I recently ran into this problem that seemed really odd. This is the .net world and I am using an item template. On itemdatabound I set a drop downlist’s selected item like this:
somedropdownlist.Items.FindByText("someText").Selected = True
I thought this should have worked. It did not. When the control was rendered the item I choose was not selected. So I thought that this could be a life-cycle thing. I tried:
somedropdownlist.SelectedValue = "Some Value"
that worked. Why? I don’t get it.
Any one in the Milwaukee area who is remotely interested in web design should check out the event put on by MilwauCHI. MilwauCHI is the Milwaukee, Wisconsin chapter for the Association for Computing Machinery (AMC) Special Interest Group (SIG) on Computer-Human Interaction (CHI).
Titled “Multiple Facets of Accessible Design” this event will tackle accessible design on the web and else where. IndependenceFirst which is hosting the event is also in the process of revamping their website. Like their building, IndependenceFirst wants the new website to be a model for accessibility. I am really looking forward to this event.
A few days ago I “upgraded” to Parallels 5. I have multiple XP environments and one of them refused to start and was giving me the blue screen of death. Here is my mistake: I tried to resolve the issues appearing on the blue screen. If this happens to you don’t try to solve these issues. It iwll get you no where very slowly. I did find this post though: http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10392166-263.html. It it turns out this is a known issue and easily be remedied. That is too late for me know, since I tried a repair on my vm which means might as well rebuild it now, hopefully though it is not late for you.
I always look forward to going to the various campuses around the area for recruiting. We usually visit UW Madison, UW Milwaukee, UW Whitewater and Marquette University. Generally, we have a good student and employer turnout on these campuses. I was expecting to see a lot more students looking for a position given the economy. It felt like both on the employer and student sides the attendance was very thin. Generally, Fall career fairs are not as well attended as the once in winter because there is fewer December than May graduates. So I am comparing this October to last October. If the labor market is not tight and companies are not hiring then where are the students and why are they not aggressively looking? Do you know?!
It is always surprising to me that almost everyone I bring to the office for an interview never takes notes. Here are some thoughts on note taking. First the motivation for note taking in a meeting followed by some tips.
The power of the Internet is its ability to reach across mountains and oceans into the heart of remote towns and villages. This is even more emphasized by the popularity and availability of mobile phones and other devices that are Internet enabled. A business through its on-line presence will have the world as its market by the flip of the switch. The only barrier becomes that of communication rather than distance and physical limitations. An e-commerce site entering a new market will now have to communicate its value proposition, the quality of its products, support information and specifications and many other communication pieces that have to be delivered in the language of the potential buyer. This is, of course, in addition to the basic e-commerce fundamental requirement of currency conversion and fulfillment issues.
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I am very interested in knowing how outsourcing helped companies save money. Furthermore, I would like to know how much of that saving was passed on to consumers; If there was saving did it happen at the cost of software quality and customer loyalty? My company has an offshore office in Palestine that is meant to serve the Middle East. The question is: should we offer offshore development services to our clients in the US? Our industry has been notorious for under delivering. I can’t help but being very skeptical when I hear positive examples of outsourced projects, and yes there are few of them. Adding social, political and physical barriers to the development of software is not going to help the industry as a whole to produce software on time and on budget.
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