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- Aero Glass: Is it all it's cracked up to be?
- Aero Glass: Is it all it's cracked up to be?article rootAero Glass: Is it all it's cracked up to be?Do you like the slick new Vista interface or do you think it's frivolous and represents a waste of money? Are you likely to Glass-enable your machines?The Emperor has new clothesWow,...
- Tags: Aero Glass, Apple Computer Inc., deb shinder, hardware, IS IT, JodyGilbert, metaphor, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, vista, window
- Discussion threads 2006-08-08
- Achieve Microsoft SQL Server High Availability with data replication
- Data replication is a powerful feature of SQL Server that can be used in many business situations. Learn how to use data replication as a high availability solution.This sample chapter, taken from Sams' Microsoft SQL Server High Availability, provides an in-depth discussion about data replication. The chapter covers the following...
- Tags: business situation, data replication, high availability, metaphor, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft SQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SQL Server High Availability, replication, server
- Download resources 2005-11-22
- Metaphor Conversation Manager (zip)
- Metaphor is speech application development toolset for both speech novices and experts. .NET developers can now use C# and Visual Studio for building high quality speech applications at the level of the call flow and business process. The IDE hides the low level complexities of building speech applications but has...
- Tags: Metaphor, Metaphor Solutions, C#, Software Development, .Net, Operational Planning, Development Tools, Microsoft Development Tools, Middleware, Programming Languages, Software/Web Development, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software
- Software downloads 2005-09-27
- Making metaphor with Neal Stephenson
- The first time you saw the title "In the Beginning...Was the Command Line" on TechProGuild, it was a review through the eyes of a Windows zealot. Now see what a Linux evangelist has to say!My colleague, Erik Eckel, recently reviewed Neal Stephenson's book titled In the Beginning…Was the Command Line....
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Jack Wallen, Jr., Neal Stephenson, metaphor, Linux
- Technical articles 2001-04-30
- Mighty metaphors make training a piece of cake
- How do you explain the desktop to new computer users? Instructor Beth Blakely rounds up lots of metaphor examples and explains how to use them in the classroom to increase students' understanding of PC terms and functions.By Beth BlakelyTo those with little or no experience, a class in basic computer...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Guest Contributor, training, metaphor, file cabinet, cabinet
- Technical articles 2000-05-23
- Adult and Distance Education Management: An Application of the Metaphor "Organizations as Organisms"
- This paper discusses the metaphor "organizations as organisms" as conceived of by Garith Morgan in the books Images of Organization and Images of Organization: The Executive Edition. It applies the metaphor to adult and in particular distance education management and organizations in an attempt to conceptualize the incredibly complex reality...
- Tags: Distance Education, Metaphor, E-learning, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers
Additional Resources
- Star Trek as net neutrality metaphor
- Thanks to the estimable PvPonline for both the above strip (click on the image for a full-size version). PvP also recommends this little gem of a video, which illustrates what net neutrality means to the average Trekkie...er, Web consumer. If Trek...
- Tags: Net Neutrality, Star Trek, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2006-05-15
- MSDN Webcast: Building Production Speech Applications for Non-Speech Experts (Level 300)
- The attendee of the webcast will learn how to build, debug, deploy and install production-quality speech interactive voice response applications quickly and efficiently using tools and methods familiar to a person. This webcast introduces the Metaphor tools, which work on top of the Microsoft Speech Software Development Kit to manage...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, IVR, Microsoft Corp., Tool, Metaphor Tool, Interactive Voice Response (IVR), Productivity, Digital Media, C#, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Webcasts
- Webcomic: Why you should never use the GOTO command
- Software development best practices tend to get discarded when you're on deadline -- or just lazy -- but xkcd warns us of the dangers of a hastily employed GOTO command via a Jurassic metaphor. If only it really were this hazardous to write crappy code, we wouldn't have...
- Tags: Goto, Software Development, Development Tools, Software/Web Development, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2007-07-20
- Super States (exe)
- In this software educational game, the locations of the 48 contiguous states are taught in an interactive fashion. The user drags each state with the mouse to its proper location, using a jigsaw-puzzle metaphor. Identifying the state is also part of the fun. The state's capital is also displayed and...
- Tags: State, User, Mice, Games, Hardware, Peripherals, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2006-08-10
- VideoStore3000 (exe)
- The Ultimate Personal Video Database software for Video/Movie buffs. Includes a broad variety of features, is easy and fun to use. The program operates a fast Database, and uses a tab metaphor for instant access to different types of Movie/Video information.
- Tags: movie, video, database
- Software downloads 2007-03-30
- Roles as a Coordination Construct: Introducing powerJava
- This paper discusses the role metaphor to coordination. Roles are used in sociology as a way for structuring organizations and for coordinating their behavior. In this model, the distinguishing features of roles are their dependence on an institution, and the powers they assign to the players of roles. The institution...
- Tags: Role, Institution
- White papers
- BizTalk Server 2002 Publish and Subscribe Toolkit (exe)
- The Microsoft BizTalk Server 2002 Publish-Subscribe Toolkit is an abstraction layer built upon the standard BizTalk objects also called artifacts, such as receive functions, channels, ports, documents, and organizations. Instead of requiring applications to deal with the underlying artifacts, the Toolkit provides a simplified way to create them using a...
- Tags: Microsoft BizTalk Server, Microsoft BizTalk Server 2002, Microsoft BizTalk Server 2002 Publish-Subscribe Toolkit, Web Services, Application Servers, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- Software downloads 2007-09-06
- Directory Opus (exe)
- Directory Opus is the complete File Management and Explorer Replacement Solution for Windows. Directory Opus goes beyond the simple file manager metaphor, and offers you a complete replacement for Windows Explorer and many other utility programs for handling FTP, ZIP, viewing files and images, running slideshows and more. It provides...
- Tags: Directory Opus, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2005-12-21
- MemoryMiner (dmg)
- MemoryMiner is an application used to organize and share digital media using a simple, yet powerful metaphor, namely "People, Places and Time." At its core, are a simple set of tools for treating photos as individual frames in a type of endless story board. A variety of other digital media,...
- Tags: Frame, MemoryMiner, Digital Media, Corporate Governance, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Business Operations, Corporate Law
- Software downloads 2007-01-10
- GIF Movie Gear (exe)
- GIF Movie Gear makes building GIF animations easy. The intuitive interface of this animator uses a filmstrip metaphor to show all the frames at once, and all aspects of the animation (transparency, timing, and order.) can be controlled using drag and drop and the toolbar. The application's useful features include...
- Tags: Application, GIF, Animation
- Software downloads 2006-04-28
- Informal Learning: Extending the Impact of Enterprise Ideas and Information
- Forward-thinking organizations are turning to enterprise learning in their quest to be better informed, better skilled, better supported at the point of need, and more competitive in their respective marketplaces. It is clear that as enterprise learning becomes a central part of strategic business alignment, the anytime, anywhere promises of...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Productivity, E-learning, Training And Certification, Performance Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2007-04-05
- Rethinking the Java SOAP Stack
- This paper examines the current SOAP APIs in Java, and in particular the Java API for XML-based RPC, commonly known as JAX-RPC, which is effectively the standard API for SOAP on the Java platform. The authors claim that JAX-RPC, and indeed any SOAP API that relies upon a perfect two-way...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Simple Object Access Protocol, SOAP, Web Services, Java, Programming Languages, Enterprise Software, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- White papers 2005-05-17
- FoxTor (xpi)
- FoxTor: Anonymous Web Browsing using the encrypted TOR network. When you use the Internet, you leave a trail of information that can be used to track your online activities. FoxTor is a tool that helps prevent this. It provides an easy and convenient way to browse the Web using the...
- Tags: Web, Network, Sasha Romanosky, FoxTor, Channel Management, Internet, Web Site Development, Networking, Marketing
- Software downloads 2007-09-27
- Is your Aero Glass half empty or half full?
- Confusion, even-handed analysis, knee-jerk criticism, lies, damn lies, unsavory personal attacks, excitement, scorn, concerns about pricing, DRM, security, and compatibility--along with a flotilla of Windows v. Linux v. OS X diatribes--all are churning along in the wake of the mainstream release of Windows Vista.Take a look at this discussion thread,...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Uncategorized, Windows Vista
- Blog posts 2007-02-20
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