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  • Fun with Facets: Hipmunk UX useful facets that make me smile #search #endeca #UX #hipmunk

    - by ultan o'broin
    Just love the Hipmunk (for Business) UI facets for discovering information. You can filter by Agony, Spite, or Vice! Agony and Spite facets on Hipmunk.com Vice facet on Hipmunk for Mobile Seems like a reasonable balance given that all you can do with business travel sometimes is just laugh about it! I first came to hipmunk.com through a paper presented by Oracle Fusion User Experience Advocate (or FXA) Sten Vesterli (@stenvesterli) at an Oracle Usability Advisory Board meeting in Geneva earlier in 2012. Nice! And there are lots of other powerful and edgy UX features in the solution too (Gmail calendar integration, contextual actions dialog box, and so on). I'll be using Hipmunk as an example of great UX too, shortly. If you want to mention the funky side of UIs or anything referenced by me, then acknowledge the source.

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  • Livre Blanc : « Les outils de recensement et d'audit open-source », Smile revient sur l'utilité d'analyser son « patrimoine logiciel »

    Livre Blanc : « Les outils de recensement et d'audit open-source » Smile revient sur l'utilité d'analyser son « patrimoine logiciel » Pour Smile, le recensement est le point de départ d'une politique open source : « il s'agit de faire l'état des lieux des logiciels open source utilisés dans l'entreprise ou entrant dans la composition d'un programme donné ». Le but est d'optimiser et d'accompagner l'analyse d'un « patrimoine de logiciel », (identifier les composants open source utilisés, les licences, etc.). Pour faire le point sur les différents outils du marché (Blackduck Software, Protecode, Palamida, OpenLogic, ou le français Antepedia) Smile vien...

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  • Smile sort son « Guide Michelin » 2013 de l'Open-Source, le Livre Blanc gratuit s'enrichit de rubriques sur le Cloud et le Big Data

    Smile sort son « Guide Michelin » 2013 de l'Open-Source Le Livre Blanc gratuit s'enrichit de rubriques sur le Cloud et le Big Data Pour l'édition 2013 de son Guide de référence sur l'open source, Smile a enrichit son Livre Blanc (285 pages) d'une trentaine de nouvelles solutions et de deux nouvelles rubriques (Cloud et Big Data). Plus 300 solutions y sont recensées (dont 200 évaluées dans le détail) dans plus de 40 domaines d'applications, répartis en trois « dimensions » (Infrastructure, Développement et couches intermédiaires, Applications). Le livre se présente sous la forme de fiches de présentation (version du produit, site web, aute...

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  • Webinar Smile : découvrez le CMS open source Ametys le mardi 22 octobre, via une conférence en ligne gratuite et interactive

    Webinar Smile : découvrez le CMS open source Ametys le mardi 22 octobre via une conférence en ligne gratuite et interactive Dans un contexte où l'offre de gestion de contenu open source est particulièrement riche, choisir l'outil CMS qui convient le mieux à ses besoins n'est pas toujours chose facile. Fort de son expertise et de son expérience dans la réalisation de projets en gestion de contenu open source, Smile souhaite vous présenter les atouts et les spécificités d'Ametys.Solution 100 % française,...

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  • Téléchargez le premier « Guide du Chef de Projet Mobile », Smile y revient sur la manière d'établir une stratégie mobile cohérente

    Téléchargez le premier « Guide du Chef de Projet Mobile » Smile revient sur les différences entre sites mobiles et apps, et sur la construction d'une stratégie efficace Comment définir une stratégie Mobile efficace ? Quels objectifs peut-on viser ? Site mobile ou application, comment construire un dispositif adapté et performant ? Telles sont les questions abordées dans le nouveau livre blanc de Smile, 1er intégrateur européen de solutions open source et spécialiste du web. Ce « Guide du Chef de Projet Mobile » présente une méthodologique qui a pour but d'accompagner les responsables dans la gestion de A à Z d'un projet Mobile. Au sommaire de ce docume...

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  • Livre Blanc : "Qu'est-ce qu'un portail d'entreprise ?", Smile liste les alternatives open-sources aux solutions propriétaires

    Livre Blanc : "Qu'est-ce qu'un portail d'entreprise ?" Smile publie un guide pour répondre et aborder les meilleures alternatives open-sources aux solutions propriétaires Qu'est-ce qu'un portail d'entreprise ? Quelles sont ses fonctionnalités et ses domaines d'application ? Les réponses sont tout sauf triviales Smile vient pourtant de se (re)coller à l'exercice avec une nouvelle édition d'un Livre Blanc sur le sujet, un peu imposante (131 pages) mais très bien conçue. En spécialiste de l'open-source, l'analyse met bien sûr l'accent sur ce type de solutions qui « talonnent voire ...

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  • Smile publie un livre blanc sur la Gestion du Cycle de vie des Applications, qui dresse un tour d'horizon des concepts et apports de l'ALM

    Smile publie un livre blanc sur la Gestion du Cycle de vie des Applications qui dresse un tour d'horizon des concepts et apports de l'ALM La mise au point d'une application moderne et fiable demande l'utilisation d'un mécanisme de gestion coordonnée du cycle de développement de celle-ci, de son idée initiale à sa livraison et sa maintenance. Elle implique tous les acteurs participant de près ou de loin au projet tout en appliquant les processus propres à l'entreprise. L'ALM (Application Lifecycle Management) se positionne de nos jours comme un outil de pilotage stratégique pour l'entreprise, permettant la bonne gestion du portefeuille des projets logiciels. Assez bien impl...

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  • Quelles sont les meilleures solutions de virtualisation pour faire son Cloud privé ? Smile fait un panorama des outils open-sources

    Quelles sont les meilleures solutions de virtualisation pour faire son Cloud privé ? Smile fait un panorama des outils open-sources disponibles La virtualisation s'attaque à la problématique du poste de travail, vise à régler les problèmes de déploiement et de maintenance, et permet d'améliorer le partage des ressources physiques et d'éviter l'achat superflu de serveurs. C'est dire si son champ d'application devient de plus en plus vaste pour les professionnels. Cette montée en puissance s'est traduite par une démocratisation du Cloud et, notamment pour les entreprises, du Cloud privé. Avec une conséquence du côté des outils, les solutions de virtualisation ont connu ces derniers ...

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  • JavaScript: count minimal length of characters in text, ignoring special codes inside

    - by ilnur777
    I want to ignore counting the length of characters in the text if there are special codes inside in textarea. I mean not to count the special codes characters in the text. I use special codes to define inputing smileys in the text. I want to count only the length of the text ignoring special code. Here is my approximate code I tried to write, but can't let it work: // smileys // ======= function smileys(){ var smile = new Array(); smile[0] = "[:rolleyes:]"; smile[1] = "[:D]"; smile[2] = "[:blink:]"; smile[3] = "[:unsure:]"; smile[4] = "[8)]"; smile[5] = "[:-x]"; return(smile); } // symbols length limitation // ========================= function minSymbols(field){ var get_smile = smileys(); var text = field.value; for(var i=0; i<get_smile.length; i++){ for(var j=0; j<(text.length); j++){ if(get_smile[i]==text[j]){ text = field.value.replace(get_smile[i],""); } } } if(text.length < 50){ document.getElementById("saveB").disabled=true; } else { document.getElementById("saveB").disabled=false; } } How the script should be in order to let it work? Thank you!

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  • What tiny thing in Windows 8 makes you smile or has caught you off guard?

    - by Louis
    In the spirit ([1],[2]) of our friends at Apple.SE, I would like to call for a place to list some little things that surprise you about Windows 8. There are so many articles and lists of all the new features with information overload, I would rather focus this spot of the site on tiny delights with a note why it makes a difference to you. Please post only one tip per answer, and check to see if your answer has already been posted. I am aware that this is not based on a problem that I face. But since it seems to survive moderation on Apple.SE for various incarnations of Apple OS's, I thought I'd see if it was deemed useful here as well.

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  • How to set parameters of CGContextAddArcToPoint method using a slider

    - by Manish Sahni
    am making an app in which i have to control a smile of a face like graphics. For example if i slide the slider down(to a value less than middle) it should give the arc a sad face(like :-( ) effect and if i slide the slider up the arc should give the effect of smile(like :-) ).initially lips are like :-| . I need to control the lips which is an arc using a slider? smileSliderViewController.h #import <UIKit/UIKit.h> @interface smileSliderViewController : UIViewController { IBOutlet UISlider *slider; } -(IBAction)valueChange:(id)sender; @end smileSliderViewController.m #import "smileSliderViewController.h" //#import "smile.h" @implementation smileSliderViewController -(IBAction)valueChange:(id)sender { int value = (int)(slider.value); if(value>0 && value<25) { //value--; CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext(); CGContextSetLineWidth(context, 2.0); CGColorSpaceRef colorspace = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB(); CGFloat components[] = {0.0,0.0,1.0,1.0}; CGColorRef color = CGColorCreate(colorspace, components); CGContextSetStrokeColorWithColor(context, color); CGContextMoveToPoint(context, 120,180); CGContextAddArcToPoint(context, 190 , 170, 270, 200, 0 ); CGContextStrokePath(context); } } smile.h #import <UIKit/UIKit.h> #import "smile.m" @interface smile : UIView { IBOutlet UISlider *slider; } @end smile.m #import "smile.h" #import "smileSliderViewController.h" @implementation smile - (id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame { if (self = [super initWithFrame:frame]) { // Initialization code } return self; } - (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect { CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext(); CGContextSetLineWidth(context, 2.0); //CGContextSetStrokeColor(context, [UIColor redColor].CGColor); CGColorSpaceRef colorspace = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB(); CGFloat components[] = {0.0,0.0,1.0,1.0}; CGColorRef color = CGColorCreate(colorspace, components); CGContextSetStrokeColorWithColor(context, color); CGRect rectangle = CGRectMake(60, 20, 200,200); CGContextAddEllipseInRect(context, rectangle); CGContextStrokePath(context); /*CGRect rectangle1 = CGRectMake(130,170,50,10); CGContextAddRect(context,rectangle1); CGContextStrokePath(context);*/ /*CGContextMoveToPoint(context,100,200); CGContextAddArcToPoint(context,120,150,400,150,70 ); CGContextStrokePath(context);*/ /*CGContextMoveToPoint(context, 100,100); CGContextAddArcToPoint(context, -100,200, -400,200, 80); CGContextStrokePath(context);*/ CGContextSetStrokeColorWithColor(context,color); CGRect rectangle2 = CGRectMake(80, 90, 50, 8); CGContextAddEllipseInRect(context, rectangle2); CGContextStrokePath(context); CGContextSetStrokeColorWithColor(context,color); CGRect rectangle3 = CGRectMake(180, 90, 50, 8); CGContextAddEllipseInRect(context, rectangle3); CGContextStrokePath(context); CGContextSetStrokeColorWithColor(context,color); CGContextMoveToPoint(context, 155,120); CGContextAddLineToPoint(context, 155,160); CGContextStrokePath(context); /*CGContextSetStrokeColorWithColor(context, color); CGRect rectangle4 = CGRectMake(130, 180, 50,8); CGContextAddEllipseInRect(context, rectangle4); CGContextStrokePath(context);*/ /*CGContextSetStrokeColorWithColor(context,color); CGContextMoveToPoint(context, 120,180); CGContextAddLineToPoint(context, 190,180); CGContextStrokePath(context);*/ int value = (int)(slider.value); if(value == 25) { CGContextMoveToPoint(context, 120,180); CGContextAddArcToPoint(context, 190 , 180, 250 , 180, 0 ); CGContextStrokePath(context); } }

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  • « Des alternatives open-sources matures existent sur tous les sujets d'entreprise », entretien autour du Guide de l'Open-Source

    « Des alternatives open-sources matures existent sur tous les sujets de l'entreprise » Entretien avec Grégory Bécue, auteur de la deuxième édition du Guide de l'open-source de Smile A l'occasion de la sortie de la deuxième édition du Guide de l'Open-Source, le Livre Blanc gratuit de référence de Smile, Developpez s'est entretenu avec le responsable de cette publication, Grégory Bécue. Nous avons abordé les motivations d'un tel guide, son intérêt pour les professionnels, ce qu'on y trouve concrètement, son histoire et ses nouveautés. Developpez.com : pourquoi faire un guide de l'open-source ? C...

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  • Data binding in web UI frameworks, what's the deal?

    - by c-smile
    I believe that most of modern Web frameworks that pretend to be MVC ones also has a notion of data binding in one form or another. Examples: AngularJS, EmberJS, KnockoutJS, etc. I am assuming that "data binding" is a declarative definition (oxymoron, no?) of live link between data (a.k.a. model) and its representation (a.k.a. view). With some transformers in between (a.k.a. controllers). I understand why declarativeness is kind of appealing but also understand that as usual it comes with the price. In particular: 1. Live binding is quite heavy, either with dirty watch (high CPU consumption) or with Object.observe() (high memory consumption with high CPU load in some scenarios). 2. There is a "frame" part in the framework word, means there are some boundaries/limits that can be hard to overcome if you need slightly more than it was designed for. Quite usual time split: 90% of features are made in 10% of project time. But 10% rest take 90% of project time. I suspect (a.k.a. educated guess) that those MVC things are not helping to implement more functionality in less time... If so their usage motivation is not quite clear. As an example: last week wanted to find virtual list idea/solution. Found one in vanilla JavaScript that is 120 LOC. Implementation of the same but in AngualrJS is about 420 LOC. Most of the code there seems like a fight with the framework itself... So is my question: what benefits that MVC stuff or data binding give us? Is it just a buzzword popular among project managers or they give us something useful. If later one then what exactly?

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  • Author's work and copyright. in UI design

    - by c-smile
    Typical situation in UI design: you do design of some UI and, say, came up with some bright new idea like "ribbon" or "kinetic scroll past end". What would be the strategy about such thing? Register patent, don't like it, but anyway would like to ask: how long it takes to do all this stuff and how much it will cost in average? If to forget about patents, will the idea have something like "prior art" status or some such if someone will try to patent this in future? All this about project / product published by solo developer.

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  • How to replace strings with javascript?

    - by Damiano
    Hello everybody, I have this function: function emoticons(text){ var url = "http://www.domain.it/images/smilies/"; var emt = { ":D" : 'icon_e_biggrin.gif', ":-D" : 'icon_e_biggrin.gif', ":)" : 'icon_e_smile.gif', ":-)" : 'icon_e_smile.gif', ";)" : 'icon_e_wink.gif', "';-)" : 'icon_e_wink.gif', ":(" : 'icon_e_sad.gif', ":-(" : 'icon_e_sad.gif', ":o" : 'icon_e_surprised.gif', ":?" : 'icon_e_confused.gif', "8-)" : 'icon_cool.gif', ":x" : 'icon_mad.gif', ":P" : 'icon_razz.gif' }; for (smile in emt){ text = text.replace(smile, '<img src="' + url + emt[smile] + '" class="emoticons" />'); } return (text); } As you know .replace() convert the first occurence, how to replace more then one emoticon inside the text? How to change this function? Thank you very much!

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  • H1 Visa interview tips–What you must know before attending the interview?

    - by Gopinath
    USA’s H1 visa allows highly qualified professionals from other countries to work in America. Many IT professionals in India aspire to go to USA on H1 and work for their clients. Recently I had a chance to study H1 visa process to help one of my friends and I would like to share what I learned. With the assumption that your H1 petition is approved and you got an interview scheduled at US Embassy for your visa stamping, here are tips you must know before attending the interview Dress Code – Formals Say no to casuals or any fancy dress when you attend the interview. It’s not a party or friends home you are visiting. Consider H1 Visa interview as your job interview and dress up in formals. There is no option B for your, you must be in formals. A plain formal shirt with a matching pant is suggested for men. Tie and Suit would not be required, but if you are a professional at management level you can consider wearing suit. Women can wear either formal Salwar or formal pant-shirt. Avoid heavy jewellery, wear what is must as per your tradition or culture. Body Language -  Smile on your face Your body language reflects what you are and what’s going on in your mind. Don’t be nervous or restless, be relaxed and wear a beautiful smile on your face. A smile is a curve that sets everything straight. When you are called for the interview, greet the interviewer with a beautiful smile. Say Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening depending on time you are visiting them. Whenever appropriate say Thank You. Generally American professionals are very friendly people and they reciprocate for your greetings. Make sure that you make them comfortable to start the interview. Carry original documents in a separate folder I don’t want to talk much about the documents that are required for your H1B interview as it’s big subject on it’s own and it requires a separate post. I assume that your consultant or employer helped you in gathering all the required documents like – petition, DS 160 forms, education & job related documents, resume, interview call letters, client letters, etc. For all the documents you are going to submit at the interview make sure that you have originals in a separate folder.  If required interviewer may ask you show the originals of any of the document you submitted for visa processing. Don’t mix the original documents with the documents you need to submit for interview. Have a separate folder for them. For those who are going to stamping along with their spouse and children, they need to carry few extra original documents like – marriage certificate, marriage photos(30 numbers)/album, birth certificates, passports, education and profession related certificates of the spouse and children. Know your role & responsibilities The interviewer will ask you questions on your roles and responsibilities at client location. Be clear what is your day to day tasks at client place and prepared to face detailed questions on the same. When asked explain clearly and also make sure what you say is inline with what is mentioned in your petition and client invitation letter. At times they may ask you questions specific to the project/technology you are going to work. So doing some homework in this area will help you easily answer the questions. Failing to answer basic questions on your role & responsibilities may result in rejection. You work for your Employer at Client location but NOT FOR CLIENT One of the important things to keep in mind that you work for your employer and you are being deputed to client location on a work visa.  Your employer is going to be solely responsible for your salary, work, promotion, pay hikes or what so ever during your stay at USA. Your client will not be responsible for anything. Lets say you are employed with Company X in India and they are applying for H1B to work at your client(ex: Microsoft) in USA, you must keep in my mind that Microsoft is not your employer. Microsoft will not pay your salaries or responsible for any employment related activities. Company X will be solely responsible for all your employer related activities. If you don’t get this correctly and say to Visa interviewer that your client is responsible, then you may get into troubles. Know your client It’s always good to know the clients with whom you are going to work in USA and their business. If your client is a well know organisation then you may not get many questions from interviewer else you need to be well prepared to provide details like – nature of business, location, size of the organisation, etc.  Get to know the basic details about your client and be confident while providing those details to the interviewer. Also make sure that you never talk about any confidential details of your client projects and business. Revealing confidential details of your client may land your job itself in soup. Make sure that your spouse is also in sync with you If you’ve applied a H4 visa for your spouse along with your H1, make sure that spouse is in sync with you. Your spouse also should know the basic details of your job, your employer, client and location where you will be travelling. Your spouse should also be prepared to answers questions related to marriage, their profession(if working), kids, education, etc. Interviewers will try to asses your spouse communication skills, whereabouts while staying in USA and would they prefer to work USA or not. On H4, which is a dependent visa, your spouse is not allowed to work in USA and at any point your spouse should not show the intentions to search for work in USA. Less luggage more comfort You would have definitely heard that there are lot of restrictions on what you can carry along with you to an US Embassy while attending the interview. To be frank it’s not good to say there are many restrictions, but there are a hell a lot of restrictions. There are unbelievable restrictions and it’s for the safety of everyone. You are not allowed to carry mobile phones, CD/DVDs, USBs, bank cards, cameras, cosmetics, food(except baby food), water, wallets, backpacks, sealed covers, etc. Trust me most of the things we carry with us regularly every day are not allowed inside. As there are 100s of restrictions, it would be easier if you understand what you can carry along with you and just carry them alone. Ask your employer/consultant to provide you a checklist of items that you can carry. Most what you would require are H1B related documents provided by the employer/consultant Photographs All original documents supporting your H1B Passports Some cash for your travel expenses (avoid coins) Any important phone number / details written in a paper(like your cab driver number, etc.) If you carry restricted stuff then you will be stopped at security checks, you have to find people who can safely keep all the restricted items. Due to heavy restrictions in and around the US Embassy you will not find any  place to keep your luggage. So just carry the bare minimum things required so that you feel more comfortable. Useful Links THE U.S. NON IMMIGRANT VISA APPLICATION PROCESS U.S VISA SECURITY REGULATIONS GENERAL FAQS Hope this information is helpful to you and best of luck for your interview. Creative commons Image credit: Flickr/ alexfrance, vinothchandar. hughelectronic, architratan, striatic

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  • assert fact into file in prolog

    - by smile
    Hello everyone, How can I assert a fact into a file without deleting the previous fact? In the following line, when I execute it twice, the second fact overwrites the first fact: tell('animal.txt'),write(Animal),nl,told. But when I use assert or assertz it will do nothing. Help me please. Thank you :)

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  • Using .lib and .dll files in Linux

    - by smile
    Hi all, I have to make a project to run successfully on a Linux machine. Right now my project works very well on windows machine. On Windows machine it is compiling and working fine. My project is using one ".lib" and one ".dll" file to do the tasks successfully on Windows. Can i use the same .lib file and .dll file on linux machine to build the project successfully? I am compiling the project with G++ and using GNU Makefile to do the task. What should i do in the case that i can not use the .LIB and .DLL file on Linux machine. Thanks in advance Shivakumar.Konidela

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  • Static method not called

    - by Smile
    I'm trying to call a static method (printABC()) in this class but it's not working. If I uncomment both of the lines marked T_T (1 and 2), it works! Why does it fail with only one of the lines? import java.util.Scanner; class pro0009 { static Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in); static int A,B,C; static void printABC(){ String ABC = in.nextLine(); ABC=ABC.replace("A"," "+A+" "); ABC=ABC.replace("B"," "+B+" "); ABC=ABC.replace("C"," "+C+" "); //System.out.print(ABC.substring(1)); System.out.print(ABC); } public static void main(String[] args){ int x = in.nextInt(); //1 int y = in.nextInt(); //2 int z = in.nextInt(); //3 if(x<y){//1<2 if(x<z){ //1<3 if(y<z){//x<y<z 2<3 //1<2<3 A=x; B=y; C=z; printABC();//T_T 1 System.out.println("Here"); //pro0009.printABC();//T_T 2 //System.out.println("Here2"); }else{ //x<z<y A=x; B=z; C=y; } }else{//z<x<y A=z; B=x; C=y; } }else{//y<x if(y<z){ if(x<z){//y<x<z A=y; B=x; C=z; }else{//y<z<x A=y; B=z; C=x; } }else{//z<y<x A=z; B=y; C=x; } } } }

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  • what is common GIS method?

    - by smile
    hello every one I want to know what is the main methods that used in GIS to connect between the location and their information (spatial access methodes) SAM. I read in some web sites two methods are: vector raster is that methods related what I want??? thank you ^_^

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  • copy file into another file in prolog

    - by smile
    Good morning/evening how can I write something in a file and then copy its content into the current file? for example I consult file1.pro then I have rule write something in file2.pro , after this rule finish its job I want append the content of the file2.pro int file1.pro . when I tried to append into file1.pro directly , the data appear like undefined symbols ,I don't know why please hellp me thank you.

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  • Conference networking for the socially awkward

    - by Melanie Townsend
    Do you approach a room full of strangers with excitement at all the new people you’re going to chat to over coffee and a muffin as you swap tales of how you convinced your manager to give you the day “off”? Or, do you find rooms full of strangers intimidating and begin by scouting out a place you can stand quietly and not be in someone’s way until the next session begins? If you’re on the train to extrovert city, that’s great, well done, move along. If, on the other hand, a room full of strangers who all seem to inexplicably know each other already is more challenge than opportunity, then making those connections with other professionals can be more difficult. So, here’s some advice, some gleaned from other things I’ve read online when trying to overcome my own discomfort in large groups (hopefully minus the infuriating condescension), others are just things I’ve found helpful over the years. Start small Smaller groups are less intimidating, and, now that you’ve taken the plunge to show up, it’s harder to remain inconspicuous. I find it’s easier to speak to new people once the option NOT to has been taken away. You’re there now, smile through the awkward and you’ll be forever grateful when the three people you’ve met and gotten to know here are also at that gigantic conference later on (ideally, introducing you to other people). Smile, or at the very least, stop scowling You probably don’t even know you’re doing it. If your resting face doesn’t come across as manically happy, tinge that with some social anxiety and you become one great ball of unapproachable. Normally, I wouldn’t suggest this as a problem that needs fixing, I have personally honed this face to use while travelling alone all the time. However, if you are indeed hoping to meet some useful people and get the most out of this conference, you may need to remind yourself to smile. Prepare some ice breakers This is going to sound stupid, like “no one does this right?” stupid, but, just, trust me a minute. It’s okay to prepare. You don’t need to write word-for-word questions to ask people and practice them in a mirror – that would be strange. I’m suggesting to just have an arsenal of questions to ask people if you get stuck, what session has been your favorite, which ones are you most looking forward to, have you heard X presenter speak before, what did you think of them? Even just thinking about these things in advance can help, and, as a bonus, while the other person is answering it gives you a moment to tamp down that panic, I mean breathe, I mean get to know them. You’re not alone (in the least creepy way possible) See that person in the corner clutching their phone with a mild deer in the headlights look?  That is potentially your new conference buddy. Starting with something along the lines of: I don’t know about you, the sessions here are great but I find the crowds a little tough to deal with. Mind if I park here for a second? is a decent opener. Just walking around and looking at exhibitors (if applicable) is fine, but it’s a little too easy to wander about and not actually speak to anyone if that’s all you’re doing. If joining a group of people talking is too much to start with, one-on-one can be easier. Have goals Are there people in particular you wanted to speak to? Did you have a personal goal of speaking to at least “x” new people? Are you trying to get a contact in a specific company because you want to work with them on something? Does the business have vague goals as well that you may or may not be judged on later? Making specific goals you can accomplish lets you know whether you’ve actually succeeded in your “networking pursuits” or what you need to work on more for next time. Everyone’s got their own coping technique. Some people are able to remind themselves that “humans are fundamentally social creatures” and somehow that helps them, others drink which is not really something I recommend for professional conferences but to each their own, and some focus on the fact that networking can play a big role in their career path. Just do what works for you, and if there’re any tricks you’ve found helpful over the years, please share em.

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