- Posted by karthik on November 13, 2009
What a journey, for arguably the best in the game, over a span of 2 decades! 20 years and counting......
Today, I was reading through Sachin Tendulkar's thoughts on the last 20 years of his life that he has devoted to cricket. It's not surprising that he says cricket is his life! But there was a picture that captured my imagination (This one pictures Sachin on his debut) The very first thing that came to my mind was the fact that his posture has not changed at all from his first day on the job till today; the same follow-through, the same backlift posture, the same footwork, and the same hand-eye coordination! This piece from Harsha Bhogle speaks volumes of where Sachin came from and how he got to where he is today; A truly classical piece of story-writing.
To be that consistent, time and again without a loss in focus, a snap in concentration and without a shred of self-indulgence is truly a hallmark of greatness, even surpassing genius. The only other person I would like to emulate apart from Federer, Sachin is what every child aspires to be, every cricketer dreams of being, every fan loves to watch and everybody loves to love! (kinda corny I know, but its Sachin!)
- Posted by karthik on November 11, 2009
The question mark is because I am not sure. The blogosphere and twitterosphere is going nuts with updates on this date.
I hope that it is the 18th!
- Posted by karthik on November 2, 2009
I was getting caught on the latest in the SP 2010 Development world and came across this link for downloading HOL's for demos on SharePoint 2010 development. Below is the snippet on what each HOL is for.
SharePoint 2010: Getting Started with Development on SharePoint 2010 Hands-on Labs in C# and Visual Basic
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HOL01 - Developing a Visual Web Part in Visual Studio 2010
This hands-on lab introduces the Visual Studio 2010 SharePoint development environment. It shows how to build a Visual Web Part using LINQ to SharePoint, and how to connect one Web Part to another Web Part on the page.
HOL02 - Developing a List Definition and Event Receiver in Visual Studio 2010
This hands-on lab walks you through building a list definition for SharePoint 2010 in Visual Studio 2010. It also shows how to build an event receiver for the list in Visual Studio 2010 and deploy it to SharePoint. After the list and event receiver are deployed, you can use the developer dashboard to evaluate the performance of the event receiver.
HOL03 - Developing Advanced Web Parts for SharePoint 2010 with Visual Studio 2010
This hands-on lab shows how to build a Web Part using several SharePoint-specific controls in Visual Studio 2010. Investigate advanced built-in Web Parts, including the Data View Web Part.
HOL04 - Developing with LINQ to SharePoint in Visual Studio 2010
This hands-on lab explores a variety of LINQ queries on SharePoint 2010, going into more depth than the introductory hands-on lab. It also walks you through an exercise of creating a custom content type in Visual Studio 2010.
HOL05 - Developing for SharePoint 2010 with the Client OM and REST in Visual Studio 2010
This hands-on lab introduces the Client object model for use in calling SharePoint 2010 APIs from a client machine. It also shows the use of ADO.NET Data Services to call REST services in SharePoint 2010.
HOL06 - Developing a BCS External Content Type with Visual Studio 2010
This hands-on lab walks you through building an external content type for Business Connectivity Services using Visual Studio 2010. It also builds a form for Microsoft Outlook and shows the data being edited offline in Outlook.
HOL07 - Developing a SharePoint 2010 Workflow with Initiation Form in Visual Studio 2010
This hands-on lab walks you through building a workflow in Visual Studio 2010 for SharePoint 2010. You add an initiation form to the workflow and use an external data exchange activity in the workflow.
HOL08 - Developing SharePoint 2010 User Interface with Silverlight in Visual Studio 2010
This hands-on lab walks you through building Microsoft Silverlight applications for use in SharePoint 2010. You will access SharePoint 2010 data in Silverlight using the Client object model.
HOL09 - Developing SharePoint 2010 Sandboxed Solutions in Visual Studio 2010
This hands-on lab walks you through building a Sandboxed Solution Web Part for SharePoint 2010. It will also add code to the Web Part that overloads the limits placed by the sandboxed solution, and you will review how the solution is shut down.
HOL10 - Developing SharePoint 2010 User Interface Ribbon and Dialog Customizations
This hands-on lab walks you through adding a custom action to the SharePoint 2010 ribbon, and creating a Web Part that uses the Dialog Framework.
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http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=c010fc68-b47f-4db6-b8a8-ad4ba33a35c5
Note: Check the requirements on the details section before you start playing with it!