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March 2011

23
Mar

The STAMP* journey

‘* the Subtitling Text Add-in for Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 ’     I have an awesome job. It’s a great combination of working with technology and helping people; a base of creativity and problem solving, and a thick crust of building cool stuff. Most of the time it’s about technology and its ability to influence our everyday lives... so when I heard that our brief was to build an add-in that imports TTML files and creates ‘closed captions’ in PowerPoint I started thinking about technology... We’d need Visual Studio and the Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO) to build the add-in... we’d use the PowerPoint object model for interacting with the slide, and for creating text boxes... I wondered how easy it would be to add them to the animati...... read full post

Posted by:  Jim Hunter,  Practice Lead, Enterprise Applications (Northern) |  23 March 2011
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21
Mar

The fires of SharePoint passion at the NZ SharePoint Conference 2011

SharePoint Starts a Fire… The only way to describe the NZ SharePoint Conference 2011 is to quote the lyrics of Dux Raymond Sy’s song (Dux is a self-professed SharePoint sensi; Twitter handle @meetdux) : “SharePoint Starts the Fire”…And indeed, the 2011 NZ SharePoint Conference did just that – igniting the fires of SharePoint passion within the expert and the not-so-experienced. Unfortunately, Dux was not caught on camera doing his performance at the NZ SharePoint Conference 2011…but his brilliant performance with Michael Ganotti can be caught on YouTube here . ... read full post

Posted by:  Moya Radley,  SharePoint Consultant |  21 March 2011
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21
Mar

Shared points from the NZ SharePoint Conference 2011

It’s been great to see the level of SharePoint knowledge, expertise and large number of businesses represented at this year’s New Zealand SharePoint Conference. The NZ SharePoint Conference is a world-class event that I’d highly recommend adding into your diary for next year. ... read full post

Posted by:  Bernardine Slagter,  Developer Consultant |  21 March 2011
Tags: SharePoint, SharePoint Conference
10
Mar

The future of online engagement - what are the trends and where are we heading

Developments in the web space are rapid, and the face of online business is constantly changing. With the findings of the Engaged Web in New Zealand Report still fresh in my head, I set about surfing the net to find some of the world’s most engaging websites and to identify some emerging trends and common themes when it comes to websites that truly engage with their visitors. My surfing expedition now complete, here’s what I came back with… ... read full post

Posted by:  Rose Harris,  Marketing Assistant |  10 March 2011
Tags: Community, Engaged Web, 2011 predictions
09
Mar

An assessment of our own website, using the Engaged Web criteria

Over the last few months we’ve been gearing up for an assessment of some of New Zealand's most visited websites for the Engaged Web in New Zealand Report . This has involved a process of observing how engaging these were and comparing them to other websites, scoring them against a set of pre-defined engagement categories. With this in mind, we thought it was the perfect time and opportunity to have a close look at our own website, rating it against the same criteria and taking away some constructive points for improvement. ... read full post

Posted by:  Rose Harris,  Marketing Assistant |  09 March 2011
Tags: Engaged Web, Intergen website