Shane Henderson | Life at Match.com

AJAX How-to: Scroll to the top of a Page when clicking on only the Pager Controls in DataView

ShaneHenderson — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 00:55:00 GMT

Today I figured out how to Scroll back to the top of a Page when one of my users click on the Pager Controls at the bottom of a Page. I wanted all of the other AJAX postbacks to not scroll, but I did want the postbacks to scroll to the top when the pager...(read more)

I just got delivered the best XHTML/CSS I have ever seen - XHTMLized.com

jindar — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 21:38:00 GMT

I submitted 5 designs for the project I'm working on to the folks over at XHTMLized.com to be cut into proper XHTML and CSS late last week and they delivered everything today. XHTMLized.com is a company that will take a design (mine were .psd's) and cut everything for you into valid XHTML and CSS that works on all major browsers....(read more)

Scott Guthrie at North Dallas .NET Users Group this Thurs.

jindar — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 04:21:00 GMT

Come join NDDNUG and meet the original creator of ASP.NET - Scott Guthrie ! A few times a year, NDDNUG puts on a really big free event featuring in-depth technical content from top-notch industry experts. This year, we’re featuring a speaker who...(read more)

FIX: ASP.NET AJAX- Element 'ScriptManager' is not a known element

jindar — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 23:46:00 GMT

I had quite a few problems with ASP.NET Ajax today when I was converting some of my pages in my new product over to Beta 1 because I kept getting "Element 'XXXXXX' is not a know element" in the source viewer. The designer was also freaking...(read more)

16 Assertions for Startups from the CEO of Odeo.com

jindar — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 22:00:00 GMT

This is a really good list for you startup folks out there written by Evan Williams of Odeo.com....(read more)

Top 5 reasons why I'm switching back to Bloglines from Google Reader

jindar — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 02:09:00 GMT

I tried to jump on the bandwagon and switch to Google Reader but today was the last straw; I'm switching back to reliable old Bloglines. Here are my reasons: 1) A few of my feeds have mysteriously "disappeared". Enough said on this one....(read more)

North Dallas .NET Users Group - new website launched & call for new members

jindar — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 02:44:00 GMT

Thanks to our Website Director, Wade Wright, the North Dallas .NET Users Group launched our new website today . New features include the ability to RSVP for meetings directly from your account, manage your email subscriptions, new look and feel...and...(read more)

NDDNUG - New Location & Scott Cate presents on ASP.NET & MVP Pattern next Wed.

jindar — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 02:24:00 GMT

NDDNUG welcomes INETA Speaker Scott Cate to North Dallas to talk about ASP.NET and the Model View Presenter Design Pattern! Please join us for an evening of open discussion, lots of demos and an overall great time! As always, we’ll have free pizza...(read more)

Lucene.Net - not your Grandma's Search Engine

jindar — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 19:08:00 GMT

If anyone has ever needed to use (or write) a robust search engine, you should check out Lucene.Net. It's been around for a while and has gone through several phases/iterations . Here are some of the features that are touted on dotlucene.net (a website...(read more)

The North Dallas .NET Users group needs a new location! Can you help?

jindar — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 19:55:00 GMT

IMPORTANT NEWS: September's Meeting Is Postponed - New Date TBD. Unfortunately, SMU recently decided to discontinue new student enrollment for their SMU ACEC traning program. As a result, that group is no longer able to sponsor the meeting facility...(read more)

Prove me wrong! Attend the Next NDDNUG meeting and watch me pay Scott Dockendorf $50

jindar — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 15:46:00 GMT

Scott Dockendorf and I have a creative wager going for our next North Dallas .NET Users group meeting. Since we are GIVING AWAY A FREE COPY OF CODESMITH PROFESSIONAL to all attendees, Scott thinks we will have over 200 people in attendance. I am pretty sure that we can't reach 200 for the month. If I am wrong, I have agreed to pay Scott (our Program Manager) $50 of my own hard earned cash. So come prove me wrong! In addition to the free Codesmith license, we are going to have a ton of giveaways! All proceeds from the wager will be donated to a charity...

Rob Howard
Founder, CEO
»telligent

SPECIAL FOR ALL REGISTERED & RSVPed MEMBERS!

North Dallas .NET User Group Meeting
Presenter: Rob Howard, Founder, CEO, Telligent.
Topic: CodeSmith Tips & Tricks
Date: Wednesday, August 3, 2005
Time: 6:00pm

About This Session:
“CodeSmith is an advanced, template-driven code generation tool that helps software developers be more productive. In this session we’ll explore some of great tips and tricks that show off some of the awesome capabilities of this tool. The format will be fast paced and cover everything from custom templates, showing off news feature of CodeSmith 3.0, and using some of the awesome built-in templates.
All registered attendees will also receive a full working version of CodeSmith 3.0 (a $399 value!). Be sure to register with nddnug.net now, so you can attend this event – space is limited!”

About the Speaker:
Rob Howard is the founder of »telligent, a Microsoft .NET software company specializing in collaboration and knowledge management tools and professional services. Prior to founding »telligent Rob worked for Microsoft where he helped design ASP.NET 1.0, 1.1, and 2.0. If you want more information about Telligent or want to chat with Rob send him an email at rhoward@telligent.com.

In order to receive your copy of CodeSmith 3.0, we ask that you:

Register with our website if you have not done so already
(Click the Register link in the top right hand corner of the site)
RSVP to the meeting invitation which will be sent out on
7/27 (Wednesday) and 8/1 (Monday)
Attend the meeting (make sure to sign in at the front)

Match.com on ABC prime time documentary "Hooking Up"

jindar — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 02:24:00 GMT

Match.com (my employer for the last 5 years) is being featured as one of the tools that 11 women use on ABC prime time to find dates online. It's a mini series called "Hooking up" that's on Thursday's at 8:00 PM CST.

It's incredibly surreal to see a site that you helped build from the ground up in C# and ASP.NET being used in a real life documentary on prime time. Currently our web farm gets over 45 million page hits per day and we have over 15 million members, all searching for love. We are seeing some pretty good traffic spikes after the series runs and the web farm doesn't skip a beat. I'll talk to the systems guys and see if I can post some more numbers...

On a side note, I got new glasses today and the lady that I bought them from told me her best friend just got married to a guy she met on Match.com...just another reason why my job is so fulfilling.

Windows Media Center 2004 & Windows Update, XP SP2 problem free....

jindar — Tue, 17 May 2005 14:55:00 GMT

About 6 months ago I was a little weary of upgrading my Windows Media Center 2004 box with all of the latest Critical Updates from MS so I waited (my brother completely disabled MCE 2004 when he did), but last night I took the plunge and installed everything that Windows Update recommended because I am about to move to Media Center 2005 in my media room and I didn't care this time if I hurt anything. Everything went great, and Media Center 2004 runs fine with XP Pro SP2 installed. I haven't had any problems, and after some tweaking to my video card running through the menu system is much smoother. I am going to upgrade to Windows Media Center 2005 tonight and start looking at the Media Center 2005 SDK.

On a side note, I also got a new Dell Inspiron 6000d with Media Center 2005 preinstalled and I couldn't have made a better decision. That's got to be the best $39 I have spent on a computer (that's all it was to upgrade at Dell).

North Dallas .NET Users Group meeting tonight - Introduction to BizTalk 2004

jindar — Wed, 04 May 2005 14:28:00 GMT

NDDNUG's own Jim Martin will be presenting this month!
Wednesday, May 4, 2005, 6:00pm

Jim Martin
»telligent

Developing Enterprise Solutions, an introduction in BizTalk 2004
Jim will be presenting on BizTalk 2004 as a whole and will then focus on key portions of the framework such as orchestrations, pipelines, maps, custom functoids (both inline and referenced assemblies), and ports. He will give a very brief overview of all of these areas and how they are used to connect enterprise systems/applications into one coherent system of operation. Jim’s presentation will be very hands on with limited slide deck interaction.

About the Speaker:
Jim Martin began his development career with Fujitsu Network Communications in Richardson, Texas. While at Fujitsu, Jim worked in Human Resources Information Systems where he was responsible for developing and supporting various HR related custom solutions to include custom applications connected to Fujitsu’s SAP system. After five years with Fujitsu, Jim took an opportunity with Brinks Information Technology Group where his primary responsibilities were .NET Development and BizTalk 2004 development and support. After almost two years with Brinks, Jim accepted an opportunity as an Application Developer with Telligent Systems in Dallas, Texas. Jim’s main responsibility with Telligent is developing custom applications to meet various customers’ needs.

North Dallas .NET Users Group Hosting the Indigo Roadshow on April 21

jindar — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 19:13:00 GMT

Meeting #2: NDDNUG Hosting The "Indigo Roadshow" Featuring Special Guest David Chappell
Thursday, April 21, 2005 at 6:00pm. You can find more details and register at http://www.nddnug.net
SPECIAL EVENT!
Working in conjunction with Microsoft, we are pleased to announce that industry guru David Chappell will present his "Understanding Indigo" session to our group and the rest of the North Dallas area of the DFW Metroplex!

David Chappell
David Chappell & Associates

Understanding Indigo
Indigo is the code name for Microsoft’s new foundation for distributed computing and service-oriented applications. This presentation provides an introduction to Indigo, describing what it is, how it works, and how it fits with existing technologies like ASP.NET web services, .NET Remoting, and Enterprise Services. While some familiarity with .NET is assumed, the target audience includes anybody who's interested in how software development will look in the coming service-oriented world.

About the Speaker:
David Chappell is Principal of Chappell & Associates in San Francisco, California. He has been the keynote speaker for conferences in the U.S., Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East, and his seminars have been attended by tens of thousands of developers and decision makers in thirty-five countries. David’s books on enterprise software technologies have been translated into ten languages, and his consulting clients have included HP, Microsoft, Stanford University, and Target.