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( continues...) three different content models to which any of ten aspects might be added, we're going to need to dynamically generate the field names by iterating the content model of each piece of content." "So we'll write code for each field and hard code the name in JSON."
And that was the good programmer! I must have been an atrocious speaker, because it took ten minutes to explain 1. Iterate through every field 2. Parse the aspect & fieldname into something unique and legal in JSON and spit out the value, mapped if required (we have a datetime on the left, and a text on the right. You really want me to just toss it over the fence?
Insomnia venting now.
We have a push on focussing on the use cases--the why and the what and for who, as well as a new SDLC methodology that's not summarised or backed up with templates. So we need to "consider" it at every step in the lifecycle, but everyone but the people implementing it have a different idea of how.
If anyone is still reading--are you familiar with Summit methodology? I'd love to know what it looks like in the wild.
tl/dr:
I got a well stacked plate. But I can make this work. I am my own value proposition.
I've taken a few Excel courses on Lynda and they were helpful. But my company pays for it so I don't have an opinion on its value as a whole.
How can I make fields mandatory in Excel 2007? I knew how to do it in 2003, but now I can't find that option. I feel like it should be under Data Validation...
Jessica, can you do it using the Custom setting in Data Validation and one of the COUNT formulas?
That isn't something I've had to do, but I am at a standstill with my chart making at the moment so I can play around with excel and maybe figure something out for you if you want.
I am my own value proposition.
I don't know what that means, but I like the sound of it.
My sister might be setting up her own laptop (for the first time in ever). I go a bit OTT loading these up for her, but it's hard to think of my process when I don't even have a laptop to hand.
I'm trying to think of a low end graphics app--no need to Gimp her out or anything. And a screen cap utility that has a bit more to it than Snipping Tool might be nice.
FTR, this is what I have so far:
Browsers:
Entertainment
Productivity/Utility
- Evernote
- Notepad++
- WinRAR
- Dropbox
- OpenOffice
- Fences 1
- Password vault
System monitoring:
- Soluto
- AVG
- Set up Windows Firewall
Communication
- Thunderbird email client
- Skype
She should be more than good to go with that, especially after she uninstalls the crap that comes with the big box store purchases, right?
Two applications I use pretty often which aren't on that list are IrfanView and Malwarebytes.
I don't think she'd need Irfan View if I can get her something really simple on the image editing front. I doubt she'd fire up more than two apps for pics. I'm really only expecting her to rescue photographs, and although the Windows image viewer seems to go out of its way to stop you from using the pic, I think it will get her by.
What can she get from Malwarebytes that she doesn't get from AVG and the native tools? Again, she's not technical, and she's also skint. So freeware and few apps is her best bet.
Both are freeware.
I couldn't say whether Malwarebytes is better or worse than than AVG, it's just what I have, and I've found it easy to use.
Oh, I see. I didn't realise there was a lower-featured free version. Assuming that those extras aren't something to miss?
What would be the easiest way to save certain voicemails on our house phone permanently?
Get a recording device and tape it when it plays on speakerphone.
