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Worthwhile: Put your favorite quote to work: "Put your favorite quote to work
by Curt Rosengren on Life
I love quotes. I'm constantly running across ones I want to remember. The trouble with quotes though, is that they rarely amount to more than meaningless soundbites. They go in one ear, we nod vigorously in agreement, and then they go out the other.
The quote that got me thinking of this is one I love: 'Be the change you wish to see in the world...' - Gandhi
It's a great quote. And a great idea. But I'd wager for most people its power gets lost at a big picture philosophical level. The real power of that quote comes when we ask ourselves, 'OK, what does that mean to me? More specifically, what does that mean to me today? Right here, right now? What decisions do I need to make day in, day out to actually put the meaning of that quote into action?'
Change of any kind seldom comes as a made-for-Hollywood revolution. It comes from the cumulative impact of our every day choices.
Take a look at that Gandhi quote and ask yourself, 'How do I apply that today? How do I apply that tomorrow?'
Try that with your other pet quotes. How do they actually apply to how you live your life on a daily basis? Look past the quick fix soundbite and start to apply the real meaning in a conscious, rubber-meets-the-road kind of way."
Comments
Fri, Sep 2, 2005, @ 17:57
1- Janet Auty-Carlisle
You’re right Curt without action those quotes are just platitudes.
As to the quote “Be the change you want to see” also my favourite…I make an effort to implement that on a daily basis.
I also carry around a journal that I have pasted quotes onto, on the front, so that if I begin to falter I remind myself to go back and review my motivations behind the action and move on….
Wise man Gandhi….now if only he were in New Orleans now. Sure would be a different scenario wouldn’t it?
Living la vida fearless,
Jan
www.tobeyourbest.net
Sat, Sep 3, 2005, @ 0:07
2- Soni
Two of my favorites give me some guidelines for living -
**The truth will set you free. But first it will piss you off**
This basically tells me that being pissed is a turn signal for impending change or insight. Good to know. :-)
**You can have anything you want in life. You just can’t have everything**
Reminds me of the value of prioritization, conscious choice and the acknowledgement of the reality that enough may be all I get, so I’d better be able to recognize it when it presents itself. Also, good to know.
However, my very favorit-ist quote to date has become nearly a daily mantra. Relatively newly minted, it comes from Adam Savage of Mythbusters fame.
**I reject your reality and substitute my own.**
Yeah, buddy!
Sat, Sep 3, 2005, @ 17:21
3- Kimberly
I’m a service trainer for a grocery store and my favorite qoute is “When I make mistakes is when I really start learning” Carol Burnett.
When my new trainees start getting frustrated and feeling like all they are doing is making mistakes and doing it wrong we take a break and I tell them this qoute. It really helps relieve tension - and they really do learn it better when they make the mistake and then fix it. Me Too !
Sat, Sep 3, 2005, @ 20:49
4- Janet Auty-Carlisle
It’s interesting to see the comments on failing and how relative that is to learning.
I have read a book recently by John C. Maxwell called “Failing Forward.” It is an excellent book and I recommend it to everybody that wants to grow and learn. He includes quotes from famous and infamous people and real life stories as well.
There are many times when “Failing Forward” is an important element of learning and moving on.
Living la vida fearless,
Jan
www.tobeyourbest.net
Sat, Sep 3, 2005, @ 23:17
5- Troy Worman
“Don’t wait for permission to succeed!” This is my quote and my mantra. I know exactly what it means … to me.
Sun, Sep 4, 2005, @ 14:22
6- Jodee Bock
My favorite quote is the Marianne Williamson one that starts with “It’s not our darkness but our light that most frightens us.” The part I’ve really striven to take to heart is the part that says “And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
As I live that quote, I can see that I allow others to do that for themselves at whatever level is right for them. It also allows me to be who I am regardless of who does or doesn’t agree. I used to look for external validation all over the place and now I just trust what I KNOW.
Tue, Sep 6, 2005, @ 11:29
7- Ro
A favorite of mine lately….
“If you do not dare, you do not live.”
I have found that if I don’t creep to the edge of my limits, I get so stuck in this paralytic goo that saps creativity and desire and replaces it with sameness.
by Curt Rosengren on Life
I love quotes. I'm constantly running across ones I want to remember. The trouble with quotes though, is that they rarely amount to more than meaningless soundbites. They go in one ear, we nod vigorously in agreement, and then they go out the other.
The quote that got me thinking of this is one I love: 'Be the change you wish to see in the world...' - Gandhi
It's a great quote. And a great idea. But I'd wager for most people its power gets lost at a big picture philosophical level. The real power of that quote comes when we ask ourselves, 'OK, what does that mean to me? More specifically, what does that mean to me today? Right here, right now? What decisions do I need to make day in, day out to actually put the meaning of that quote into action?'
Change of any kind seldom comes as a made-for-Hollywood revolution. It comes from the cumulative impact of our every day choices.
Take a look at that Gandhi quote and ask yourself, 'How do I apply that today? How do I apply that tomorrow?'
Try that with your other pet quotes. How do they actually apply to how you live your life on a daily basis? Look past the quick fix soundbite and start to apply the real meaning in a conscious, rubber-meets-the-road kind of way."
Comments
Fri, Sep 2, 2005, @ 17:57
1- Janet Auty-Carlisle
You’re right Curt without action those quotes are just platitudes.
As to the quote “Be the change you want to see” also my favourite…I make an effort to implement that on a daily basis.
I also carry around a journal that I have pasted quotes onto, on the front, so that if I begin to falter I remind myself to go back and review my motivations behind the action and move on….
Wise man Gandhi….now if only he were in New Orleans now. Sure would be a different scenario wouldn’t it?
Living la vida fearless,
Jan
www.tobeyourbest.net
Sat, Sep 3, 2005, @ 0:07
2- Soni
Two of my favorites give me some guidelines for living -
**The truth will set you free. But first it will piss you off**
This basically tells me that being pissed is a turn signal for impending change or insight. Good to know. :-)
**You can have anything you want in life. You just can’t have everything**
Reminds me of the value of prioritization, conscious choice and the acknowledgement of the reality that enough may be all I get, so I’d better be able to recognize it when it presents itself. Also, good to know.
However, my very favorit-ist quote to date has become nearly a daily mantra. Relatively newly minted, it comes from Adam Savage of Mythbusters fame.
**I reject your reality and substitute my own.**
Yeah, buddy!
Sat, Sep 3, 2005, @ 17:21
3- Kimberly
I’m a service trainer for a grocery store and my favorite qoute is “When I make mistakes is when I really start learning” Carol Burnett.
When my new trainees start getting frustrated and feeling like all they are doing is making mistakes and doing it wrong we take a break and I tell them this qoute. It really helps relieve tension - and they really do learn it better when they make the mistake and then fix it. Me Too !
Sat, Sep 3, 2005, @ 20:49
4- Janet Auty-Carlisle
It’s interesting to see the comments on failing and how relative that is to learning.
I have read a book recently by John C. Maxwell called “Failing Forward.” It is an excellent book and I recommend it to everybody that wants to grow and learn. He includes quotes from famous and infamous people and real life stories as well.
There are many times when “Failing Forward” is an important element of learning and moving on.
Living la vida fearless,
Jan
www.tobeyourbest.net
Sat, Sep 3, 2005, @ 23:17
5- Troy Worman
“Don’t wait for permission to succeed!” This is my quote and my mantra. I know exactly what it means … to me.
Sun, Sep 4, 2005, @ 14:22
6- Jodee Bock
My favorite quote is the Marianne Williamson one that starts with “It’s not our darkness but our light that most frightens us.” The part I’ve really striven to take to heart is the part that says “And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
As I live that quote, I can see that I allow others to do that for themselves at whatever level is right for them. It also allows me to be who I am regardless of who does or doesn’t agree. I used to look for external validation all over the place and now I just trust what I KNOW.
Tue, Sep 6, 2005, @ 11:29
7- Ro
A favorite of mine lately….
“If you do not dare, you do not live.”
I have found that if I don’t creep to the edge of my limits, I get so stuck in this paralytic goo that saps creativity and desire and replaces it with sameness.
Worthwhile: Nap your way to success: "Nap your way to success
by Curt Rosengren on Creativity
The Idler points to a study in the UK that concludes that sleep is the key to efficiency (and fresh ideas) at work.
Researchers from the East of England Development Agency (EEDA) have concluded that sleep is the key to efficiency at work. Snoozing can maximise our potential in the workplace and help increase productivity.
Having a nap during the day can enable us to come up with fresh thoughts and new ideas. More than 30% questioned in an EEDA survey said that their best ideas came when they were about to fall asleep.
“In our dreams, we produce unusual combinations of ideas that can seem surreal, but every once in a while result in an amazingly creative solution to an important problem,' explained psychology professor Richard Wiseman. He went on to say that the survey showed that “people's brains need to be primed for a new way of thinking'.
So what do you think? Time to install the very latest in fold-down cubicle beds?
Comments
Thu, Aug 11, 2005, @ 14:39
1- Max Leibman
Couldn’t hurt.
Seriously, though, I was just reading about how several “great thinkers” of the past centuries, like Edison and Einstein, would keep notebooks by their beds so they could jot down creative bursts that came as they drifted into or out of sleep, so there’s probably something to the “new way of thinking” part.
Me, I’m just not productive OR creative when I get tired. Skipping two hours’ sleep to get things done drops my effectiveness so dramatically I don’t seem to gain the time at all.
Thu, Aug 11, 2005, @ 17:05
2- Jennifer Warwick
And if you can’t fall asleep, that’s OK too…from the July 2005 issue of Discover magazine:
“Clinical tests show people solve problems faster when lying down. Sitting or standing triggers norepinephrine, a stress hormone that reduces the ability to reason and pay attention to detail.”
This is why there is a hammock right outside my office.
Fri, Aug 12, 2005, @ 8:52
3- Steve Sherlock
Oh, wouldn’t that be wonderful? In addition to having space condusive to fostering interaction and conversation aongst co-workers, to also have a quiet space (hammock sounds really good) for “power naps”. It will likely be found in some start up West Coast company before we find it here in the eastern corporate world. But there is hope.
I do find good ideas come from that time just before sleep. Seems like your mind prepares to clean up stray thoughts before the body gets comfy. Akin to the ideas that come during showers, or sitting time in the lavetory. The mind cleaning process attempts to fits the thoughts together to store them somewhere and hence we get “new” ideas.
Of course, they are not really “new” but just recognized then. What we need to do is to be able to simulate the approach to spawn these ideas at other times.
Of course, this would be a very good price to pay to enable going for a real nap.
Fri, Aug 12, 2005, @ 23:06
4- Troy Worman
I think this is a wonderful idea! I am a big fan of the power nap, but I would be shocked to hear of a Fortune 500 company with a pro-napping policy.
I’m curious. Is Jennifer’s office a home office. Having a hammock to crawl into after lunch sounds too good to be true.
"
by Curt Rosengren on Creativity
The Idler points to a study in the UK that concludes that sleep is the key to efficiency (and fresh ideas) at work.
Researchers from the East of England Development Agency (EEDA) have concluded that sleep is the key to efficiency at work. Snoozing can maximise our potential in the workplace and help increase productivity.
Having a nap during the day can enable us to come up with fresh thoughts and new ideas. More than 30% questioned in an EEDA survey said that their best ideas came when they were about to fall asleep.
“In our dreams, we produce unusual combinations of ideas that can seem surreal, but every once in a while result in an amazingly creative solution to an important problem,' explained psychology professor Richard Wiseman. He went on to say that the survey showed that “people's brains need to be primed for a new way of thinking'.
So what do you think? Time to install the very latest in fold-down cubicle beds?
Comments
Thu, Aug 11, 2005, @ 14:39
1- Max Leibman
Couldn’t hurt.
Seriously, though, I was just reading about how several “great thinkers” of the past centuries, like Edison and Einstein, would keep notebooks by their beds so they could jot down creative bursts that came as they drifted into or out of sleep, so there’s probably something to the “new way of thinking” part.
Me, I’m just not productive OR creative when I get tired. Skipping two hours’ sleep to get things done drops my effectiveness so dramatically I don’t seem to gain the time at all.
Thu, Aug 11, 2005, @ 17:05
2- Jennifer Warwick
And if you can’t fall asleep, that’s OK too…from the July 2005 issue of Discover magazine:
“Clinical tests show people solve problems faster when lying down. Sitting or standing triggers norepinephrine, a stress hormone that reduces the ability to reason and pay attention to detail.”
This is why there is a hammock right outside my office.
Fri, Aug 12, 2005, @ 8:52
3- Steve Sherlock
Oh, wouldn’t that be wonderful? In addition to having space condusive to fostering interaction and conversation aongst co-workers, to also have a quiet space (hammock sounds really good) for “power naps”. It will likely be found in some start up West Coast company before we find it here in the eastern corporate world. But there is hope.
I do find good ideas come from that time just before sleep. Seems like your mind prepares to clean up stray thoughts before the body gets comfy. Akin to the ideas that come during showers, or sitting time in the lavetory. The mind cleaning process attempts to fits the thoughts together to store them somewhere and hence we get “new” ideas.
Of course, they are not really “new” but just recognized then. What we need to do is to be able to simulate the approach to spawn these ideas at other times.
Of course, this would be a very good price to pay to enable going for a real nap.
Fri, Aug 12, 2005, @ 23:06
4- Troy Worman
I think this is a wonderful idea! I am a big fan of the power nap, but I would be shocked to hear of a Fortune 500 company with a pro-napping policy.
I’m curious. Is Jennifer’s office a home office. Having a hammock to crawl into after lunch sounds too good to be true.
"
Worthwhile: Set sail for the impossible: "Set sail for the impossible
by Curt Rosengren on Passionate Work
The secret of life is to have a task, something you bring everything to, every minute of the day for your whole life. And the most important thing is: It must be something you cannot possibly do.
~ Henry Moore
I posted a while ago about putting your favorite quote to work. When I ran across this quote on Jennifer Warwick's blog, it got me thinking how it applies to where we go in our careers, and our lives in general.
I think most of us have a tendency to take the coastal sailing approach to dreams. It's hard for us to believe that there really is land across the water, so we stick to the coastlines, only letting ourselves dream as far as we can 'realistically' see. When our dreams start to drift out past our immediate line of sight, we start telling ourselves how wildly unrealistic, improbable, and impractical that is.
What we don't take into account is what I call The Horizon Effect. What we can see changes as we move forward. What was out of sight and unlikely yesterday becomes distantly possible today, and solidly achievable tomorrow.
By sticking to the coastline, we limit what the future can become.
So here's a question to ponder as you put this quote to work. Where are you sticking to the coastline in your own life? What would your dreams look like if you set your sights on the impossible?"
by Curt Rosengren on Passionate Work
The secret of life is to have a task, something you bring everything to, every minute of the day for your whole life. And the most important thing is: It must be something you cannot possibly do.
~ Henry Moore
I posted a while ago about putting your favorite quote to work. When I ran across this quote on Jennifer Warwick's blog, it got me thinking how it applies to where we go in our careers, and our lives in general.
I think most of us have a tendency to take the coastal sailing approach to dreams. It's hard for us to believe that there really is land across the water, so we stick to the coastlines, only letting ourselves dream as far as we can 'realistically' see. When our dreams start to drift out past our immediate line of sight, we start telling ourselves how wildly unrealistic, improbable, and impractical that is.
What we don't take into account is what I call The Horizon Effect. What we can see changes as we move forward. What was out of sight and unlikely yesterday becomes distantly possible today, and solidly achievable tomorrow.
By sticking to the coastline, we limit what the future can become.
So here's a question to ponder as you put this quote to work. Where are you sticking to the coastline in your own life? What would your dreams look like if you set your sights on the impossible?"
The Occupational Adventure (sm): Discontent can fuel positive change
Discontent can fuel positive change
Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.
- Oscar Wilde
I can count on one hand and still have fingers left over the number of clients I have had who have come to me saying, "Hey Curt, I'm pretty happy with where I've been, but I need to do some serious thinking about where to from here."
Almost without exception, the spark for contacting me is the realization that they are so dissatisfied with their current path that the idea of ten more years of the same thing is somewhat akin to taking a hammer and whacking their thumb with it.
The road to positive change started when their discontent grew strong enough that it outweighed the scariness of doing something about it. If their unhappiness with where they were hadn't reached that critical mass, they would have continued in a grey haze, never reaching out and taking that all-important first step. Their discontent became fuel for positive change.
If you are unhappy with your current career path, rather than wallow in feeling crappy about it, embrace it. Look at it and say, this is exactly what I need to motivate me to take steps towards a life that really makes me feel alive.
You don't need to take all the steps at once. Career change typically unfolds over time, not with a big dramatic WHOOSH! But if you are currently dissatisfied and don't begin taking steps - and begin taking them now - ten years from now you will still be having that same conversation with yourself.
Discontent can fuel positive change
Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.
- Oscar Wilde
I can count on one hand and still have fingers left over the number of clients I have had who have come to me saying, "Hey Curt, I'm pretty happy with where I've been, but I need to do some serious thinking about where to from here."
Almost without exception, the spark for contacting me is the realization that they are so dissatisfied with their current path that the idea of ten more years of the same thing is somewhat akin to taking a hammer and whacking their thumb with it.
The road to positive change started when their discontent grew strong enough that it outweighed the scariness of doing something about it. If their unhappiness with where they were hadn't reached that critical mass, they would have continued in a grey haze, never reaching out and taking that all-important first step. Their discontent became fuel for positive change.
If you are unhappy with your current career path, rather than wallow in feeling crappy about it, embrace it. Look at it and say, this is exactly what I need to motivate me to take steps towards a life that really makes me feel alive.
You don't need to take all the steps at once. Career change typically unfolds over time, not with a big dramatic WHOOSH! But if you are currently dissatisfied and don't begin taking steps - and begin taking them now - ten years from now you will still be having that same conversation with yourself.
The Occupational Adventure (sm): Meditation: The Do Nothing Technique
Meditation: The Do Nothing Technique
Meditation is a great tool for focus and clarity, but many people have a mistaken perception that it is somehow out of their reach.
There's a book I have recommended in previous posts titled Meditation Made Easy by Lorin Roche, Ph.D. He takes a "meditation for the rest of us" approach, assuring us that, if we breathe (which I'm guessing most of us do) we have what it takes to meditate.
In the book he offers numerous meditational exercises. My favorite - and the one I still use most - is the "Do Nothing Technique." Here's how he describes it.
TIME: 3 to 5 minutes
POSTURE: Sitting or lying down
WHEN: Anytime
Sit or lie down and just allow your mind to do its thing. Your aim is to tolerate being there without trying to control anything...
Let your attention goe anywhere it wants. You can think about sex, your to-do lists, movies, nothing, everything.
Notice where your mind goes. The only thing that makes this seem even vaguely like meditation is that you have given yourself a time frame of three to five minutes.
This exercise helps you overcome technique-itis, which is the notion that there is something to be afraid of or that the human mind somehow has to be controlled even when you are resting. Technique-itis, left untreated, is mildly contagious and tends to last for ten to fifteen years, or until you give up on meditation forever.
To develop an immunity to technique-itis, simply Do Nothing and tolerate whatever your mind and body do. You want to be in the same state you're in when you're about to fall asleep. The mind is just drifting. You need to find out if you can take whatever happens when you release control.
You will learn to experience your natural state, without *doing* anything to it. Many people are slightly ashamed of their unvarnished selves and look for "techniques" to "improve" themselves. Years later, they are still doing gadgetry to themselves, and often nothing has changed.
The Do Nothing Technique was what I used to help me dip my toe into meditation (it took me a couple months before I could actually call it meditation. At first it was simply "practicing being still."). It helped me get used to just sitting and "being."
How about it? Why not give it a try?
--
Curt Rosengren, Passion Catalyst (sm)
Meditation: The Do Nothing Technique
Meditation is a great tool for focus and clarity, but many people have a mistaken perception that it is somehow out of their reach.
There's a book I have recommended in previous posts titled Meditation Made Easy by Lorin Roche, Ph.D. He takes a "meditation for the rest of us" approach, assuring us that, if we breathe (which I'm guessing most of us do) we have what it takes to meditate.
In the book he offers numerous meditational exercises. My favorite - and the one I still use most - is the "Do Nothing Technique." Here's how he describes it.
TIME: 3 to 5 minutes
POSTURE: Sitting or lying down
WHEN: Anytime
Sit or lie down and just allow your mind to do its thing. Your aim is to tolerate being there without trying to control anything...
Let your attention goe anywhere it wants. You can think about sex, your to-do lists, movies, nothing, everything.
Notice where your mind goes. The only thing that makes this seem even vaguely like meditation is that you have given yourself a time frame of three to five minutes.
This exercise helps you overcome technique-itis, which is the notion that there is something to be afraid of or that the human mind somehow has to be controlled even when you are resting. Technique-itis, left untreated, is mildly contagious and tends to last for ten to fifteen years, or until you give up on meditation forever.
To develop an immunity to technique-itis, simply Do Nothing and tolerate whatever your mind and body do. You want to be in the same state you're in when you're about to fall asleep. The mind is just drifting. You need to find out if you can take whatever happens when you release control.
You will learn to experience your natural state, without *doing* anything to it. Many people are slightly ashamed of their unvarnished selves and look for "techniques" to "improve" themselves. Years later, they are still doing gadgetry to themselves, and often nothing has changed.
The Do Nothing Technique was what I used to help me dip my toe into meditation (it took me a couple months before I could actually call it meditation. At first it was simply "practicing being still."). It helped me get used to just sitting and "being."
How about it? Why not give it a try?
--
Curt Rosengren, Passion Catalyst (sm)
The Occupational Adventure (sm): Develop a 5 to 1 habit
Develop a 5 to 1 habit
I posted this over on the Worthwhile blog, and thought it belonged here as well...
When I talk to people about pursuing their passions in their careers, I often encounter an endless litany of "reasons why I can't." It seems to be wired into us to look for obstacles and declare them reality.
One of the ways to change that perspective is to develop a 5 to 1 habit. For every obstacle you recognize, commit to writing down five ideas for getting around that obstacle.
Keep a small notebook with you. When you catch yourself nay-saying, take note of the obstacle and jot down as many ideas for getting over, around, or through it as you can. Over time, you will start to develop the habit of automatically looking for ways around the obstacles as they pop up in your mind.
When your possibilities always outnumber your obstacles 5 to 1, you can't help but come out on the winning side.
Develop a 5 to 1 habit
I posted this over on the Worthwhile blog, and thought it belonged here as well...
When I talk to people about pursuing their passions in their careers, I often encounter an endless litany of "reasons why I can't." It seems to be wired into us to look for obstacles and declare them reality.
One of the ways to change that perspective is to develop a 5 to 1 habit. For every obstacle you recognize, commit to writing down five ideas for getting around that obstacle.
Keep a small notebook with you. When you catch yourself nay-saying, take note of the obstacle and jot down as many ideas for getting over, around, or through it as you can. Over time, you will start to develop the habit of automatically looking for ways around the obstacles as they pop up in your mind.
When your possibilities always outnumber your obstacles 5 to 1, you can't help but come out on the winning side.
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ASP.NET.4GuysFromRolla.com: Adding Client-Side Message Boxes in your ASP.NET Web Pages, Part 2Displaying Alert Message Boxes
Besides having prompting the user to confirm that they want to perform an action, we might also want to notify the user of some server-side behavior. For example, if there was some server-side error and the data entered wasn't correctly saved, we might want to use an alert message box to inform the user. Or perhaps when attempting to add the data provided into the database, we deduced that the provided data was duplicate data. The question becomes, coming back from the server to the client, how would we alert the user with a message box?
Traditionally we would do this with JavaScript in the html of the page by creating an onload event that generated a message box. However like the previous case, ASP.NET provides us additional methods to handle all this from the code-behind without having to hard code HTML ourselves.
What we want to do is register a client script block with the ASP.NET Web page. More specifically, we want this to run when the page starts up on the client. Again it's our lucky day, as the ASP.NET Page class provides a RegisterStartupScript() method for that very purpose.
Besides having prompting the user to confirm that they want to perform an action, we might also want to notify the user of some server-side behavior. For example, if there was some server-side error and the data entered wasn't correctly saved, we might want to use an alert message box to inform the user. Or perhaps when attempting to add the data provided into the database, we deduced that the provided data was duplicate data. The question becomes, coming back from the server to the client, how would we alert the user with a message box?
Traditionally we would do this with JavaScript in the html of the page by creating an onload event that generated a message box. However like the previous case, ASP.NET provides us additional methods to handle all this from the code-behind without having to hard code HTML ourselves.
What we want to do is register a client script block with the ASP.NET Web page. More specifically, we want this to run when the page starts up on the client. Again it's our lucky day, as the ASP.NET Page class provides a RegisterStartupScript() method for that very purpose.
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Also: Sarah's windows tweak archive...
And along with that: TechTV Vault
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And along with that: TechTV Vault
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TC-one-thousand - Accessories A neat TC1100 site with ideas for accessories, etc
Saturday, May 07, 2005
ThemeXP - Theme Previews - Recommended by "Sarah" from TechTV
Tuesday, May 03, 2005
South Seattle Neighborhood Seattle King County Washington Counselor Therapist Social Worker Psychotherapist 98102 98118 Hypnotherapist
Counselor Seattle Washington WA by Specialty Area King County Career and Creativity
Monday, May 02, 2005
Thursday, April 28, 2005
IFrame and Logon page - using onreadystatechange...
Wednesday, April 27, 2005
Tuesday, April 26, 2005
Screen Scraping With ASP.NET - Reading The Contents Of A Web Page - Knowledge Discovery Keys - includes regex example
Friday, April 22, 2005
Tuesday, April 19, 2005
Friday, April 01, 2005
Thursday, March 24, 2005
Monday, March 21, 2005
ASP.NET.4GuysFromRolla.com: An Extensive Examination of the DataGrid Web Control: Part 17, Part 2 Making a "fully editable all the time" grid
Friday, March 18, 2005
Thursday, March 17, 2005
Monday, March 14, 2005
Speakeasy - OneLink - Dedicated Line Broadband - NO PHONE SERVICE REQUIRED!!!
Wednesday, March 09, 2005
I'm Knitting As Fast As I Can - Lots of free patterns for small projects
Monday, March 07, 2005
Tuesday, March 01, 2005
Supergirl's Blog A good example!
Friday, February 25, 2005
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Friday, February 18, 2005
Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Monday, February 14, 2005
Wednesday, February 09, 2005
Tuesday, February 08, 2005
Monday, February 07, 2005
Wednesday, February 02, 2005
Monday, January 31, 2005
Thursday, January 27, 2005
Wednesday, January 26, 2005
Tuesday, January 25, 2005
Saturday, January 22, 2005
Friday, January 21, 2005
komo news | The Home Of The Future Is Here Today
homeseer.com message board
homeseer.com
smarthome.com
homeseer.com message board
homeseer.com
smarthome.com
Wednesday, January 19, 2005
A9.com > Company > Why use A9.com? Amazon's new search tool
Saturday, January 15, 2005
2BrightSparks.com | Downloads Backup and Synching software
Monday, January 10, 2005
Sunday, January 09, 2005
Saturday, January 08, 2005
--> DUMP THE HIDDEN DATA IN FILES CREATED IN OFFICE
When you create a document in Microsoft Word, Excel or PowerPoint, you might well include hidden information. For instance, if you turn on Track Changes, and have a series of people edit a document, the various changes could be viewed by the document's recipient.
That can be a real problem. Suppose you are sending a proposal to buy an expensive item. If you started out with a high price, then lowered it sharply for negotiating purposes, you could easily tip the seller to what you're really willing to pay. And you might never know that the seller got that information from your document.
Microsoft has a tool that can be used to scrub documents. The Remove Hidden Data Add-in can be run with the completed document to, well, remove the hidden data. The RHD Add-in is free. Download it at:
http://snipurl.com/3osw
When you create a document in Microsoft Word, Excel or PowerPoint, you might well include hidden information. For instance, if you turn on Track Changes, and have a series of people edit a document, the various changes could be viewed by the document's recipient.
That can be a real problem. Suppose you are sending a proposal to buy an expensive item. If you started out with a high price, then lowered it sharply for negotiating purposes, you could easily tip the seller to what you're really willing to pay. And you might never know that the seller got that information from your document.
Microsoft has a tool that can be used to scrub documents. The Remove Hidden Data Add-in can be run with the completed document to, well, remove the hidden data. The RHD Add-in is free. Download it at:
http://snipurl.com/3osw
Thursday, January 06, 2005
Wednesday, January 05, 2005
Tuesday, January 04, 2005
Sunday, January 02, 2005
Saturday, January 01, 2005
Tuesday, December 28, 2004
Monday, December 27, 2004
Tuesday, December 14, 2004
Sunday, December 12, 2004
Thursday, December 09, 2004
Developer Central Blog - ADTmag.comGunderloy's other blog ;-)
Wednesday, December 08, 2004
Monday, December 06, 2004
Saturday, December 04, 2004
Friday, December 03, 2004
Thursday, December 02, 2004
.NET 247 : VSTO Security - cannot run or debug any VSTO documents on microsoft.public.vsnet.vstools.office: "mscorcfg.msc "
Lab 5: Deploying Office Documents that Use Managed Code Extensions Includes how to create a setup project that deploys a security policy!!!!
Wednesday, December 01, 2004
Monday, November 29, 2004
Sunday, November 28, 2004
Tuesday, November 23, 2004
Sunday, November 21, 2004
Friday, November 19, 2004
How to: Link an Assembly to a Word or Excel File: "OfficeToolkit.Persistence"
Wednesday, November 17, 2004
Monday, November 15, 2004
Saturday, November 13, 2004
Friday, November 12, 2004
Wednesday, November 10, 2004
Tuesday, November 09, 2004
Sunday, November 07, 2004
Saturday, November 06, 2004
Webshots Community - Hoyas and other indoor fragrants COOL plant scupltures with hoya!!! And Epi cactus...
Friday, November 05, 2004
Thursday, November 04, 2004
Wednesday, November 03, 2004
Monday, November 01, 2004
Sunday, October 31, 2004
Friday, October 29, 2004
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Saturday, October 16, 2004
Thursday, October 14, 2004
Tuesday, October 12, 2004
Sunday, October 10, 2004
Saturday, October 09, 2004
Friday, October 08, 2004
Thursday, October 07, 2004
Friday, October 01, 2004
ExtremeExperts: "reporting services Developer edition, and hints"
Thursday, September 30, 2004
Tuesday, September 28, 2004
Saturday, September 25, 2004
Thursday, September 23, 2004
Wednesday, September 22, 2004
Tuesday, September 21, 2004
Friday, September 17, 2004
Thursday, September 16, 2004
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Thursday, September 09, 2004
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Wednesday, August 11, 2004
Monday, August 09, 2004
Thursday, July 22, 2004
Tuesday, July 20, 2004
Monday, July 19, 2004
Sunday, July 18, 2004
Wednesday, July 07, 2004
Thursday, July 01, 2004
Sunday, May 30, 2004
Thursday, May 27, 2004
Steve Maguire, author of Writing Solid Code and an experienced Microsoft Program Manager, was releasing his second book, Debugging the Development Process. 10 YEARS AGO, and the book is still valuable for project management!
Sunday, May 23, 2004
Sunday, May 16, 2004
Underplugged tools- ADTmag.com.NET tools I've found useful
Saturday, May 15, 2004
Visual Studio .NET Bootstrapper - installs the .net framework on client pcs when running a setup.exe created from VS.net
Wednesday, April 21, 2004
Monday, April 19, 2004
Friday, April 16, 2004
Monday, April 12, 2004
Friday, April 09, 2004
Friday, April 02, 2004
Wednesday, March 24, 2004
Tuesday, March 23, 2004
Sunday, March 21, 2004
Friday, March 19, 2004
Thursday, March 18, 2004
DotNetJunkies :: User Controls and Other "Useful" Things - putting data access in another component...
Wednesday, March 17, 2004
Monday, March 15, 2004
Monday, March 01, 2004
Welcome to www.Mastercsharp.com - Master C#, the easy way...: Paging in datalists and repeater controls
Friday, February 27, 2004
Great post on recent ipn errors, with insight into how it all works!PayPalDev | Developer Support Forums - Paypal returns INVALID response... (IPN problem)
Thursday, February 26, 2004
Wednesday, February 25, 2004
Tuesday, February 24, 2004
Sunday, February 22, 2004
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Thursday, February 19, 2004
Wednesday, February 18, 2004
Monday, February 16, 2004
Saturday, February 07, 2004
Help for when your Dreamweaver gets corrupted (if you use them in advance, anyway) Navbars.net - Website navbar graphics
Wednesday, January 28, 2004
Wednesday, January 14, 2004
Tuesday, January 13, 2004
Sunday, November 30, 2003
Monday, October 27, 2003
Try on ASPProtect pages?15 Seconds : MS Releases ASP to ASP.NET Converter
Friday, October 24, 2003
Monday, October 20, 2003
The Cuban Stor Movie
Cuban Story DVD Movie - Fullscreen New
Actors: Errol Flynn
Directed by: ---- Studio: Image Entertainment, Inc.
Our Price:$18.09 Retail: $24.99 You Save: $6.9! (28%)
2 In Stock!
Part Number: 014381171228IE---Release Date: 04/30/2002
-- Description for Cuban Story DVD
--Though filmed in 1953, CUBAN STORY remained unreleased for 50 years. A one-of-a-kind documentary that captures Fidel Castro's revolution, the film features footage of the leader himself. Captured on film by Hollywood producer Victor Pahlen, who owned a cinema there at the time with dashing actor Errol Flynn, CUBAN STORY is one of the few filmed documents of one of the major revolutions of the 20th century.
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
---Dolby Digital Mono - English
Release Info:
--B&W Film
--Year Released: 1953
--Release Language: English
--Original Language: English
MPAA Rating:
--Not Rated
Supported Sound Options:
--Digital Sound
Supported Video Options:
--Mono
--Digitally Re-Mastered
Contributors:
--Featured: Fidel Castro
Cuban Story DVD Movie - Fullscreen New
Actors: Errol Flynn
Directed by: ---- Studio: Image Entertainment, Inc.
Our Price:$18.09 Retail: $24.99 You Save: $6.9! (28%)
2 In Stock!
Part Number: 014381171228IE---Release Date: 04/30/2002
-- Description for Cuban Story DVD
--Though filmed in 1953, CUBAN STORY remained unreleased for 50 years. A one-of-a-kind documentary that captures Fidel Castro's revolution, the film features footage of the leader himself. Captured on film by Hollywood producer Victor Pahlen, who owned a cinema there at the time with dashing actor Errol Flynn, CUBAN STORY is one of the few filmed documents of one of the major revolutions of the 20th century.
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
---Dolby Digital Mono - English
Release Info:
--B&W Film
--Year Released: 1953
--Release Language: English
--Original Language: English
MPAA Rating:
--Not Rated
Supported Sound Options:
--Digital Sound
Supported Video Options:
--Mono
--Digitally Re-Mastered
Contributors:
--Featured: Fidel Castro
Examples of forms...nice siteDownload Center | Virtuasis, LLC | Professional Virtual Assistance and Support Solutions
Web services pricing plans...Blue Moose Design - Webmaster and website management services
A popup dialog box for ASP.NET, along with links to a bunk of other components/code snippets...MetaBuilders - Stuff I Did
Sunday, October 19, 2003
Friday, October 10, 2003
Thursday, October 09, 2003
Tuesday, October 07, 2003
Monday, October 06, 2003
Outlook web solutions: 4Team Corporation
Outlook Add-In Solutions
WebPublisher for Outlook
Outlook Store - Share your Outlook PST in the network - Outlook network without Exchange server
Outlook Add-In Solutions
WebPublisher for Outlook
Outlook Store - Share your Outlook PST in the network - Outlook network without Exchange server
Saturday, October 04, 2003
Seems to be excellent software, $149...XIGLA - Absolute Live Support XE Software Live Help Customer Support Software
Thursday, October 02, 2003
www.cirkadia.com - dynamic html menus...
Monday, September 29, 2003
Sunday, September 28, 2003
4GuysFromRolla.com - Dynamic Content Tree Creation This will print a "where you've been" navigation tree for the user, using servervariables, global.asa, etc
Thursday, September 25, 2003
Wednesday, September 24, 2003
WebDevTips - PHP Home Has php protection script, selected books on php, etc
HTML Password : (Web Protect / Html encrypt tool for your web-pages) and a file sharing tool... all in encrypted HTML? no asp,php,etc?
Cookie Password Protection in PHP and User management for $20
scriptygoddess in general... and on Password Protecting your pages in PHP . Uses MoveableType.org for blogging...
4Team for MS Outlook� $46.95...
Thursday, September 11, 2003
Has website addons...DUware - Web-based Software Development
Useable shopping carts, useable forms, practical javascript, etc. (Books)Usable Shopping Carts - Dreamweaver MX and UltraDev Zone - DMXzone.COM
Ecommerce DB design tutorial... Extreme UltraDev - E-commerce Database Design Part 1
Has used charon cart and added cc processing??? Has web promotion packages, various ecommerce products, lots of .net stuff including a .net/dreamweaver book. WWWeb Concepts: Houston Web Site Design, ECommerce, WebSite Promotion, Hosting
Tuesday, September 09, 2003
Tuesday, August 26, 2003
Has a "program" for a computer consulting service agreement!!!
Computer consulting training for small business computer consultants
Computer consulting training for small business computer consultants
Sunday, August 17, 2003
Tuesday, August 12, 2003
Monday, August 04, 2003
Digitalgybe Has detailed comparison of employee vs VA costs and other good info
Allison Lane VA
Andrea M. Pixley, Virtual Assistant - Ethics Checked - Military Spouse (MSVA)
Cathy Kessler, Certified Professional Virtual Assistant
Assistance For You Has checklist for "Why you need a VA"
CC's Desktop Design
eSource Virtual Assistance - Administrative Support, Web Design, Internet Research, Hosting
Ebay trading agent stuff...
Exquisite Secretarial - Terms
Just My Type - A Secretarial Service Specializing in Insurance Claims, Data Entry & Contact Management
Virtual Assistant, Cheryl Allin, VirtuAllin Administrative Services - Certified Real Estate Support Specialist (CRESS)
Virtual Vanguard - A VA newsletter...
Virtual assistants enjoy flexibility, independence - 2002-01-21 - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)
Home Page - EOffice Virtual Assistants
Welcome to Lavendel
Andrea M. Pixley, Virtual Assistant - Ethics Checked - Military Spouse (MSVA)
Cathy Kessler, Certified Professional Virtual Assistant
Assistance For You Has checklist for "Why you need a VA"
CC's Desktop Design
eSource Virtual Assistance - Administrative Support, Web Design, Internet Research, Hosting
Ebay trading agent stuff...
Exquisite Secretarial - Terms
Just My Type - A Secretarial Service Specializing in Insurance Claims, Data Entry & Contact Management
Virtual Assistant, Cheryl Allin, VirtuAllin Administrative Services - Certified Real Estate Support Specialist (CRESS)
Virtual Vanguard - A VA newsletter...
Virtual assistants enjoy flexibility, independence - 2002-01-21 - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)
Home Page - EOffice Virtual Assistants
Welcome to Lavendel
Friday, August 01, 2003
Monday, July 21, 2003
local VA, hosting recommendation, autoresponder recommendation
InfoWord Services - Your Virtual Assistant offering Office and Desktop Support to Business Owners, Individuals, and Entrepreneurs.
How Do I Become a Virtual Assistant?
EPower! NEWS - has articles on VAs
Inc.com:Original Inc Article:I'm Your Assistant, and I'm Not Here to Help You
Virtual Assistant
Guru.com - Virtually Indispensable
Virtual ASsistant Susan - Services
We should join! (after we formally setup the biz) International Virtual Assistants Association
directory, website templates, web hosting/reseller program ... local VAs have pricing/payment policies, payment options, employee vs VA cost benefit, etc on their sites...International Association of Virtual Assistants, Virtual Assistance
Paperwork PartnersVIRTUAL ASSISTANT, virtual, assistant, virtual assistant services, business startup services, business, startup, services
AssistU training diaries: AssistU: Virtual Assistance information and referrals, and Virtual Assistants training.
Michele's Administrative Services
Coaching and Virtual Assistants! <<< seattle 24x7 people >>>
InfoWord Services - Your Virtual Assistant offering Office and Desktop Support to Business Owners, Individuals, and Entrepreneurs.
How Do I Become a Virtual Assistant?
EPower! NEWS - has articles on VAs
Inc.com:Original Inc Article:I'm Your Assistant, and I'm Not Here to Help You
Virtual Assistant
Guru.com - Virtually Indispensable
Virtual ASsistant Susan - Services
We should join! (after we formally setup the biz) International Virtual Assistants Association
directory, website templates, web hosting/reseller program ... local VAs have pricing/payment policies, payment options, employee vs VA cost benefit, etc on their sites...International Association of Virtual Assistants, Virtual Assistance
Paperwork PartnersVIRTUAL ASSISTANT, virtual, assistant, virtual assistant services, business startup services, business, startup, services
AssistU training diaries: AssistU: Virtual Assistance information and referrals, and Virtual Assistants training.
Michele's Administrative Services
Coaching and Virtual Assistants! <<< seattle 24x7 people >>>
Saturday, July 12, 2003
Wednesday, July 02, 2003
Tuesday, July 01, 2003
Monday, June 30, 2003
Sunday, June 29, 2003
Thoughts about language acquisition: No, I don't think that I've discovered anything anyone else has ever published before. But, I am realizing that perhaps the brain has a "symbol table", a concept familiar to us computer programming types. In order to become "fluent" in a language, we need to bypass the first path that is created for any given word, which goes from the foreign word, to our native word, to an image of what the thing really is, and instead create a pathway from the foreign word directly to the image of the "thing". I.E. creating new symbol table entries for the foreign words, as opposed to creating an intermediate table whose entries point to the native language table, which is what most of us do at least in the beginning.
So, perhaps one key to aiding the aquirement (is that a word? ;-) of language is to repeat the word in your mind, and visualizing the image of the word, so as to facilitate creating that pathway, minus the intermediate step of "translation". I notice in my attempts to learn spanish, that some words I hear I immediately understand, and others I have to go through the translation process, which of course causes me to miss alot of what the speaker is saying. Can I facilitate this path to direct recognition in some way? Can I create a learning tool, methodology, etc, that would facilitate this?
Ok, aquisition is the word I wanted ;-)
So, perhaps one key to aiding the aquirement (is that a word? ;-) of language is to repeat the word in your mind, and visualizing the image of the word, so as to facilitate creating that pathway, minus the intermediate step of "translation". I notice in my attempts to learn spanish, that some words I hear I immediately understand, and others I have to go through the translation process, which of course causes me to miss alot of what the speaker is saying. Can I facilitate this path to direct recognition in some way? Can I create a learning tool, methodology, etc, that would facilitate this?
Ok, aquisition is the word I wanted ;-)
Welcome to my initial post! Here I am planning to record the journey and gems of my seemingly endless search for information on how to live my dreams and open my first biz... Follow along!
