World Index – my new project on Codeplex

I have published my initial roadmap and source code for a new framework that will use the United Nations (UN) data on the Millennium Goals to end poverty by 2015. The goal of this project is to use this data to expose it using Silverlight. The Codeplex project can be found here: http://worldindex.codeplex.com/. I have [...]

Opera Unite

Just as I was settling for the Google Chrome browser, Opera launches Opera Unite. At first sight it seems like a module that is built into the Opera browser. It enables you to easily share anything you have on your computer to the web. You can set various privacy settings on your files too. They [...]

.designer files cannot be generated

An issue that is very common designing web forms in ASPX when the .designer file is not generated. I have wondered so many times on the reasons why I cannot access some of my controls in code-behind, when changes has been made in the ASPX page. I just discovered that it says so in the [...]

3W / Tripple – V as shortcut to URL’s

Today, I realized that it is difficult and unnecessary to say WWW in front of a url that requires it. Usually we say go to: “time.com” and exclude the www. Sometimes we want the www and actually needs it because the domain will not work without it. I suddenly thought… Why not just say: “[Tripple [...]

URL Rewrite Module for IIS 7.0

Microsoft have finally announced a URL Rewrite Module for IIS 7.0. I had to use either Apache mod_rewrite or a third party module for IIS. So why is this so great? Well, we can provide the end-user of a web page a friendly URL, which is is the most important thing for me. We can [...]

Internet Explorer strange behaviors – part 1

I’m working with Microsoft technologies in my daily work, both because I like the development platform that .NET provides and the software that Microsoft creates. However, Internet Explorer have some serious problems that frustrates me as a web developer. I’ll throw my issues out here, together with my fixes, if I have any. So if [...]

Microsoft embraces jQuery

I have been looking at jQuery the last months developing a highly interactive web solution, and I have been really impressed by the framework and how easy it is to develop solutions using JavaScripts. I am not going to explain jQuery here, but check it out at jquery.com Anyway, I was reading the great news [...]

CSS rollover buttons in ASP.net

I found a great article on how to create CSS buttons without using JavaScript. And best thing is that it works with all major browsers. http://www.search-this.com/website-design/css-rollover-buttons/ Create the following structure: <div class=”button” style=”float:right;”>    <asp:LinkButton ID=”btn_Next” runat=”server”>         <img src=”image/button_deactive.gif” alt=”Next” />         <span>Next</span>     </asp:LinkButton></div> Then use the CSS below: .button{ position: relative; background-repeat: no-repeat; white-space: nowrap; display: [...]

Deki Wiki as a style guide tool – part 1

In my master thesis I argue that dynamic style guides makes it easier for projects to have a style guide that is used and maintained through a project. I discuss a custom tailored tool, and argue that it is necessary to build a tool that integrates with developer tools such as Eclipse, Visual Studio, Jira [...]

Microsoft Office Live Workspace (beta)

Yesterday I discovered this great site: http://workspace.officelive.com/. It was released to public beta, and it is your own personal Sharepoint portal to share office files. It is very intuitive and easy to use, and it is great to share things your working on with friends, colleagues and businesses. Best of all: It’s free! Try it [...]