Bamboo Partner Blogs

Pre-Populating SharePoint fileds with values

Novotronix Blog — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:45:00 GMT

There are occasions when we need to pre-populate SharePoint fields with data, such as from a query string. the solution is not that difficult, using a bit of Javascript. Paul blogged the solution of at Autosponge . (Code below copied from Autosponge and...(read more)

Book Review:SharePoint for Project Management

The WorkerThread Blog — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:24:27 GMT

I first heard about this book via the SharePoint for Project Management section of Bamboo Nation. The author Dux Raymond Sy, is Bamboo Software’s resident Project Management expert, and as well as a long history of working with SharePoint he is...(read more)

Lightning Tools Big SharePoint Survey

The WorkerThread Blog — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:13:05 GMT

Nick Swan over at Lightning tools has put together the Big SharePoint Survey, the intention being to find out more about how the product is being used, what the pain points are etc. Results will be made available to all, so the more contributors...(read more)

Sign that the iPhone is making inroads in the workplace.

Collaboration, Technology, and New York — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:50:00 GMT

This was on an email signature from an email I received: “Please pardon any typos” Read More......(read more)

Workflows, workflows, workflows

Collaboration, Technology, and New York — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 02:28:00 GMT

K2 have now introduced Black Point which has a price point of — starting at just $5,000 (U.S.) — is competitive with other low-cost offerings, so it’s easy to get started with workflows and process-driven applications. Basically it’s about $25 per user...(read more)

Does SharePoint have a archiving policy?

Collaboration, Technology, and New York — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 11:26:00 GMT

I get this question asked so many times. In the Document Information Management Policy Settings, you can define a policy to delete files. It can delete a file if it is X amount days old. Once deleted it is deleted. Can the file be copied to an archive...(read more)

Free Solution: The zevenseas Tags Web Parts

Daniel | zevenseas | SharePoint Blog — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 06:55:50 GMT

This one has been in the works for ages, basically it involved me taking the Tag Cloud/List work that I had done for the Employee Blogging platform and Tagged Links , and then making it more generic. I got stuck for a while in one of those spirals that...(read more)

Opensource CMS is better?

Novotronix Blog — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:21:00 GMT

On more than one occassion, I get into argument with people supporting OpenSource / FSF software. Its not that I do not approve of Free software.. on the other hand I am quite an enthusiastic supporter of sites such as SourceForge, CodeProject, CodePlex...(read more)

Secrets

Novotronix Blog — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:59:00 GMT

We all have secrets at one point of time or the other in our lives. And now we use computers to hide these secrets of ours. As encrypted files protected with passwords, hidden drives, pen drives. Cryptography seems to have made things so much more easier...(read more)

Our quest for intelligence...

Novotronix Blog — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:28:00 GMT

How many times a day do you go thinking .. 'boy that guy is a real idiot.' ? I come across enough number of people in my normal day to make me start believing that intelligence has not yet been found anywhere in the universe... not even on Earth...(read more)

Best Practises....Or Not?

Novotronix Blog — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:53:00 GMT

Adam has a good thought provoking article on Best Practises. This is something I certainly agree with and have for a long time - whilst a 'best practise' may be the theoretical or purist approach, it is not always the most viable Gappy Holidays...(read more)

Data Connection Error because of too many Site Collection references

ML's Chatter — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 04:39:00 GMT

This week has been one crazy week for me because Christmas is next week and I’m technically on vacation now for the next 3 weeks. Just like almost everyone else I've been scrambling to get as much work finished before leaving and I had several...(read more)

The dreaded InfoPath Forms Services (IPFS) error box

ML's Chatter — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:14:00 GMT

If anybody does any type of InfoPath 2007 browser based form development knows all about the dreaded IPFS error box. In my opinion it's dreaded because the lack of error details it gives or when it does give details how cryptic it is. If you don't...(read more)

Sharepoint Update Log - Part 2

Ferrara Data Consulting | Company Blog — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:03:29 GMT

End of year thoughts, a personal note

Hans | zevenseas | SharePoint Blog — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:32:04 GMT

A little early but because of the holidays exactly timed. And what a year it was :-) First of all I need to thank two groups of fine people that made this company happen: - our great team; - the customers. Our great team Our team is a great bunch of hardworking...(read more)