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Archive for November, 2009
Happy Thanksgiving!
Nov 26th
Just wanted to drop a quick note and wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!
I'm spending my Days of Turkey in Fredericksburg, VA, with my second family.
We had a great night last night at the Fredericksburg Pub where I had some outstanding bangers 'n mash–good stuff! The night was finished off nicely with wins by the Jayhawks and Wildcats–woot!
And now I'm just sitting around, rabidly anticipating delicious turkey and my mother-in-law's devilled eggs…yummy!
Anyway, I hope everyone has a great day with family and friends-make it a good one 🙂
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SocialMe: A Social Networking Experiment in Sitecore
Nov 17th
In a recent post, I linked a video that outlined my initial experiences with building XAML applications for the Sitecore desktop. Coming off that experience, I was super excited to try out another application–SocialMe is the result.
Basically, SocialMe allows Sitecore users to save social networking credentials (currently Flickr, Twitter, and Facebook) to their Sitecore user profile, which can be leveraged on a web site to display custom content for that particular user–recent tweets, uploaded photos, and most recent Facebook status.
Anyway, here is an overly-long video that describes this in fuller detail, as well as provides a demo of what it allows you to do.
Possibly Related Posts- My First Sitecore Desktop Application
- Writing My First XAML Application (Tutorial)
- Working with Custom User Profile Properties
Working with Custom User Profile Properties in Sitecore
Nov 15th
Over the last several weeks, I've been working on a pretty nice little app that will allow for the integration of several social networking sites with Sitecore user profiles. As a part of this application, I've been utilizing the Sitecore 6.0 API to manage the creation and manipulation of custom user profile properties (for storing usernames, passwords, etc.).
I've summarized my experience at LearnSitecore, so be sure to head on over and check out my latest article.
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Mortality and Resonance
Nov 1st
(Thanks to Kevin, as always, for the inspiration!)
This week at church saw the start of a new message series entitled “Resonate.” The series seeks to answer how we are to live our lives in such a way as to leave a lasting impact on the world in which we live.
Quite appropriately, Kevin kicked off the series by calling attention to the 30,000-pound elephant in the room. This elephant, of course, is the stark realization that all of us, without exception, have the prospect of death looming powerfully and ominously on the horizons of our lives. Try as we might, we cannot escape or otherwise elude this fate; we are mortal, and our days are numbered. In the face of this reality, the psalmist’s words are still poignant thousands of years later:
“Please, LORD, show me my future. Will I soon be gone? You made my life short, so brief that the time means nothing to you. Human life is but a breath, and it disappears like a shadow. Our struggles are senseless; we store up more and more, without ever knowing who will get it all.” (Psalm 39:4-6 CEV).
I found today’s conversation particularly meaningful for several reasons. First, as part of More >
