presentations, and will end with hands onlab sessions, that will allow you to walk through materials and get your questions answered! Space is limited.

A sample of topics will be covered in the Web Camp:

• Introduction to HTML5
• Web Development with HTML5
• Adding Video, Sound, and Animation with HTML5
• IE9 and HTML5 – Your Site Never Looked So Good!
• Best Practices for HTML5

Event in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

REGISTRATION LINK: https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032485243&Culture=en-US

I’ve had I’ve had a number of conversations lately around I.T. having the business authority to tell users “No” when it comes to some requests. Which begs the question, should I.T. tell users – “No”? To answer this, a consideration of the reasons I.T. often wants to say “no” is important.

Now I’m not going to speak of specific reasons. After all, a list of real world examples would be too exhaustive and too unique to try to apply to all organizations. However, most any situation that has come up where I.T. has felt impelled to say “No,” likely had something to do with the users being completely unaware of what they were really asking for, unaware of the ramifications of their request, or unaware of the amount of time, effort, and money involved with making it happen.

I cannot tell you how many times I’ve heard developers mumble under their breadth out of frustration with end-users and the requests that they submit without considering these issues. I can even recall a few developers that I worked with that would always vent that it wasn’t their job to think for users. Certainly I’ve had my own moments, but I always disagreed about not thinking for users. After all, we’re the subject matter experts, we’re the critical thinkers. We’re the ones responsible for aligning the solution to problem, so it is up to us to investigate and really get down to the root of what the user is asking for. Being clear and up front with the time, effort, and expenses with fulfilling their requests is just good practice for any profession, as is being up front with any concerns about the ramifications of a request.

Ultimately however the end-user has to make a decision. Yet, if we’ve done our job right, identifying such issues and making the end-user aware of them, then they should have enough information to make an informed decision and that decision could be “no”; Only they’re saying it, not I.T.

I know there are exceptions to everything, and I can certainly see I.T. saying “no” in organizations that are I.T.-driven. Yet where I.T. is a “part” of the organization and not the makeup of the organization, this method of getting to “no” is critical in helping remove some of the stigma that comes with being in I.T.

I’ve been in I.T. for well over 12 years and I’m telling you that there certainly is an I.T. stigma. However the world of work is becoming increasingly technology-centric. Everyone from the office clerk to the CEO touches technology. Gone are the days where I.T. was the department where all the “computer stuff” happened, now it is everywhere. Technology has changed everything.

The best way for I.T. to service an organization is to stay abreast with what’s happening in the field to know how to best align technology to the growing demands of the organization. However, when user requests make you want to bite your lip, simply saying “no” won’t get you as far as helping users make an informed decision and getting them to say “no” on their own.

This book (though a little dated) is still one of the best I.T./Business Management books you’ll ever find. (Check out the reviews for yourself on Amazon.)

Contents: (100 in total but not necessarily numbered 1-100)

Section 1 – IT and Strategy

1. How does information technology impact industries?
2. How has information technology changed the dynamics of competition within industries?
3. Why do some technological innovations create disruptive changes for industries while others do not?
4. What is a business-driven technology strategy?
5. Should a company be on the bleeding-, leading-, or following-edge of technology?
6. What are the benefits of mass customization?
7. Should a company consider interim or “throwaway” systems as part of its technology strategy?

Section 2 – Information Technology

1. What are the common IT architectures in use today?
2. What are the primary considerations for choosing an IT architecture?
3. How does an organization develop an architecture plan?
4. What are the basic concepts of client/server architecture?
5. What are the business implications of fat clients and thin clients?
6. What is middleware and the business implications of its use?
7. What are the benefits of eXtensible Markup Language (XML) and the barriers to its use?
8. What are Web services and their implications for an enterprise?
9. What are the advantages and disadvantages of a Windows-based versus a Unix-based software system?
10. What are the business and technology reasons for choosing one Unix platform over another?
11. What are the characteristics of a transaction processing system?
12. What are the characteristics and benefits of a decision support system?
13. What are data warehouses and what are their benefits?
14. What is data mining and what are its uses?
15. What are the characteristics and benefits of group support systems?
16. What are the major hardware elements of a network and what is the role of each?
17. What are the most common types of data networks and their uses?
18. What are the differences between voice and data networks?
19. What are the implications of the Internet for business users?
20. What are the different broadband technologies and their uses?
21. What are the major wireless technology platforms?
22. How could the use of wireless devices transform how business is done?
23. Why is security a major issue?
24. What does a firewall do?
25. What are viruses and how can an organization protect against them?
26. What are the major components of a disaster recovery plan?

Section 3 – IT and E-business

1. What are the key components of an e-business strategy?
2. What kinds of revenue opportunities does e-business create?
3. What kinds of cost reduction opportunities does e-business offer?
4. What are the different types of business-to-business e-commerce models?
5. What are the differences among B2C e-business models?
6. What is the right mix of “bricks and clicks”?
7. How can a business learn more about its customers using IT?
8. What are the major privacy issues associated with e-business?
9. What are the uses of intranets, extranets, and portals?
10. What technical elements must be in place for a successful e-business implementation?
11. What are the primary issues involved with integrating front-end and back-end systems?
12. What e-business assumptions were proven wrong by the “dot.com crash”?

Section 4 – IT and Organization

1. What impact does information technology have on an organization’s ability to coordinate and control activities?
2. How does information technology affect communication, decision making, job design, and power within an organization?
3. What role does an organization’s culture play in determining the benefits gained from new technologies?
4. How will other departments within your organization react to a technology project?
5. Why do customers and suppliers sometimes react negatively to an organization’s IT projects?
6. What is knowledge management?
7. Does an e-learning strategy improve a company’s training value?
8. What are the attributes of an effective relationship between an IT organization and the rest of the business?
9. Is a centralized or decentralized IT organization better?
10. How can the capability maturity model (CMM) be used to improve an IT organization’s effectiveness?
11. How can an internal IT organization’s success be measured?
12. What is the average tenure of a CIO and why?

Section 5 – IT and Business Processes

1. Which is more important – business process or technology?
2. Why is it important to consider business process design when implementing a process technology?
3. How much transformation in business processes is needed or desirable?
4. When are radical changes in processes and technologies more desirable and effective than incremental changes?
5. What is an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system?
6. What risks does an organization face from an ERP implementation?
7. What are the challenges in using a vendor-supplied ERP system to support redesigned business processes?
8. What is a customer relationship management (CRM) system?
9. What are the attributes of a good CRM system?
10. What are the key attributes of supply chain management (SCM) system?
11. What are the key technology issues around SCM implementation?
12. What are the issues to consider when deciding to customize a standard vendor application?

Section 6 – IT and Resource Allocation

1. How does a company know how much it should spend on information technology?
2. How should a company spend its money on technology?
3. Is it easier to justify a revenue-enhancing technology investment or one that reduces costs?
4. Is revenue protection a valid justification for a technology investment?
5. Why is total cost of ownership (TCO) important?
6. Which is more important – the payback period of a project or its return on investment? Are there other financial measures that should be considered in evaluating a project?
7. How do you choose one technology project over another?
8. How will you know if the assumed benefits of a project have been realized?
9. What are the major components of a “build-or-buy” decision?
10. How do you select a vendor?
11. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using an application service provider?
12. What purposes do different types of outsourcing relationships serve?
13. When should an organization consider outsourcing?
14. What are the considerations for outsourcing portions of your IT offshore?
15. When should an organization upgrade its software technologies?

Section 7 – IT and Implementation

1. What are the risks associated with the business model of a project?
2. What are the risks associated with the implementation of a project?
3. What does technology implementation failure look like?
4. Why do so many technology implementations fail?
5. What are the key components of project management?
6. What are the key tools for managing a project?
7. What are the implications of Brook’s Law for staffing a technology project?
8. Why is it important to explicitly state the intended business result of an IT project? How should this be done?
9. What role does a project’s sponsor need to play in the technology implementation process?
10. What questions does the project sponsor need to ask a project manager?
11. What role does a project’s steering board need to play in the technology implementation process?
12. What are the key managerial authorities a project manager needs to succeed?
13. What are the keys to getting cross-functional work done?
14. What top ten actions can IT project managers take to increase the likelihood of implementation success?
15. Should you plan for failure?
16. How do you know when to kill a project?

That wraps up all 100 questions that are answered in this must-have tool for IT managers. [From the book it] was produced under the sponsorship of The Business School at the University of Colorado-Denver. Reference Standford Business Books @ www.sup.org, by David R Laube – D. Laube is the former Chief Information Officer for US West, the regional Bell telephone company. He led the largest information technology organization in Colorado. Raymond F. Zammuto – R. Zammuto is Professor of Management at the Business School of the University of Colorado at Denver.

Finally, I am not affiliated with this book in any way whatsoever and do not receive commissions or royalties for my advocacy/promotion.

Basically Android has the following layers:

• applications (written in java, executing in Dalvik)
• framework services and libraries (written mostly in java)
  • applications and most framework code executes in a virtual machine
• native libraries, daemons and services (written in C or C++)
• the Linux kernel, which includes
  • drivers for hardware, networking, file system access and inter-process-communication

*** Reference http://developer.android.com/videos/index.html#v=QBGfUs9mQYY