RE: [OT] Cloud backup (and security)

[Greg Keogh]

Hey hang on, I'm trying the free 2GB Mozy because they didn't seem to have a
stupid per-machine limit in their plan.

 

And yes, the UI is quite dumb, and you have to click a few buttons to drill
down and see any useful information.

 

The following probably applies to a lot of these cloud backup providers, but
I'm talking specifically about Mozy for now...

 

. I did not trust them to encrypt my files on the client side before
sending. They have the key.

. In any case, why do they use Blowfish 448 bit, which is really
old? AES has been the new standard for years.

. They use the expression "military grade encryption". This means
either they don't know what they're talking about or someone in marketing is
off their leash.

 

For these reasons I have decided that my folder being watched by the Mozy
service for backup only contains zip files using the pkzipc 6.0
-CryptAlgorithm=AES,256 option and a long password.

 

I'll run with this free provider for a while and see how it goes. My demands
are modest, I just want offsite backup in the cloud.

 

Greg

Re: [OT] Cloud backup

[Bill Chesnut]

Greg,  
   
I am using Amazon S3 with Cloudberry Labs Backup software and it work good, the 
software allows you to either copy the files up, so you can get to a single 
file from anywhere over the web or it can create a compressed backup.  I have 
about 25GB up there now and it is costing me $6 or $7 a month.

Bill Chesnut
BizTalk Server MVP
Melbourne, Australia
  _  

  From: Greg Keogh [mailto:g...@mira.net]
To: 'ozDotNet' [mailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com]
Sent: Tue, 31 May 2011 23:57:51 +1000
Subject: [OT] Cloud backup

  
  
Folks, yeah it’s me again, futzing overtime.  
   
I’ve been reading the results of web searches on expressions like “cloud 
backup” and I’m getting interesting results, but some of them (like Backblaze) 
want to treat you like a dummy and have some locally installed utility run 
backups for you. Some are really expensive (mostly AU), and some are 
suspiciously cheap. As usual, it’s like trying to pick fruit at the market, too 
much choice and too many options.  
   
Has anyone here chosen a cloud backup provider that just gives you a vanilla 
service for pros like us who know what and when we want to back things up? No 
fancy UIs or patronising apps, or at least ones that have a small footprint.  
   
I personally wouldn’t want more than about 200MB of space for my vital files.  
   
I have backups on memory sticks, and on a removable drive, and I have monthly 
DVDs with alternate ones placed in the tool shed for offsite backup. But, I’d 
still like the convenience of zipping files when I feel like it and sending to 
cloud backup.  
   
Lord knows about the security issues! That’s something I’d like to be reassured 
about.  
   
Greg  
   
 

RE: [OT] Cloud backup

[Glenn Crouch]

I have been using Jungle Disk with Amazon for a few years and am very happy
- and only costs a few dollars every month - and we have about 10 G now
backed up there...


Glenn Crouch, mailto:gl...@esbconsult.com
ESB Consultancy, http://www.esbconsult.com
Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/esbglenn 
Home of ESBPCS and ESB Calculators
Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia 

RE: [OT] Cloud backup

[Ian Thomas]

Ok, so how would Mozy handle a situation where you "connect" a single
machine, which is a Windows Home Server 2011 (which handles backups from a
small network very well)? I mean in terms of the "plans" - volume/bandwidth,
etc. 


Ian Thomas
Victoria Park, Western Australia

-Original Message-
From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com]
On Behalf Of Stephen Price
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 1:34 PM
To: ozDotNet
Subject: Re: [OT] Cloud backup

I was a happy Mozy user for three+ years. I left for a couple of
reasons. They removed their ultimate plan (mine still had a year and a
half left on my plan) but if I wanted to add another machine to my
current plan then I had to cancel my plan and resign up to their non
unlimited plan. I don't really care about unlimited but I did have
90Gb in the cloud on Mozy, so their smallest plan was too small. They
actually broke their existing plans when they introduced the new
limited plans. I was supposed to be able to add more machines onto
existing plan. They appoligised but there was no way around it other
than cancel plan and switch to limited plan early.

The other reason was partly due to them dumbing down the client. I
used to be able to see what was going on, what file, how much of the
compression it had done of the file etc. The new client took all that
away and it just showed a percentage. No file info, nothing. couldnt
even see if it was actually working unless you came back later to see
if the percent had changed. Dissapointing.

I'm not saying don't go with Mozy, it works well. I just found
something that suited me as the end/power user better with Crashplan.
I've now got something like 300Gb backed up. :)

On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 12:18 PM, Greg Keogh  wrote:
> James, I'm trying Mozy as I like the way your screen shot shows you can
> select folders and most importantly ... use filters. I like the idea of
> making "backup sets" that watch certain folders. It seems to be working
> well, but the client side home screen UI is not very informative.
>
>
>
> I ran a test backup and I can see the backed up files folders on their
> server, but I accidentally backed up a lot of garbage files, I've adjusted
> my filters to ignore them, but they seem to be "stuck" on their server.
> There is no delete option on the server. Am I missing it somewhere?
>
>
>
> Greg

Re: [OT] Cloud backup

[Stephen Price]

I was a happy Mozy user for three+ years. I left for a couple of
reasons. They removed their ultimate plan (mine still had a year and a
half left on my plan) but if I wanted to add another machine to my
current plan then I had to cancel my plan and resign up to their non
unlimited plan. I don't really care about unlimited but I did have
90Gb in the cloud on Mozy, so their smallest plan was too small. They
actually broke their existing plans when they introduced the new
limited plans. I was supposed to be able to add more machines onto
existing plan. They appoligised but there was no way around it other
than cancel plan and switch to limited plan early.

The other reason was partly due to them dumbing down the client. I
used to be able to see what was going on, what file, how much of the
compression it had done of the file etc. The new client took all that
away and it just showed a percentage. No file info, nothing. couldnt
even see if it was actually working unless you came back later to see
if the percent had changed. Dissapointing.

I'm not saying don't go with Mozy, it works well. I just found
something that suited me as the end/power user better with Crashplan.
I've now got something like 300Gb backed up. :)

On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 12:18 PM, Greg Keogh  wrote:
> James, I’m trying Mozy as I like the way your screen shot shows you can
> select folders and most importantly ... use filters. I like the idea of
> making “backup sets” that watch certain folders. It seems to be working
> well, but the client side home screen UI is not very informative.
>
>
>
> I ran a test backup and I can see the backed up files folders on their
> server, but I accidentally backed up a lot of garbage files, I’ve adjusted
> my filters to ignore them, but they seem to be “stuck” on their server.
> There is no delete option on the server. Am I missing it somewhere?
>
>
>
> Greg

Re: .NET Consultant role - Microsoft

[Scott Barnes]

Don't thank me yet, you may actually get the job ;0 heheheheheh


---
Regards,
Scott Barnes
http://www.riagenic.com


On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 3:05 PM, Heinrich Breedt wrote:

> Thanks scott,
> really appreciate your comments and will def take them to heart
> (wow, from mistake comes some real good after all :) )
>
> On 6/1/11, Scott Barnes  wrote:
> > Resumes are part factual evidence and part information architecture. The
> > purpose for you in this case with Microsoft is to somehow get past the
> > recruitment side of things and into the hands of a blue badge (your
> future
> > boss) who's probably going to have a mixed approach to reading resumes
> ...
> >  (ie to this day i have no idea how i got hired at Microsoft when i did -
> so
> > take this as a former blue badger who read resumes often as just one guys
> > opinion).
> >
> >
> >1. *Embrace the concept of more than one column*. Summary of expertise
> >needs better spacing between paragraphs and you need to provide
> > highlights.
> >The objective here is to show bit of leg, but not give away the entire
> >prize. Tease the person into wanting to get you into the interview to
> > know
> >more. Its a dangerous posture to take, but ultimately its always going
> to
> > be
> >a crap shoot.
> >
> >2. *Don't be afraid to rip out the highlighter :)* ... inside
> Microsoft
> >we had this problem around excess information..everyone is hitting you
> > 24/7
> >with "must read"...you enjoy reading an email / document as much as a
> > swift
> >kick in the head. I found huge wins by just highlighting data points
> in
> >anything i sent around ...as then its a case of "blah blah blah You
> need
> >to focus on this blah blah blah" its not "traditional" when it comes
> to
> >resume transactions but if you want someones attentionthen grab
> it.
> >
> >3. *Skills & Employment History. *You've told me upfront you have xyz
> >technologies but levels? these days most resumes i have seen etc have
> >"advanced, intermediate, specialist etc" type leveling. You're wanting
> to
> >tell the person looking at the resume your strengths and weaknesses.
> > We'll
> >get to the testing of those levels later in the interview process, for
> > now
> >i'll take your word upfront ..  Cite them once and move on. Don't
> re-list
> >them again in the area's of where you worked, its redundant and
> honestly
> > the
> >person(s) reading the resume are unlikely to map the relevance. Pick 5
> > major
> >project highlights and thats it, list the brands you worked for but
> given
> >the visibility of most devs these days don't be afraid to put 1995
> -2002
> >(Upon Request). in there somewhere. As its expected behavior in IT to
> > have a
> >resume thats quite long given the contract arrangements these days.
> Also
> >tell us what you did not the problems they had..ie i couldn't find
> where
> > you
> >fit into GIS System you worked on.. sounds interesting, but what role
> did
> >you play? that sort of thing. 25 words or less per item btw.
> >
> >4. *Fonts*. Your all over the place with your text sizes. Keep a
> >consistent flow, leverage MS Word Heading1, Heading2 etc. Don't make
> them
> > to
> >big either 12pt max with secondary text being around 10pt to give the
> > reader
> >balance. Use bold to sparingly more to highlight a new area of focus
> (ie
> >like this email i guess). Allows readers to skim read if need be.
> >
> >5. *References etc*. Upon Request. Firstly it removes the page count
> and
> >secondly its a fishing expedition at times when hunting for jobs, so
> them
> >having to ask you for who the references are shows they are
> >interested...nothing like a "oh so you read it, good".
> >
> > Layering is the key imho. You're a product so you need to sell yourself
> as
> > one and a good healthy resume feels like you are just doing that - about
> to
> > make a great acquisition. You want the cover to be eye catching but when
> you
> > turn it around basically you want a feature break down of what's
> > inside...this is what you're about to buy. Take a slice from Apple's
> product
> > marketing (as weird as this may sound) they give you just enough but not
> to
> > much information. Layer in your message about who you are, what you can
> do,
> > how often you do it and what you want to do next. An example would be
> start
> > at 100+ words for a description of what you did at a role etc, then scale
> it
> > back to 50, then back to 25... why 25? why not... :D
> >
> > Anyway, Good luck! :) and MCS is an interesting area to dwell in... bring
> > thickskin and an open mind hehehe...
> >
> > ---
> > Regards,
> > Scott Barnes
> > http://www.riagenic.com
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 9:46 AM, Heinrich Breedt
> > wrote:
> >
> >> I honestly would not know how to cut it down to 2 pages.
> >>
> >>
> >
>
> --
> Sent from my mobile device
>
> 

Re: .NET Consultant role - Microsoft

[Heinrich Breedt]

Thanks scott,
really appreciate your comments and will def take them to heart
(wow, from mistake comes some real good after all :) )

On 6/1/11, Scott Barnes  wrote:
> Resumes are part factual evidence and part information architecture. The
> purpose for you in this case with Microsoft is to somehow get past the
> recruitment side of things and into the hands of a blue badge (your future
> boss) who's probably going to have a mixed approach to reading resumes ...
>  (ie to this day i have no idea how i got hired at Microsoft when i did - so
> take this as a former blue badger who read resumes often as just one guys
> opinion).
>
>
>1. *Embrace the concept of more than one column*. Summary of expertise
>needs better spacing between paragraphs and you need to provide
> highlights.
>The objective here is to show bit of leg, but not give away the entire
>prize. Tease the person into wanting to get you into the interview to
> know
>more. Its a dangerous posture to take, but ultimately its always going to
> be
>a crap shoot.
>
>2. *Don't be afraid to rip out the highlighter :)* ... inside Microsoft
>we had this problem around excess information..everyone is hitting you
> 24/7
>with "must read"...you enjoy reading an email / document as much as a
> swift
>kick in the head. I found huge wins by just highlighting data points in
>anything i sent around ...as then its a case of "blah blah blah You need
>to focus on this blah blah blah" its not "traditional" when it comes to
>resume transactions but if you want someones attentionthen grab it.
>
>3. *Skills & Employment History. *You've told me upfront you have xyz
>technologies but levels? these days most resumes i have seen etc have
>"advanced, intermediate, specialist etc" type leveling. You're wanting to
>tell the person looking at the resume your strengths and weaknesses.
> We'll
>get to the testing of those levels later in the interview process, for
> now
>i'll take your word upfront ..  Cite them once and move on. Don't re-list
>them again in the area's of where you worked, its redundant and honestly
> the
>person(s) reading the resume are unlikely to map the relevance. Pick 5
> major
>project highlights and thats it, list the brands you worked for but given
>the visibility of most devs these days don't be afraid to put 1995 -2002
>(Upon Request). in there somewhere. As its expected behavior in IT to
> have a
>resume thats quite long given the contract arrangements these days. Also
>tell us what you did not the problems they had..ie i couldn't find where
> you
>fit into GIS System you worked on.. sounds interesting, but what role did
>you play? that sort of thing. 25 words or less per item btw.
>
>4. *Fonts*. Your all over the place with your text sizes. Keep a
>consistent flow, leverage MS Word Heading1, Heading2 etc. Don't make them
> to
>big either 12pt max with secondary text being around 10pt to give the
> reader
>balance. Use bold to sparingly more to highlight a new area of focus (ie
>like this email i guess). Allows readers to skim read if need be.
>
>5. *References etc*. Upon Request. Firstly it removes the page count and
>secondly its a fishing expedition at times when hunting for jobs, so them
>having to ask you for who the references are shows they are
>interested...nothing like a "oh so you read it, good".
>
> Layering is the key imho. You're a product so you need to sell yourself as
> one and a good healthy resume feels like you are just doing that - about to
> make a great acquisition. You want the cover to be eye catching but when you
> turn it around basically you want a feature break down of what's
> inside...this is what you're about to buy. Take a slice from Apple's product
> marketing (as weird as this may sound) they give you just enough but not to
> much information. Layer in your message about who you are, what you can do,
> how often you do it and what you want to do next. An example would be start
> at 100+ words for a description of what you did at a role etc, then scale it
> back to 50, then back to 25... why 25? why not... :D
>
> Anyway, Good luck! :) and MCS is an interesting area to dwell in... bring
> thickskin and an open mind hehehe...
>
> ---
> Regards,
> Scott Barnes
> http://www.riagenic.com
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 9:46 AM, Heinrich Breedt
> wrote:
>
>> I honestly would not know how to cut it down to 2 pages.
>>
>>
>

-- 
Sent from my mobile device

Heinrich Breedt

“Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by
striking.” - William B. Sprague

Re: building the domain model - what tools to use?

[Tristan Reeves]

Is there any reason it has to be a *visual* designer? There are non-visual
(scripted, or template based) solutions available.

On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 3:22 PM, Kirsten Greed wrote:

>  Dear all
>
>
>
> I want to have a visual tool that will generate business objects and the
> means to persist them.
>
> The kind of entities that I want to build have read only fields populated
> from look up tables
>
>
>
> For example
>
> * *
>
> *Base Table Customer*
>
> CustomerID int
>
> CustomerName  string
>
> TermsID  int
>
>
>
> *Look up Table Terms*
>
> TermsID int
>
> TermsDescription string
>
>
>
>
>
> I wanted to use a visual designer to create a class with the fields from
> the base table as read write, and the fields from the look  up table as
> being read only.
>
>
>
> I have been trying to achieve this with Entity Framework – but the visual
> designer won’t validate my attempts
>
>
>
> Has anyone had any joy doing this kind of thing with a visual designer?
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Kirsten
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

Re: .NET Consultant role - Microsoft

[Scott Barnes]

Resumes are part factual evidence and part information architecture. The
purpose for you in this case with Microsoft is to somehow get past the
recruitment side of things and into the hands of a blue badge (your future
boss) who's probably going to have a mixed approach to reading resumes ...
 (ie to this day i have no idea how i got hired at Microsoft when i did - so
take this as a former blue badger who read resumes often as just one guys
opinion).


   1. *Embrace the concept of more than one column*. Summary of expertise
   needs better spacing between paragraphs and you need to provide highlights.
   The objective here is to show bit of leg, but not give away the entire
   prize. Tease the person into wanting to get you into the interview to know
   more. Its a dangerous posture to take, but ultimately its always going to be
   a crap shoot.

   2. *Don't be afraid to rip out the highlighter :)* ... inside Microsoft
   we had this problem around excess information..everyone is hitting you 24/7
   with "must read"...you enjoy reading an email / document as much as a swift
   kick in the head. I found huge wins by just highlighting data points in
   anything i sent around ...as then its a case of "blah blah blah You need
   to focus on this blah blah blah" its not "traditional" when it comes to
   resume transactions but if you want someones attentionthen grab it.

   3. *Skills & Employment History. *You've told me upfront you have xyz
   technologies but levels? these days most resumes i have seen etc have
   "advanced, intermediate, specialist etc" type leveling. You're wanting to
   tell the person looking at the resume your strengths and weaknesses. We'll
   get to the testing of those levels later in the interview process, for now
   i'll take your word upfront ..  Cite them once and move on. Don't re-list
   them again in the area's of where you worked, its redundant and honestly the
   person(s) reading the resume are unlikely to map the relevance. Pick 5 major
   project highlights and thats it, list the brands you worked for but given
   the visibility of most devs these days don't be afraid to put 1995 -2002
   (Upon Request). in there somewhere. As its expected behavior in IT to have a
   resume thats quite long given the contract arrangements these days. Also
   tell us what you did not the problems they had..ie i couldn't find where you
   fit into GIS System you worked on.. sounds interesting, but what role did
   you play? that sort of thing. 25 words or less per item btw.

   4. *Fonts*. Your all over the place with your text sizes. Keep a
   consistent flow, leverage MS Word Heading1, Heading2 etc. Don't make them to
   big either 12pt max with secondary text being around 10pt to give the reader
   balance. Use bold to sparingly more to highlight a new area of focus (ie
   like this email i guess). Allows readers to skim read if need be.

   5. *References etc*. Upon Request. Firstly it removes the page count and
   secondly its a fishing expedition at times when hunting for jobs, so them
   having to ask you for who the references are shows they are
   interested...nothing like a "oh so you read it, good".

Layering is the key imho. You're a product so you need to sell yourself as
one and a good healthy resume feels like you are just doing that - about to
make a great acquisition. You want the cover to be eye catching but when you
turn it around basically you want a feature break down of what's
inside...this is what you're about to buy. Take a slice from Apple's product
marketing (as weird as this may sound) they give you just enough but not to
much information. Layer in your message about who you are, what you can do,
how often you do it and what you want to do next. An example would be start
at 100+ words for a description of what you did at a role etc, then scale it
back to 50, then back to 25... why 25? why not... :D

Anyway, Good luck! :) and MCS is an interesting area to dwell in... bring
thickskin and an open mind hehehe...

---
Regards,
Scott Barnes
http://www.riagenic.com


On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 9:46 AM, Heinrich Breedt wrote:

> I honestly would not know how to cut it down to 2 pages.
>
>

RE: Any recommendations on 3rd Party ASP.NET Controls

[Glenn Crouch]

Thanks for the prompt feedback - it helps a lot :)


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Re: Any recommendations on 3rd Party ASP.NET Controls

[Michael Ridland]

Yes I agree, it's not enjoyable. It's just so much cleaner and enjoyable
working with raw html and javascript. Sometime's it's a great idea to
leverage such controls when the control itself would be a huge task create,
eg a reporting engine or a rich text editor. But for some data in a webapp I
would recommend plain old mvc, html and javascript.

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Director
P. 0404 865 350
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L. au.linkedin.com/in/michaelridland


 


On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 2:14 PM, Greg Keogh  wrote:

> I have used ComponentOne and Infragistics and some other smaller widget
> kits
> and I have a warning:
>
> All of these big vendors produce highly over-featured over-complex controls
> with large and dense documentation that wastes a lot of time unless you
> have
> enough staff to assign someone to become a guru and study and experiment.
> All of the controls will work out of the box in vanilla mode, but once you
> start to push them hard your learning curve will steepen and you'll be
> bogged down in quirks. The dependencies on licence files, versions and
> compatibility might really complicate your release procedures.
>
> Once you get into these kits you might as well consider yourself married to
> them.
>
> Greg
>
>

Re: Any recommendations on 3rd Party ASP.NET Controls

[Craig van Nieuwkerk]

>
> Once you get into these kits you might as well consider yourself married to
> them.
>

I have to agree with this. Rather than just providing some nice UI
enhancements they seem to want to take over the whole app and are not
easy to get rid of.

Craig.

RE: [OT] Cloud backup

[Greg Keogh]

James, it's okay, I eventually found this:

About Deleting, Moving, and Renaming Files

When you delete a file from your computer, the file is marked for deletion
on the backup servers. The file is permanently deleted from the servers 30
days after it was deselected. 

When you use the MozyHome Prefererences window to deselect a file to exclude
from future backups using the File & Folders Tab, the file is marked for
deletion on the backup servers when you perform your next backup. The file
is permanently deleted from the servers 30 days after it was deselected. 

When a file is marked for deletion on the backup servers, MozyHome
immediately releases the storage space used by that particular file. The
most recent version of the file is kept for 30 days, after which the file is
deleted permanently from the backup servers and is no longer retrievable. 

MozyHome recognizes when you delete, move, or rename files on your system,
and updates the backup servers. MozyHome keeps an exact copy of your
selections on the Mozy servers, meaning that all changes (deletions, moves,
and renaming) of files on your system are mirrored. 

When you rename a file on your system, MozyHome treats it as a deletion of
the old file and the creation of a new file with the same content. If you
need to restore the file, and the restore date is prior to the renaming, the
file uses the old name. After the date of renaming, the file uses the new
name. 

When you move a file from one location to another on your file system,
MozyHome treats this in the same manner as a renaming. 

RE: [OT] Cloud backup

[Greg Keogh]

James, I'm trying Mozy as I like the way your screen shot shows you can
select folders and most importantly ... use filters. I like the idea of
making "backup sets" that watch certain folders. It seems to be working
well, but the client side home screen UI is not very informative.

 

I ran a test backup and I can see the backed up files folders on their
server, but I accidentally backed up a lot of garbage files, I've adjusted
my filters to ignore them, but they seem to be "stuck" on their server.
There is no delete option on the server. Am I missing it somewhere?

 

Greg

RE: Any recommendations on 3rd Party ASP.NET Controls

[Greg Keogh]

I have used ComponentOne and Infragistics and some other smaller widget kits
and I have a warning:

All of these big vendors produce highly over-featured over-complex controls
with large and dense documentation that wastes a lot of time unless you have
enough staff to assign someone to become a guru and study and experiment.
All of the controls will work out of the box in vanilla mode, but once you
start to push them hard your learning curve will steepen and you'll be
bogged down in quirks. The dependencies on licence files, versions and
compatibility might really complicate your release procedures.

Once you get into these kits you might as well consider yourself married to
them.

Greg

Re: Any recommendations on 3rd Party ASP.NET Controls

[Craig van Nieuwkerk]

> So any feedback welcome - thanks!
>

I have used Telerik and they work pretty well.

One thing I found with a lot of the third-party web controls though
(including Telerik) is that they are pretty heavy. It is very easy to
end up with web pages approaching 1mb if you are not careful! This is
less of a problem if it is an internal app and you have high speed
LAN, but for public facing app can be an issue. Because of this in my
latest app I just use jQuery & jQuery UI with only required components
and a couple of extensions used judiciously. And made sure to optimise
as much as possible so the scripts are not downloaded every time and
cached.

Craig
www.YoureOnTime.com

RE: Any recommendations on 3rd Party ASP.NET Controls

[Hemal Modi]

HI Glenn,

We have been using Telerik controls (http://www.telerik.com/) for few
years now and are very happy with their offerings as well as support. I
would definitely recommend this is a developers toolset.

Good luck,

Hemal Modi


-Original Message-
From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com
[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Glenn Crouch
Sent: Wednesday, 1 June 2011 11:07 AM
To: ozDotNet
Subject: Any recommendations on 3rd Party ASP.NET Controls

Currently working on a new ASP.NET Project for a client - and have
noticed that there are a number of 3rd Party ASP.NET Controls around -
since I have primarily been a Delphi Developer, I'm not sure how good
these products and/or companies are...

I've often found cheap products and even free ones to be superior then
expensive commercial ones - though sometime they are worth the money -
and we are Component Vendor ourselves (though primarily Delphi / VCL).

So any feedback welcome - thanks!

Glenn Crouch, mailto:gl...@esbconsult.com ESB Consultancy,
http://www.esbconsult.com Follow us on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/esbglenn Home of ESBPCS and ESB Calculators
Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia 

Any recommendations on 3rd Party ASP.NET Controls

[Glenn Crouch]

Currently working on a new ASP.NET Project for a client - and have noticed
that there are a number of 3rd Party ASP.NET Controls around - since I have
primarily been a Delphi Developer, I'm not sure how good these products
and/or companies are...

I've often found cheap products and even free ones to be superior then
expensive commercial ones - though sometime they are worth the money - and
we are Component Vendor ourselves (though primarily Delphi / VCL).

So any feedback welcome - thanks!

Glenn Crouch, mailto:gl...@esbconsult.com
ESB Consultancy, http://www.esbconsult.com
Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/esbglenn 
Home of ESBPCS and ESB Calculators
Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia 

Re: [OT] Cloud backup

[Stephen Price]

I guess you could consider it as a hobby. :)

I remember back in my Amiga days thats all I used to do. Download beta
software and tinker with it. My machine was usually pretty unstable
due to it being so loaded up with beta software. lol
Usually there's a problem to solve so you don't need them all, but I
know what you mean... so many software programs out there so little
time. :)

On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 9:38 AM, Preet Sangha  wrote:
> how much time do spend on average evaluating software? I know in general
> it's usually cheaper to buy than build but sometimes the time taken to
> evaluate X variations is usually daunting...
>
> On 1 June 2011 13:33, Stephen Price  wrote:
>>
>> For you, its the space. I guess for them, its being able to target
>> different clients. Pay for what you need or pay for what you can
>> afford. I went for the top plan because of the more machines.
>>
>> Then again I tend to buy lots of software tools. Some people go out
>> and spend thousands on their hardware and then refuse to spend a
>> single cent on software (usually because they want something for
>> nothing, which in the software world can sometimes be found). I don't
>> get that. I look at how long it would have taken me to write the
>> software (assuming I even have the skills for what the software does)
>> and then see the measly $200 or whatever as being a bargin.
>> Time is more valuable to me than money. I have less time than money
>> and I seem to spend all my time converting it into money. :)
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 8:30 AM, Greg Keogh  wrote:
>> > Stephen, Crashplan looked great until I noticed they have some kind of
>> > per-machine restriction on all but the top plan. This make no sense, as
>> > if I
>> > buy the space, then I expect to be able to use from absa-bloody-lutely
>> > anywhere, I mean, it's the space that counts, not where it comes from --
>> > Greg
>> >
>> >
>
>
>
> --
> regards,
> Preet, Overlooking the Ocean, Auckland
>

RE: .NET Consultant role - Microsoft

[TIERNEY Brendan]

4 - 5 pages is what recruiters want. 14 pages is over the top. 

-Original Message-
From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On 
Behalf Of Heinrich Breedt
Sent: Wednesday, 1 June 2011 9:46
To: ozDotNet
Subject: Re: .NET Consultant role - Microsoft

I honestly would not know how to cut it down to 2 pages.

On 6/1/11, Michael Ridland  wrote:
> Nobody, want's to read a CV 4+ pages long, I try to make mine 2 pages.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 7:48 AM, Grant Molloy  wrote:
>
>> Hi Heinrich...
>> If your "SMALL" cv is 12 pages long, how long is your "NORMAL" or "LARGE"
>> cv ?
>> I remember doing "CV" classes with my degree and they told us to keep 
>> them to around 4-5 pages.
>> What do other people on the list do?
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 7:54 PM, Heinrich Breedt 
>> > > wrote:
>>
>>> LOL, cant wait, *rubs hands* take your best shot :P
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 7:32 PM, David Connors  wrote:
>>>
 On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 7:31 PM, mike smith  wrote:

> Yes, you just did... and included a CV.  Last time someone did 
> that, their CV got dissected with a fine toothed comb.
>

 I think I recall that one - someone took credit for a project 
 someone else on the list delivered or something if I recall. It wasn't 
 pretty.

 David.


>
> I'm not going to throw stones, I've mis-hit reply to all before 
> when I didn't want to, and lived.
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 6:53 PM, Heinrich Breedt < 
> heinrichbre...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> oops, did i just reply to the list *facepalm* lol
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 5:04 PM, David Connors
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Can you guys discuss it off list with Priyanka?
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Anthony  wrote:
>>>
 Where is this role based?



 *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:
 ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Heinrich Breedt
 *Sent:* Tuesday, 31 May 2011 4:44 PM
 *To:* ozDotNet
 *Subject:* Re: .NET Consultant role - Microsoft



 Hi Priyanka,



 Yes I would definitely be interested in this position.

 I have attached my current CV. I Hope we can progress this



 Heinrich

 On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Priyanka Sindwani (Adecco) < 
 a-prs...@microsoft.com> wrote:

 Hi All,



 My name is Priyanka and I am the APAC Talent Sourcer for Microsoft.
 I
 am looking for great Senior .NET Consultants/Architects for 
 Microsoft. It's a Permanent consulting role for Microsoft's 
 Consulting Arm - MCS.
 Please
 find the JD attached and drop me a line should you be interested.



 Many Thanks.



 Kind Regards,

 * *

 *Priyanka Sindwani* |Talent Sourcer

 Email : a-prs...@microsoft.com

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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
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>>> Engineer Codify Pty Ltd
>>> Phone: +61 (7) 3210 6268 | Facsimile: +61 (7) 3210 6269 | 
>>> Mobile: +61
>>> 417 189 363
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Re: [OT] Cloud backup

[Nathan Schultz]

For backup I use McAfee Online Backup - although it's probably neither the
cheapest nor the best. It works for me though and it runs invisibly.

I also use synchronization services; which offer some backup features (your
data is never in any one place). I used to use Live Mesh beta, but had some
problems where it would get confused with large numbers of files, and I
would sometimes lose the latest versions. So it wasn't much good for code
files unless I zipped them into a single file - and then it coped better.
The advantage was with it that you can turn any of your windows folders into
a synchronized folder, unlike Dropbox where there is just one synchronized
folder tree.

Form my understanding Live Mesh beta has been replaced with Windows Live
Mesh - but since it dropped Windows XP support (my work machine is still
XP), so I gave it the flick.

These days I'm using Dropbox - where there's more copying involved (due to
having only one synchronized folder tree), but I've written scripts to copy
my work into the Dropbox folder at the end of the day. Sometimes I forget to
run it though :-/ Dropbox is free for up to 2GB of data - and has some
rudimentary versioning. It is my understanding it's simply a SVN server, and
all Dropbox is, is a SVN client. It's been reliable at least. Dropbox is
also in the news a lot as it became apparent that their employees have
access to your data (even though they initially denied it).

Option number 3, is it is fairly trivial to host your own SVN server over
the internet, so long as you have a provider that can host it.




On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 9:33 AM, Stephen Price wrote:

> For you, its the space. I guess for them, its being able to target
> different clients. Pay for what you need or pay for what you can
> afford. I went for the top plan because of the more machines.
>
> Then again I tend to buy lots of software tools. Some people go out
> and spend thousands on their hardware and then refuse to spend a
> single cent on software (usually because they want something for
> nothing, which in the software world can sometimes be found). I don't
> get that. I look at how long it would have taken me to write the
> software (assuming I even have the skills for what the software does)
> and then see the measly $200 or whatever as being a bargin.
> Time is more valuable to me than money. I have less time than money
> and I seem to spend all my time converting it into money. :)
>
> On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 8:30 AM, Greg Keogh  wrote:
> > Stephen, Crashplan looked great until I noticed they have some kind of
> > per-machine restriction on all but the top plan. This make no sense, as
> if I
> > buy the space, then I expect to be able to use from absa-bloody-lutely
> > anywhere, I mean, it's the space that counts, not where it comes from --
> > Greg
> >
> >
>

Re: [OT] Cloud backup

[Preet Sangha]

how much time do spend on average evaluating software? I know in general
it's usually cheaper to buy than build but sometimes the time taken to
evaluate X variations is usually daunting...

On 1 June 2011 13:33, Stephen Price  wrote:

> For you, its the space. I guess for them, its being able to target
> different clients. Pay for what you need or pay for what you can
> afford. I went for the top plan because of the more machines.
>
> Then again I tend to buy lots of software tools. Some people go out
> and spend thousands on their hardware and then refuse to spend a
> single cent on software (usually because they want something for
> nothing, which in the software world can sometimes be found). I don't
> get that. I look at how long it would have taken me to write the
> software (assuming I even have the skills for what the software does)
> and then see the measly $200 or whatever as being a bargin.
> Time is more valuable to me than money. I have less time than money
> and I seem to spend all my time converting it into money. :)
>
> On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 8:30 AM, Greg Keogh  wrote:
> > Stephen, Crashplan looked great until I noticed they have some kind of
> > per-machine restriction on all but the top plan. This make no sense, as
> if I
> > buy the space, then I expect to be able to use from absa-bloody-lutely
> > anywhere, I mean, it's the space that counts, not where it comes from --
> > Greg
> >
> >
>



-- 
regards,
Preet, Overlooking the Ocean, Auckland

Re: [OT] Cloud backup

[Stephen Price]

For you, its the space. I guess for them, its being able to target
different clients. Pay for what you need or pay for what you can
afford. I went for the top plan because of the more machines.

Then again I tend to buy lots of software tools. Some people go out
and spend thousands on their hardware and then refuse to spend a
single cent on software (usually because they want something for
nothing, which in the software world can sometimes be found). I don't
get that. I look at how long it would have taken me to write the
software (assuming I even have the skills for what the software does)
and then see the measly $200 or whatever as being a bargin.
Time is more valuable to me than money. I have less time than money
and I seem to spend all my time converting it into money. :)

On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 8:30 AM, Greg Keogh  wrote:
> Stephen, Crashplan looked great until I noticed they have some kind of
> per-machine restriction on all but the top plan. This make no sense, as if I
> buy the space, then I expect to be able to use from absa-bloody-lutely
> anywhere, I mean, it's the space that counts, not where it comes from --
> Greg
>
>

Re: [OT] Cloud backup

[Corneliu I. Tusnea]

Stephen,

Windows Live Mesh works great. It's free for up to 5Gb and uses the Windows
SkyDrive to store the data:
http://explore.live.com/windows-live-mesh?os=other
It's more of a sync service than backup (if you delete a file it gets
deleted from the cloud storage and it does not store older versions of
files)

I just love it. I sync data with multiple computers and has basically zero
CPU usage during sync.
The other services is DropBox. Quite good.

Corneliu


On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 10:35 AM, William Luu  wrote:

> You could also sync/backup your stuff to Windows Live SkyDrive -
> http://explore.live.com/windows-live-skydrive
>
>
> On 1 June 2011 10:30, Greg Keogh  wrote:
>
>> Stephen, Crashplan looked great until I noticed they have some kind of
>> per-machine restriction on all but the top plan. This make no sense, as if
>> I
>> buy the space, then I expect to be able to use from absa-bloody-lutely
>> anywhere, I mean, it's the space that counts, not where it comes from --
>> Greg
>>
>>
>

RE: [OT] Cloud backup

[David Kean]

If you have a centralized server, like Home Server then its great.

Sent from my Windows Phone

-Original Message-
From: Greg Keogh
Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 5:31 PM
To: 'ozDotNet'
Subject: RE: [OT] Cloud backup


Stephen, Crashplan looked great until I noticed they have some kind of
per-machine restriction on all but the top plan. This make no sense, as if I
buy the space, then I expect to be able to use from absa-bloody-lutely
anywhere, I mean, it's the space that counts, not where it comes from --
Greg

Re: [OT] Cloud backup

[William Luu]

You could also sync/backup your stuff to Windows Live SkyDrive -
http://explore.live.com/windows-live-skydrive

On 1 June 2011 10:30, Greg Keogh  wrote:

> Stephen, Crashplan looked great until I noticed they have some kind of
> per-machine restriction on all but the top plan. This make no sense, as if
> I
> buy the space, then I expect to be able to use from absa-bloody-lutely
> anywhere, I mean, it's the space that counts, not where it comes from --
> Greg
>
>

RE: [OT] Cloud backup

[Greg Keogh]

Stephen, Crashplan looked great until I noticed they have some kind of
per-machine restriction on all but the top plan. This make no sense, as if I
buy the space, then I expect to be able to use from absa-bloody-lutely
anywhere, I mean, it's the space that counts, not where it comes from --
Greg

Re: .NET Consultant role - Microsoft

[Heinrich Breedt]

I honestly would not know how to cut it down to 2 pages.

On 6/1/11, Michael Ridland  wrote:
> Nobody, want's to read a CV 4+ pages long, I try to make mine 2 pages.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 7:48 AM, Grant Molloy  wrote:
>
>> Hi Heinrich...
>> If your "SMALL" cv is 12 pages long, how long is your "NORMAL" or "LARGE"
>> cv ?
>> I remember doing "CV" classes with my degree and they told us to keep them
>> to around 4-5 pages.
>> What do other people on the list do?
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 7:54 PM, Heinrich Breedt > > wrote:
>>
>>> LOL, cant wait, *rubs hands* take your best shot :P
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 7:32 PM, David Connors  wrote:
>>>
 On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 7:31 PM, mike smith  wrote:

> Yes, you just did... and included a CV.  Last time someone did that,
> their CV got dissected with a fine toothed comb.
>

 I think I recall that one - someone took credit for a project someone
 else on the list delivered or something if I recall. It wasn't pretty.

 David.


>
> I'm not going to throw stones, I've mis-hit reply to all before when I
> didn't want to, and lived.
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 6:53 PM, Heinrich Breedt <
> heinrichbre...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> oops, did i just reply to the list *facepalm* lol
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 5:04 PM, David Connors
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Can you guys discuss it off list with Priyanka?
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Anthony  wrote:
>>>
 Where is this role based?



 *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:
 ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Heinrich Breedt
 *Sent:* Tuesday, 31 May 2011 4:44 PM
 *To:* ozDotNet
 *Subject:* Re: .NET Consultant role - Microsoft



 Hi Priyanka,



 Yes I would definitely be interested in this position.

 I have attached my current CV. I Hope we can progress this



 Heinrich

 On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Priyanka Sindwani (Adecco) <
 a-prs...@microsoft.com> wrote:

 Hi All,



 My name is Priyanka and I am the APAC Talent Sourcer for Microsoft.
 I
 am looking for great Senior .NET Consultants/Architects for
 Microsoft. It’s
 a Permanent consulting role for Microsoft’s Consulting Arm – MCS.
 Please
 find the JD attached and drop me a line should you be interested.



 Many Thanks.



 Kind Regards,

 * *

 *Priyanka Sindwani* |Talent Sourcer

 Email : a-prs...@microsoft.com

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 striking.” - William B. Sprague

>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> *David Connors* | da...@codify.com | www.codify.com
>>> Software Engineer
>>> Codify Pty Ltd
>>> Phone: +61 (7) 3210 6268 | Facsimile: +61 (7) 3210 6269 | Mobile: +61
>>> 417 189 363
>>> V-Card: https://www.codify.com/cards/davidconnors
>>> Address Info: https://www.codify.com/contact
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Heinrich Breedt
>>
>> “Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by
>> striking.” - William B. Sprague
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Meski
>
> "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to pris

Re: .NET Consultant role - Microsoft

[Craig van Nieuwkerk]

I find work experience over about 7 years ago can be reduced to one
line per job, only last 5 years is really relevant. I recruiters are
only interested in keywords so highlight them and cut down on long
commentaries on the tasks in the job.

On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 9:37 AM, Heinrich Breedt
 wrote:
> Yeah, its difficult keeping it small. I tried to cut down on my older
> engagements. you are probably right in that it is still too much. My
> large CV includes all detail of older stuff and my much earlier non IT
> experience
>

Re: .NET Consultant role - Microsoft

[Michael Ridland]

And I'm going to be using linkedin for my CV from now on.
http://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelridland

-You can export to pdf
-You can network
-You can get recommendations
-It's less likely to get dated
-You can share good links
-You can link it up with your twitter, slideshare and blog

And you can find jobs too...



On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 9:30 AM, Michael Ridland  wrote:

>
> Nobody, want's to read a CV 4+ pages long, I try to make mine 2 pages.
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 7:48 AM, Grant Molloy  wrote:
>
>> Hi Heinrich...
>> If your "SMALL" cv is 12 pages long, how long is your "NORMAL" or "LARGE"
>> cv ?
>> I remember doing "CV" classes with my degree and they told us to keep them
>> to around 4-5 pages.
>> What do other people on the list do?
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 7:54 PM, Heinrich Breedt <
>> heinrichbre...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> LOL, cant wait, *rubs hands* take your best shot :P
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 7:32 PM, David Connors  wrote:
>>>
 On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 7:31 PM, mike smith  wrote:

> Yes, you just did... and included a CV.  Last time someone did that,
> their CV got dissected with a fine toothed comb.
>

 I think I recall that one - someone took credit for a project someone
 else on the list delivered or something if I recall. It wasn't pretty.

 David.


>
> I'm not going to throw stones, I've mis-hit reply to all before when I
> didn't want to, and lived.
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 6:53 PM, Heinrich Breedt <
> heinrichbre...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> oops, did i just reply to the list *facepalm* lol
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 5:04 PM, David Connors wrote:
>>
>>> Can you guys discuss it off list with Priyanka?
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Anthony wrote:
>>>
 Where is this role based?



 *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:
 ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Heinrich Breedt
 *Sent:* Tuesday, 31 May 2011 4:44 PM
 *To:* ozDotNet
 *Subject:* Re: .NET Consultant role - Microsoft



 Hi Priyanka,



 Yes I would definitely be interested in this position.

 I have attached my current CV. I Hope we can progress this



 Heinrich

 On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Priyanka Sindwani (Adecco) <
 a-prs...@microsoft.com> wrote:

 Hi All,



 My name is Priyanka and I am the APAC Talent Sourcer for Microsoft.
 I am looking for great Senior .NET Consultants/Architects for 
 Microsoft.
 It’s a Permanent consulting role for Microsoft’s Consulting Arm – MCS.
 Please find the JD attached and drop me a line should you be 
 interested.



 Many Thanks.



 Kind Regards,

 * *

 *Priyanka Sindwani* |Talent Sourcer

 Email : a-prs...@microsoft.com

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 --
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 “Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by
 striking.” - William B. Sprague

>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> *David Connors* | da...@codify.com | www.codify.com
>>> Software Engineer
>>> Codify Pty Ltd
>>> Phone: +61 (7) 3210 6268 | Facsimile: +61 (7) 3210 6269 | Mobile: +61
>>> 417 189 363
>>> V-Card: https://www.codify.com/cards/davidconnors
>>> Address Info: https://www.codify.co

Re: .NET Consultant role - Microsoft

[Heinrich Breedt]

Yeah, its difficult keeping it small. I tried to cut down on my older
engagements. you are probably right in that it is still too much. My
large CV includes all detail of older stuff and my much earlier non IT
experience

On 6/1/11, Grant Molloy  wrote:
> Hi Heinrich...
> If your "SMALL" cv is 12 pages long, how long is your "NORMAL" or "LARGE" cv
> ?
> I remember doing "CV" classes with my degree and they told us to keep them
> to around 4-5 pages.
> What do other people on the list do?
>
>
> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 7:54 PM, Heinrich Breedt
> wrote:
>
>> LOL, cant wait, *rubs hands* take your best shot :P
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 7:32 PM, David Connors  wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 7:31 PM, mike smith  wrote:
>>>
 Yes, you just did... and included a CV.  Last time someone did that,
 their CV got dissected with a fine toothed comb.

>>>
>>> I think I recall that one - someone took credit for a project someone
>>> else
>>> on the list delivered or something if I recall. It wasn't pretty.
>>>
>>> David.
>>>
>>>

 I'm not going to throw stones, I've mis-hit reply to all before when I
 didn't want to, and lived.



 On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 6:53 PM, Heinrich Breedt <
 heinrichbre...@gmail.com> wrote:

> oops, did i just reply to the list *facepalm* lol
>
>
> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 5:04 PM, David Connors wrote:
>
>> Can you guys discuss it off list with Priyanka?
>>
>> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Anthony  wrote:
>>
>>> Where is this role based?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:
>>> ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Heinrich Breedt
>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, 31 May 2011 4:44 PM
>>> *To:* ozDotNet
>>> *Subject:* Re: .NET Consultant role - Microsoft
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Priyanka,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Yes I would definitely be interested in this position.
>>>
>>> I have attached my current CV. I Hope we can progress this
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Heinrich
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Priyanka Sindwani (Adecco) <
>>> a-prs...@microsoft.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> My name is Priyanka and I am the APAC Talent Sourcer for Microsoft. I
>>> am looking for great Senior .NET Consultants/Architects for
>>> Microsoft. It’s
>>> a Permanent consulting role for Microsoft’s Consulting Arm – MCS.
>>> Please
>>> find the JD attached and drop me a line should you be interested.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Many Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Kind Regards,
>>>
>>> * *
>>>
>>> *Priyanka Sindwani* |Talent Sourcer
>>>
>>> Email : a-prs...@microsoft.com
>>>
>>> [image: Description: Description: Description: Description:
>>> Description: Description: Description: Description: Description:
>>> Description: LinkedIn] 
>>>
>>> [image: Description: Description: Description: Description:
>>> Description: Description: Description: Description: Description:
>>> Description: Twitter] 
>>>
>>> [image: Description: Description: Description: Description:
>>> Description: Description: Description: Description: Description:
>>> http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR37byOZ1sWfKr9KGZKwisfUFxkffT9MyXPXPyiSg9If83qMp73Kg]
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> [image: Description: Description: Description: Description:
>>> Description: Description: Description: Description: Description:
>>> Description: Description: climber-signature.jpg]
>>>
>>> *Click
>>> **here*
>>> * for further information and exciting job opportunities at Microsoft
>>> Services*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Heinrich Breedt
>>>
>>> “Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by
>>> striking.” - William B. Sprague
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> *David Connors* | da...@codify.com | www.codify.com
>> Software Engineer
>> Codify Pty Ltd
>> Phone: +61 (7) 3210 6268 | Facsimile: +61 (7) 3210 6269 | Mobile: +61
>> 417 189 363
>> V-Card: https://www.codify.com/cards/davidconnors
>> Address Info: https://www.codify.com/contact
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Heinrich Breedt
>
> “Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by
> striking.” - William B. Sprague
>



 --
 Meski

 "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure,
 you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills

>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> *David Connors* | da...@codify.com | www.codify.co

Re: .NET Consultant role - Microsoft

[Michael Ridland]

Nobody, want's to read a CV 4+ pages long, I try to make mine 2 pages.



On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 7:48 AM, Grant Molloy  wrote:

> Hi Heinrich...
> If your "SMALL" cv is 12 pages long, how long is your "NORMAL" or "LARGE"
> cv ?
> I remember doing "CV" classes with my degree and they told us to keep them
> to around 4-5 pages.
> What do other people on the list do?
>
>
> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 7:54 PM, Heinrich Breedt  > wrote:
>
>> LOL, cant wait, *rubs hands* take your best shot :P
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 7:32 PM, David Connors  wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 7:31 PM, mike smith  wrote:
>>>
 Yes, you just did... and included a CV.  Last time someone did that,
 their CV got dissected with a fine toothed comb.

>>>
>>> I think I recall that one - someone took credit for a project someone
>>> else on the list delivered or something if I recall. It wasn't pretty.
>>>
>>> David.
>>>
>>>

 I'm not going to throw stones, I've mis-hit reply to all before when I
 didn't want to, and lived.



 On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 6:53 PM, Heinrich Breedt <
 heinrichbre...@gmail.com> wrote:

> oops, did i just reply to the list *facepalm* lol
>
>
> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 5:04 PM, David Connors wrote:
>
>> Can you guys discuss it off list with Priyanka?
>>
>> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Anthony  wrote:
>>
>>> Where is this role based?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:
>>> ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Heinrich Breedt
>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, 31 May 2011 4:44 PM
>>> *To:* ozDotNet
>>> *Subject:* Re: .NET Consultant role - Microsoft
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Priyanka,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Yes I would definitely be interested in this position.
>>>
>>> I have attached my current CV. I Hope we can progress this
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Heinrich
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Priyanka Sindwani (Adecco) <
>>> a-prs...@microsoft.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> My name is Priyanka and I am the APAC Talent Sourcer for Microsoft. I
>>> am looking for great Senior .NET Consultants/Architects for Microsoft. 
>>> It’s
>>> a Permanent consulting role for Microsoft’s Consulting Arm – MCS. Please
>>> find the JD attached and drop me a line should you be interested.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Many Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Kind Regards,
>>>
>>> * *
>>>
>>> *Priyanka Sindwani* |Talent Sourcer
>>>
>>> Email : a-prs...@microsoft.com
>>>
>>> [image: Description: Description: Description: Description:
>>> Description: Description: Description: Description: Description:
>>> Description: LinkedIn] 
>>>
>>> [image: Description: Description: Description: Description:
>>> Description: Description: Description: Description: Description:
>>> Description: Twitter] 
>>>
>>> [image: Description: Description: Description: Description:
>>> Description: Description: Description: Description: Description:
>>> http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR37byOZ1sWfKr9KGZKwisfUFxkffT9MyXPXPyiSg9If83qMp73Kg]
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> [image: Description: Description: Description: Description:
>>> Description: Description: Description: Description: Description:
>>> Description: Description: climber-signature.jpg]
>>>
>>> *Click 
>>> **here*
>>> * for further information and exciting job opportunities at
>>> Microsoft Services*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Heinrich Breedt
>>>
>>> “Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by
>>> striking.” - William B. Sprague
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> *David Connors* | da...@codify.com | www.codify.com
>> Software Engineer
>> Codify Pty Ltd
>> Phone: +61 (7) 3210 6268 | Facsimile: +61 (7) 3210 6269 | Mobile: +61
>> 417 189 363
>> V-Card: https://www.codify.com/cards/davidconnors
>> Address Info: https://www.codify.com/contact
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Heinrich Breedt
>
> “Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by
> striking.” - William B. Sprague
>



 --
 Meski

 "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure,
 you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills

>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> *David Connors* | da...@codify.com | www.codify.com
>>> Software Engineer
>>> Codify Pty Ltd
>>> Phone: +61 (7) 3210 6268 | Facsimile: +61 (7) 3210 6269 | Mobile: +61
>>> 417 189 363

Re: [OT] Cloud backup

[William Luu]

I'm also using Dropbox, and it works well for storing things in the cloud
and being able to access from anywhere that has a browser.

I use it mainly to share files between my home PC and my iPhone (mostly PDF
files).


Will

On 1 June 2011 03:10, Stephen Price  wrote:

> Hey Greg
> I was using Mozy until they stopped offering unlimited backups. I
> decided to look around and am now using Crashplan. I was impressed by
> the software and got their 4 year deal with the "leaving Mozy
> discount" they had running some months back. I think it was about $200
> or so (forget exact amount), but around the same as Mozy for 4 times
> as long (and unlimited), for up to 10 machines in the one household.
> (Instead of 3 machines).
>
> Only complaint was that it seems to be slowing down my machine during
> backups. I changed the schedule from always backup to only backup
> during the evenings when i'm not using my machine. It has a cool
> feature that lets you backup machines locally (or your friends as
> well.). I'm backing up my brothers laptop from wherever he is.
> Obviously bandwidth needs to be considered but you have granular
> control over what you backup, and you can throttle both lan and wan
> backups.
> Like I said, I was so impressed after a few hours of playing with the
> software, I paid for 4 years worth. I did need some support (it was
> not indexing/backing up all of my selected disks for some reason) and
> the support was quick. They got me to enter some commands into the
> client which told it to reindex the backup plan and away it went, not
> had a problem since.
>
> Restores (the important part!) can be done locally through the client,
> or via their webpage where it zips up your file selection and then
> lets you download the files via normal browser.
>
> I know what you mean about the ones that make you feel like it was
> targetting a non computer user. I felt the same when I looked around.
> Crashplan won for me.
>
> I also use Dropbox for file syncing between machines. 2Gb (plus extra
> if you refer someone or get referred by someone). Its handy for
> getting files from whereever you are. Might be what you are after if
> its just 200Mb of files. Was going to say it wont help if you corrupt
> your file but just remembered it has some versioning built in. Never
> used that option though, but it is there. Just had a look and context
> menu in explorer opens up a web page with versioning history for the
> file you selected.
>
> cheers,
> Stephen
>
> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 9:57 PM, Greg Keogh  wrote:
> > Folks, yeah it’s me again, futzing overtime.
> >
> >
> >
> > I’ve been reading the results of web searches on expressions like “cloud
> > backup” and I’m getting interesting results, but some of them (like
> > Backblaze) want to treat you like a dummy and have some locally installed
> > utility run backups for you. Some are really expensive (mostly AU), and
> some
> > are suspiciously cheap. As usual, it’s like trying to pick fruit at the
> > market, too much choice and too many options.
> >
> >
> >
> > Has anyone here chosen a cloud backup provider that just gives you a
> vanilla
> > service for pros like us who know what and when we want to back things
> up?
> > No fancy UIs or patronising apps, or at least ones that have a small
> > footprint.
> >
> >
> >
> > I personally wouldn’t want more than about 200MB of space for my vital
> > files.
> >
> >
> >
> > I have backups on memory sticks, and on a removable drive, and I have
> > monthly DVDs with alternate ones placed in the tool shed for offsite
> backup.
> > But, I’d still like the convenience of zipping files when I feel like it
> and
> > sending to cloud backup.
> >
> >
> >
> > Lord knows about the security issues! That’s something I’d like to be
> > reassured about.
> >
> >
> >
> > Greg
>

Re: .NET Consultant role - Microsoft

[Grant Molloy]

Hi Heinrich...
If your "SMALL" cv is 12 pages long, how long is your "NORMAL" or "LARGE" cv
?
I remember doing "CV" classes with my degree and they told us to keep them
to around 4-5 pages.
What do other people on the list do?


On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 7:54 PM, Heinrich Breedt
wrote:

> LOL, cant wait, *rubs hands* take your best shot :P
>
>
> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 7:32 PM, David Connors  wrote:
>
>> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 7:31 PM, mike smith  wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, you just did... and included a CV.  Last time someone did that,
>>> their CV got dissected with a fine toothed comb.
>>>
>>
>> I think I recall that one - someone took credit for a project someone else
>> on the list delivered or something if I recall. It wasn't pretty.
>>
>> David.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> I'm not going to throw stones, I've mis-hit reply to all before when I
>>> didn't want to, and lived.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 6:53 PM, Heinrich Breedt <
>>> heinrichbre...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
 oops, did i just reply to the list *facepalm* lol


 On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 5:04 PM, David Connors wrote:

> Can you guys discuss it off list with Priyanka?
>
> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Anthony  wrote:
>
>> Where is this role based?
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:
>> ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Heinrich Breedt
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, 31 May 2011 4:44 PM
>> *To:* ozDotNet
>> *Subject:* Re: .NET Consultant role - Microsoft
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Priyanka,
>>
>>
>>
>> Yes I would definitely be interested in this position.
>>
>> I have attached my current CV. I Hope we can progress this
>>
>>
>>
>> Heinrich
>>
>> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Priyanka Sindwani (Adecco) <
>> a-prs...@microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>>
>>
>> My name is Priyanka and I am the APAC Talent Sourcer for Microsoft. I
>> am looking for great Senior .NET Consultants/Architects for Microsoft. 
>> It’s
>> a Permanent consulting role for Microsoft’s Consulting Arm – MCS. Please
>> find the JD attached and drop me a line should you be interested.
>>
>>
>>
>> Many Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>>
>> * *
>>
>> *Priyanka Sindwani* |Talent Sourcer
>>
>> Email : a-prs...@microsoft.com
>>
>> [image: Description: Description: Description: Description:
>> Description: Description: Description: Description: Description:
>> Description: LinkedIn] 
>>
>> [image: Description: Description: Description: Description:
>> Description: Description: Description: Description: Description:
>> Description: Twitter] 
>>
>> [image: Description: Description: Description: Description:
>> Description: Description: Description: Description: Description:
>> http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR37byOZ1sWfKr9KGZKwisfUFxkffT9MyXPXPyiSg9If83qMp73Kg]
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> [image: Description: Description: Description: Description:
>> Description: Description: Description: Description: Description:
>> Description: Description: climber-signature.jpg]
>>
>> *Click 
>> **here*
>> * for further information and exciting job opportunities at Microsoft
>> Services*
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Heinrich Breedt
>>
>> “Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by
>> striking.” - William B. Sprague
>>
>
>
>
> --
> *David Connors* | da...@codify.com | www.codify.com
> Software Engineer
> Codify Pty Ltd
> Phone: +61 (7) 3210 6268 | Facsimile: +61 (7) 3210 6269 | Mobile: +61
> 417 189 363
> V-Card: https://www.codify.com/cards/davidconnors
> Address Info: https://www.codify.com/contact
>
>


 --
 Heinrich Breedt

 “Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by
 striking.” - William B. Sprague

>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Meski
>>>
>>> "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure,
>>> you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> *David Connors* | da...@codify.com | www.codify.com
>> Software Engineer
>> Codify Pty Ltd
>> Phone: +61 (7) 3210 6268 | Facsimile: +61 (7) 3210 6269 | Mobile: +61 417
>> 189 363
>> V-Card: https://www.codify.com/cards/davidconnors
>> Address Info: https://www.codify.com/contact
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Heinrich Breedt
>
> “Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.”
> - William B. Sprague
>
<><><><>

Re: [OT] Cloud backup

[Stephen Price]

Hey Greg
I was using Mozy until they stopped offering unlimited backups. I
decided to look around and am now using Crashplan. I was impressed by
the software and got their 4 year deal with the "leaving Mozy
discount" they had running some months back. I think it was about $200
or so (forget exact amount), but around the same as Mozy for 4 times
as long (and unlimited), for up to 10 machines in the one household.
(Instead of 3 machines).

Only complaint was that it seems to be slowing down my machine during
backups. I changed the schedule from always backup to only backup
during the evenings when i'm not using my machine. It has a cool
feature that lets you backup machines locally (or your friends as
well.). I'm backing up my brothers laptop from wherever he is.
Obviously bandwidth needs to be considered but you have granular
control over what you backup, and you can throttle both lan and wan
backups.
Like I said, I was so impressed after a few hours of playing with the
software, I paid for 4 years worth. I did need some support (it was
not indexing/backing up all of my selected disks for some reason) and
the support was quick. They got me to enter some commands into the
client which told it to reindex the backup plan and away it went, not
had a problem since.

Restores (the important part!) can be done locally through the client,
or via their webpage where it zips up your file selection and then
lets you download the files via normal browser.

I know what you mean about the ones that make you feel like it was
targetting a non computer user. I felt the same when I looked around.
Crashplan won for me.

I also use Dropbox for file syncing between machines. 2Gb (plus extra
if you refer someone or get referred by someone). Its handy for
getting files from whereever you are. Might be what you are after if
its just 200Mb of files. Was going to say it wont help if you corrupt
your file but just remembered it has some versioning built in. Never
used that option though, but it is there. Just had a look and context
menu in explorer opens up a web page with versioning history for the
file you selected.

cheers,
Stephen

On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 9:57 PM, Greg Keogh  wrote:
> Folks, yeah it’s me again, futzing overtime.
>
>
>
> I’ve been reading the results of web searches on expressions like “cloud
> backup” and I’m getting interesting results, but some of them (like
> Backblaze) want to treat you like a dummy and have some locally installed
> utility run backups for you. Some are really expensive (mostly AU), and some
> are suspiciously cheap. As usual, it’s like trying to pick fruit at the
> market, too much choice and too many options.
>
>
>
> Has anyone here chosen a cloud backup provider that just gives you a vanilla
> service for pros like us who know what and when we want to back things up?
> No fancy UIs or patronising apps, or at least ones that have a small
> footprint.
>
>
>
> I personally wouldn’t want more than about 200MB of space for my vital
> files.
>
>
>
> I have backups on memory sticks, and on a removable drive, and I have
> monthly DVDs with alternate ones placed in the tool shed for offsite backup.
> But, I’d still like the convenience of zipping files when I feel like it and
> sending to cloud backup.
>
>
>
> Lord knows about the security issues! That’s something I’d like to be
> reassured about.
>
>
>
> Greg

RE: [OT] Cloud backup

[Anthony]

Try wuala

 

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com]
On Behalf Of Greg Keogh
Sent: Tuesday, 31 May 2011 11:58 PM
To: 'ozDotNet'
Subject: [OT] Cloud backup

 

Folks, yeah it's me again, futzing overtime.

 

I've been reading the results of web searches on expressions like "cloud
backup" and I'm getting interesting results, but some of them (like
Backblaze) want to treat you like a dummy and have some locally installed
utility run backups for you. Some are really expensive (mostly AU), and some
are suspiciously cheap. As usual, it's like trying to pick fruit at the
market, too much choice and too many options.

 

Has anyone here chosen a cloud backup provider that just gives you a vanilla
service for pros like us who know what and when we want to back things up?
No fancy UIs or patronising apps, or at least ones that have a small
footprint.

 

I personally wouldn't want more than about 200MB of space for my vital
files.

 

I have backups on memory sticks, and on a removable drive, and I have
monthly DVDs with alternate ones placed in the tool shed for offsite backup.
But, I'd still like the convenience of zipping files when I feel like it and
sending to cloud backup.

 

Lord knows about the security issues! That's something I'd like to be
reassured about.

 

Greg

[OT] Cloud backup

[Greg Keogh]

Folks, yeah it's me again, futzing overtime.

 

I've been reading the results of web searches on expressions like "cloud
backup" and I'm getting interesting results, but some of them (like
Backblaze) want to treat you like a dummy and have some locally installed
utility run backups for you. Some are really expensive (mostly AU), and some
are suspiciously cheap. As usual, it's like trying to pick fruit at the
market, too much choice and too many options.

 

Has anyone here chosen a cloud backup provider that just gives you a vanilla
service for pros like us who know what and when we want to back things up?
No fancy UIs or patronising apps, or at least ones that have a small
footprint.

 

I personally wouldn't want more than about 200MB of space for my vital
files.

 

I have backups on memory sticks, and on a removable drive, and I have
monthly DVDs with alternate ones placed in the tool shed for offsite backup.
But, I'd still like the convenience of zipping files when I feel like it and
sending to cloud backup.

 

Lord knows about the security issues! That's something I'd like to be
reassured about.

 

Greg

Re: Word VSTO question

[mike smith]

Is there doco on the guts of Word documents?  It has 'magic number start,
but I never needed past that.


On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 7:55 PM, Ian Thomas  wrote:

>  An explanation I received is as follows:
>
>
>
> The ProtectedForForms property is set by default but (is) only relevant if
> the *document* ProtectionType is wdProtectionType.wdAllowOnlyFormFields. If
> the ProtectedForForms property has ever been explicitly set on a section, it
> will remain set after the protection is removed from the document but (it
> will) be meaningless.
>
>
>
> I’m not sure if this applies to Word 2003 (Office 11.0) only, but I suspect
> that is so.
>  --
>
> Ian Thomas
> Victoria Park, Western Australia
>   --
>
> *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:
> ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Ian Thomas
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 31, 2011 12:09 PM
>
> *To:* 'ozDotNet'
> *Subject:* RE: Word VSTO question
>
>
>
> Hi James – thanks for the suggestion. The docx package and API is certainly
> a lot more explicit.
>
> I won’t have a need to create docx documents, but (see later) the security
> level set by VSTO for different Word versions may be a consideration.
>
> I’ve got over the practical problem, but I would like to dispel some of my
> ignorance of the Word object model and understand it a little more, before
> going further into a VSTO solution.
>
> The documents are public data, and were created between 2008 and 2010, are
> all .doc, and can be opened with Word 2003. When opening any of these
> documents, they have a macro code file (protected), but no document password
> protection.
>
> When I open them, I see just a Section Break for the “not-protected”
> documents -
>
> For the docs with a protected section, the Section Break is displayed like
> this –
>
> However, identifying which documents have a protected Section isn’t
> relevant, I have found.
>
> Using “Ask Cindy” (Cindy Meister, Word MVP and moderator on one of the Word
> forums) last night, I was alerted to the fact that the protected section *can
> be copied*, so that jumps over the problem of identifying protected
> sections. I can just ignore that, and parse the text data within my
> application.
>
> But I’m curious to understand why documents which have one Section
> protected, and those that have nothing protected, both show Section #1 with
> its .ProtectedForForms property True.
>
> I’m guessing that this is due to a Macro that is in *every* document. On
> (manually) opening with Word 2003, if I “Disable Macros I can see a
> (password-protected) Macro “autoopen” in what I had called the “unprotected”
> documents, but if I “Enable Macros” then I see the “End of Protected
> Section” adornment on the Section Break (second pic, above).
>
> For the “protected” documents (Section 1 showing “End of Protected Section”
> whichever security mode is chosen), the Tools>Macros>*Macros (Alt-F8)*menu 
> choice is greyed.
>
> So I suspect that the explanation is that I need to explicitly set the
> security level for opening Word docs in my code – ie, by default it must be
> Low (whereas for testing by manually opening the docs in the installed Word
> 2003, I have it set to Medium). If the security is LOW then the code would
> detect Section #1 as a protected Section.
>
> I am using the Word 11.0 interop currently, and I'm wondering if the
> "security setting" (?) is more rigorous by default in Word 12.0 and 14.0.
>  --
>
> Ian Thomas
> Victoria Park, Western Australia
>   --
>
> *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:
> ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *James Chapman-Smith
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 31, 2011 10:29 AM
> *To:* ozDotNet
> *Subject:* RE: Word VSTO question
>
>
>
> Hi Ian,
>
>
>
> I couldn’t see a difference in the file format for protected or
> non-protected documents. I got “Microsoft Word 97-2003 Document” for `.doc`
> and “Microsoft Word Document” for `.docx` though. Is what you’re seeing
> based on the file extension or definitely on the protection status?
>
>
>
> Assuming that you can’t tell without opening the files, here’s what I’d do.
>
>
>
> Using a machine with Word 2007 or 2010 on it, I would use VSTO to run
> through each of the 50,000+ documents and convert all `.doc` format files to
> `.docx` (in a temporary folder, of course) and then use
> `System.IO.Packaging` to open each file and look at the `
> ~\word\settings.xml` stream within the file and see if it contains a
> `` node (or similar).
>
>
>
> Would that work for you?
>
>
>
> Cheers.
>
>
>
> James.
>
>
>
> *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:
> ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Ian Thomas
> *Sent:* Monday, 30 May 2011 22:13
> *To:* gl...@esbconsult.com; 'ozDotNet'
> *Subject:* Word VSTO question
>
>
>
>
>
> I have 5+ short Word documents, a proportion of which have a small
> protected section. As a first pass, I need to ident

Re: .NET Consultant role - Microsoft

[Heinrich Breedt]

LOL, cant wait, *rubs hands* take your best shot :P

On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 7:32 PM, David Connors  wrote:

> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 7:31 PM, mike smith  wrote:
>
>> Yes, you just did... and included a CV.  Last time someone did that, their
>> CV got dissected with a fine toothed comb.
>>
>
> I think I recall that one - someone took credit for a project someone else
> on the list delivered or something if I recall. It wasn't pretty.
>
> David.
>
>
>>
>> I'm not going to throw stones, I've mis-hit reply to all before when I
>> didn't want to, and lived.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 6:53 PM, Heinrich Breedt <
>> heinrichbre...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> oops, did i just reply to the list *facepalm* lol
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 5:04 PM, David Connors  wrote:
>>>
 Can you guys discuss it off list with Priyanka?

 On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Anthony  wrote:

> Where is this role based?
>
>
>
> *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:
> ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Heinrich Breedt
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 31 May 2011 4:44 PM
> *To:* ozDotNet
> *Subject:* Re: .NET Consultant role - Microsoft
>
>
>
> Hi Priyanka,
>
>
>
> Yes I would definitely be interested in this position.
>
> I have attached my current CV. I Hope we can progress this
>
>
>
> Heinrich
>
> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Priyanka Sindwani (Adecco) <
> a-prs...@microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
>
>
> My name is Priyanka and I am the APAC Talent Sourcer for Microsoft. I
> am looking for great Senior .NET Consultants/Architects for Microsoft. 
> It’s
> a Permanent consulting role for Microsoft’s Consulting Arm – MCS. Please
> find the JD attached and drop me a line should you be interested.
>
>
>
> Many Thanks.
>
>
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> * *
>
> *Priyanka Sindwani* |Talent Sourcer
>
> Email : a-prs...@microsoft.com
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>
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>
> “Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by
> striking.” - William B. Sprague
>



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>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Heinrich Breedt
>>>
>>> “Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by
>>> striking.” - William B. Sprague
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Meski
>>
>> "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure,
>> you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills
>>
>
>
>
> --
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> Software Engineer
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> Phone: +61 (7) 3210 6268 | Facsimile: +61 (7) 3210 6269 | Mobile: +61 417
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William B. Sprague
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Re: .NET Consultant role - Microsoft

[David Connors]

On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 7:31 PM, mike smith  wrote:

> Yes, you just did... and included a CV.  Last time someone did that, their
> CV got dissected with a fine toothed comb.
>

I think I recall that one - someone took credit for a project someone else
on the list delivered or something if I recall. It wasn't pretty.

David.


>
> I'm not going to throw stones, I've mis-hit reply to all before when I
> didn't want to, and lived.
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 6:53 PM, Heinrich Breedt  > wrote:
>
>> oops, did i just reply to the list *facepalm* lol
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 5:04 PM, David Connors  wrote:
>>
>>> Can you guys discuss it off list with Priyanka?
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Anthony  wrote:
>>>
 Where is this role based?



 *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:
 ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Heinrich Breedt
 *Sent:* Tuesday, 31 May 2011 4:44 PM
 *To:* ozDotNet
 *Subject:* Re: .NET Consultant role - Microsoft



 Hi Priyanka,



 Yes I would definitely be interested in this position.

 I have attached my current CV. I Hope we can progress this



 Heinrich

 On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Priyanka Sindwani (Adecco) <
 a-prs...@microsoft.com> wrote:

 Hi All,



 My name is Priyanka and I am the APAC Talent Sourcer for Microsoft. I am
 looking for great Senior .NET Consultants/Architects for Microsoft. It’s a
 Permanent consulting role for Microsoft’s Consulting Arm – MCS. Please find
 the JD attached and drop me a line should you be interested.



 Many Thanks.



 Kind Regards,

 * *

 *Priyanka Sindwani* |Talent Sourcer

 Email : a-prs...@microsoft.com

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 striking.” - William B. Sprague

>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> *David Connors* | da...@codify.com | www.codify.com
>>> Software Engineer
>>> Codify Pty Ltd
>>> Phone: +61 (7) 3210 6268 | Facsimile: +61 (7) 3210 6269 | Mobile: +61
>>> 417 189 363
>>> V-Card: https://www.codify.com/cards/davidconnors
>>> Address Info: https://www.codify.com/contact
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Heinrich Breedt
>>
>> “Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.”
>> - William B. Sprague
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Meski
>
> "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure,
> you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills
>



-- 
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Software Engineer
Codify Pty Ltd
Phone: +61 (7) 3210 6268 | Facsimile: +61 (7) 3210 6269 | Mobile: +61 417
189 363
V-Card: https://www.codify.com/cards/davidconnors
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Re: .NET Consultant role - Microsoft

[mike smith]

Yes, you just did... and included a CV.  Last time someone did that, their
CV got dissected with a fine toothed comb.

I'm not going to throw stones, I've mis-hit reply to all before when I
didn't want to, and lived.



On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 6:53 PM, Heinrich Breedt
wrote:

> oops, did i just reply to the list *facepalm* lol
>
>
> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 5:04 PM, David Connors  wrote:
>
>> Can you guys discuss it off list with Priyanka?
>>
>> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Anthony  wrote:
>>
>>> Where is this role based?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:
>>> ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Heinrich Breedt
>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, 31 May 2011 4:44 PM
>>> *To:* ozDotNet
>>> *Subject:* Re: .NET Consultant role - Microsoft
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Priyanka,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Yes I would definitely be interested in this position.
>>>
>>> I have attached my current CV. I Hope we can progress this
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Heinrich
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Priyanka Sindwani (Adecco) <
>>> a-prs...@microsoft.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> My name is Priyanka and I am the APAC Talent Sourcer for Microsoft. I am
>>> looking for great Senior .NET Consultants/Architects for Microsoft. It’s a
>>> Permanent consulting role for Microsoft’s Consulting Arm – MCS. Please find
>>> the JD attached and drop me a line should you be interested.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Many Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Kind Regards,
>>>
>>> * *
>>>
>>> *Priyanka Sindwani* |Talent Sourcer
>>>
>>> Email : a-prs...@microsoft.com
>>>
>>> [image: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description:
>>> Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: 
>>> LinkedIn]
>>>
>>> [image: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description:
>>> Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: 
>>> Twitter]
>>>
>>> [image: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description:
>>> Description: Description: Description: Description:
>>> http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR37byOZ1sWfKr9KGZKwisfUFxkffT9MyXPXPyiSg9If83qMp73Kg]
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> [image: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description:
>>> Description: Description: Description: Description: Description:
>>> Description: climber-signature.jpg]
>>>
>>> *Click **here*
>>> * for further information and exciting job opportunities at Microsoft
>>> Services*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Heinrich Breedt
>>>
>>> “Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by
>>> striking.” - William B. Sprague
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> *David Connors* | da...@codify.com | www.codify.com
>> Software Engineer
>> Codify Pty Ltd
>> Phone: +61 (7) 3210 6268 | Facsimile: +61 (7) 3210 6269 | Mobile: +61 417
>> 189 363
>> V-Card: https://www.codify.com/cards/davidconnors
>> Address Info: https://www.codify.com/contact
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Heinrich Breedt
>
> “Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.”
> - William B. Sprague
>



-- 
Meski

"Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll
get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills
<><><><>

Re: .NET Consultant role - Microsoft

[Heinrich Breedt]

oops, did i just reply to the list *facepalm* lol

On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 5:04 PM, David Connors  wrote:

> Can you guys discuss it off list with Priyanka?
>
> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Anthony  wrote:
>
>> Where is this role based?
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:
>> ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Heinrich Breedt
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, 31 May 2011 4:44 PM
>> *To:* ozDotNet
>> *Subject:* Re: .NET Consultant role - Microsoft
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Priyanka,
>>
>>
>>
>> Yes I would definitely be interested in this position.
>>
>> I have attached my current CV. I Hope we can progress this
>>
>>
>>
>> Heinrich
>>
>> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Priyanka Sindwani (Adecco) <
>> a-prs...@microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>>
>>
>> My name is Priyanka and I am the APAC Talent Sourcer for Microsoft. I am
>> looking for great Senior .NET Consultants/Architects for Microsoft. It’s a
>> Permanent consulting role for Microsoft’s Consulting Arm – MCS. Please find
>> the JD attached and drop me a line should you be interested.
>>
>>
>>
>> Many Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>>
>> * *
>>
>> *Priyanka Sindwani* |Talent Sourcer
>>
>> Email : a-prs...@microsoft.com
>>
>> [image: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description:
>> Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: 
>> LinkedIn]
>>
>> [image: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description:
>> Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: 
>> Twitter]
>>
>> [image: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description:
>> Description: Description: Description: Description:
>> http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR37byOZ1sWfKr9KGZKwisfUFxkffT9MyXPXPyiSg9If83qMp73Kg]
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> [image: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description:
>> Description: Description: Description: Description: Description:
>> Description: climber-signature.jpg]
>>
>> *Click **here*
>> * for further information and exciting job opportunities at Microsoft
>> Services*
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Heinrich Breedt
>>
>> “Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.”
>> - William B. Sprague
>>
>
>
>
> --
> *David Connors* | da...@codify.com | www.codify.com
> Software Engineer
> Codify Pty Ltd
> Phone: +61 (7) 3210 6268 | Facsimile: +61 (7) 3210 6269 | Mobile: +61 417
> 189 363
> V-Card: https://www.codify.com/cards/davidconnors
> Address Info: https://www.codify.com/contact
>
>


-- 
Heinrich Breedt

“Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.” -
William B. Sprague
<><><><>

Re: .NET Consultant role - Microsoft

[David Connors]

Can you guys discuss it off list with Priyanka?

On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Anthony  wrote:

> Where is this role based?
>
>
>
> *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:
> ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Heinrich Breedt
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 31 May 2011 4:44 PM
> *To:* ozDotNet
> *Subject:* Re: .NET Consultant role - Microsoft
>
>
>
> Hi Priyanka,
>
>
>
> Yes I would definitely be interested in this position.
>
> I have attached my current CV. I Hope we can progress this
>
>
>
> Heinrich
>
> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Priyanka Sindwani (Adecco) <
> a-prs...@microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
>
>
> My name is Priyanka and I am the APAC Talent Sourcer for Microsoft. I am
> looking for great Senior .NET Consultants/Architects for Microsoft. It’s a
> Permanent consulting role for Microsoft’s Consulting Arm – MCS. Please find
> the JD attached and drop me a line should you be interested.
>
>
>
> Many Thanks.
>
>
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> * *
>
> *Priyanka Sindwani* |Talent Sourcer
>
> Email : a-prs...@microsoft.com
>
> [image: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description:
> Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: 
> LinkedIn]
>
> [image: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description:
> Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: 
> Twitter]
>
> [image: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description:
> Description: Description: Description: Description:
> http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR37byOZ1sWfKr9KGZKwisfUFxkffT9MyXPXPyiSg9If83qMp73Kg]
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> [image: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description:
> Description: Description: Description: Description: Description:
> Description: climber-signature.jpg]
>
> *Click **here*
> * for further information and exciting job opportunities at Microsoft
> Services*
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Heinrich Breedt
>
> “Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.”
> - William B. Sprague
>



-- 
*David Connors* | da...@codify.com | www.codify.com
Software Engineer
Codify Pty Ltd
Phone: +61 (7) 3210 6268 | Facsimile: +61 (7) 3210 6269 | Mobile: +61 417
189 363
V-Card: https://www.codify.com/cards/davidconnors
Address Info: https://www.codify.com/contact
<><><><>

RE: .NET Consultant role - Microsoft

[Anthony]

Where is this role based?

 

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com]
On Behalf Of Heinrich Breedt
Sent: Tuesday, 31 May 2011 4:44 PM
To: ozDotNet
Subject: Re: .NET Consultant role - Microsoft

 

Hi Priyanka,

 

Yes I would definitely be interested in this position.

I have attached my current CV. I Hope we can progress this

 

Heinrich

On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Priyanka Sindwani (Adecco)
 wrote:

Hi All, 

 

My name is Priyanka and I am the APAC Talent Sourcer for Microsoft. I am
looking for great Senior .NET Consultants/Architects for Microsoft. It's a
Permanent consulting role for Microsoft's Consulting Arm - MCS. Please find
the JD attached and drop me a line should you be interested. 

 

Many Thanks. 

 

Kind Regards,

 

Priyanka Sindwani |Talent Sourcer 

Email : a-prs...@microsoft.com



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