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Paul Cornell
Autofocus: Discussion Groups
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Here are the Autofocus discussion groups that I'm currently aware of: http://www.markforster.net/forum http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/AutoFocusTM/ http://autofocusgld.ning.com/ Do you know of any others? If so, please let me know...
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In 60 Seconds... Silverlight 3 Beta: What is Silverlight?
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over 3 years ago
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Microsoft Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform implementation of the .NET Framework for building and delivering the next generation of media experiences and rich interactive applications (RIA) for the Web. Silverlight offers the following...
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Autofocus: How to Decide on Which Task to Work on Next
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over 3 years ago
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The Autofocus directions state that you must not try to prioritize items mentally. "Instead," Mark Forster writes, "wait for a feeling of release about an item. It’s hard to describe but easy to recognize. You just feel that the item is ready to be done...
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In 45 Seconds... Visual Studio Tools for Office, Version 3.0: Customizing the Ribbon
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over 3 years ago
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The 2007 Microsoft Office system introduced a user interface (UI) element that is named the Ribbon. The Ribbon is a way to organize related commands so that they are easier to find. Commands appear as controls on the Ribbon. Controls are organized into...
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Autofocus: Dissecting the Instructions #7 - Dismissing Actions
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In this series of blog posts, I'm going through each step of the Autofocus instructions... "If you go to a page and no item stands out for you on your first pass through it, then all the outstanding items on that page are dismissed without re-entering...
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Kanban: More Kanban Resources
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over 3 years ago
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More kanban resources: Kanban Systems : http://jamesshore.com/Blog/Kanban-Systems.html . "Typical Agile projects use time-boxed iterations. At the beginning of the iteration, the team meets and chooses stories from their backlog that can be done...
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Kanban: Some Kanban Resources
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over 3 years ago
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Some kanban resources: Kanban vs. Scrum : http://www.crisp.se/henrik.kniberg/Kanban-vs-Scrum.pdf . For the basics, read the “Kanban in a nutshell” section on page 3 and the “Summary of Scrum vs Kanban” section on page 25. Kanban software development...
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In 60 Seconds... ASP.NET 3.5: What is MVC?
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The Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern is an architectural design principle that separates the components of a Web application. This separation gives you more control over the individual parts of the application, which lets you more easily develop, modify...
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Autofocus: Dissecting the Instructions #6 - Moving on to the Next Page
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In this series of blog posts, I'm going through each step of the Autofocus instructions... "Move onto the next page and repeat the process...." When you've finished all of the tasks on a given page, write an "X" in the page's upper corner. Draw...
Paul Cornell
Kanban: What Is It?
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over 3 years ago
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A kanban system is a mechanism for controlling work for a project. The origin of kanban is the Toyota Production System. Very simply, there is a queue of work items, which go through a number of stages of work until it's done. When work is completed in...
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In 20 Seconds... .NET Framework 3.5: What is Windows Workflow Foundation?
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over 3 years ago
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Windows Workflow Foundation is a framework that enables users to create system or human workflows in their applications written for Windows Vista, Windows XP, and the Windows Server 2003 operating systems. Scenarios that Windows Workflow Foundation...
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Autofocus: Dissecting the Instructions #5 - Complete the Current Page First
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over 3 years ago
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In this series of blog posts, I'm going through each step of the Autofocus instructions... "Continue going round the same page in the same way. Don’t move onto the next page until you complete a pass of the page without any item standing out...." ...
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MSDN Developer Center Resources
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All MSDN Developer Centers: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/aa937802.aspx Some featured MSDN Developer Centers: .NET Framework: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework ASP.NET: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/asp.net Office: http:...
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Autofocus: Dissecting the Instructions #4 - Re-Entering Actions
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In this series of blog posts, I'm going through each step of the Autofocus instructions... "Cross the item off the list, and re-enter it at the end of the list if you haven’t finished it...." Get used to re-entering actions. All of your partially...
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.NET Framework 4.0: Windows Workflow 4
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over 3 years ago
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In this 24-minute video, you'll learn about Windows Workflow 4. You might have heard that the .NET Framework 4.0 includes an all new Workflow engine. In this video, you will learn how you can not only use Workflow but also do test first style development...
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Autofocus: Dissecting the Instructions #3 - Work an Action for a While
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In this series of blog posts, I'm going through each step of the Autofocus instructions... "Work on that item for as long as you feel like doing so...." When you pick a task to work on, keep at it without getting distracted. When you feel like you...
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Visual Studio 2010: Model-First Development
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over 3 years ago
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In this 20-minute video, you'll learn about model-first development. This feature allows you to use Visual Studio 2010 to create your entity data model (EDM) from scratch and then generate a database from it. See http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/10-4...
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Autofocus: Dissecting the Instructions #2 - A Stand-Out Action
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In this series of blog posts, I'm going through each step of the Autofocus instructions... "Go through the page more slowly looking at the items in order until one stands out for you...." Don't begin mentally prioritizing the list of undone items...
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Autofocus: Dissecting the Instructions #1 - Don't Take Action Yet
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over 3 years ago
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In this series of blog posts, I'm going through each step of the Autofocus instructions... "Read quickly through all the items on the page without taking action on any of them...." Doing this helps me to begin recognizing which tasks are undone...
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Autofocus: My Outlook Tasks Implementation
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over 3 years ago
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In attempting to keep with a relatively "pure" Autofocus implementation, here's how I'm currently using my Outlook Tasks list: I have a simple list view with the following columns: Categories , Priority , Subject , Due Date , and Complete . Completed...
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Autofocus: Print-Friendly Instructions
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over 3 years ago
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For a print-friendly set of instructions for Autofocus, see http://www.markforster.net/blog/2009/1/6/autofocus-system-instructions.html?printerFriendly=true .
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Visual Studio Team System 2010: Dynamic Reporting
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over 3 years ago
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In this 11-minute video, you'll learn how to more easily generate dynamic reports that can give you quick insights into how your project is running. You can also publish your reports to a SharePoint web site for easy access by the rest of the team (although...
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Do It Tomorrow: A Diagnostic Procedure
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over 3 years ago
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I'm reading through the Do It Tomorrow book by Mark Forster ... From Chapter 12, "Completing the Day's Work"... My own rule is that if I have not caught up completely within three days at most, I will initiate a diagnostic procedure....there can...
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Autofocus: How-to Video
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over 3 years ago
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Here's a 9-minute video of Mark Forster, creator of Autofocus , demonstrating how he uses his system to remain productive: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF1ngJAyD_s Contents: 0:41 - Autofocus in summary. 1:33 - How to choose what to do next...
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C# 4.0: Named and Optional Parameters
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over 3 years ago
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In this 9-minute video, you'll learn how to use named and optional parameters in C# 4.0 (which, if you know anything about Visual Basic, you should be familiar with this already!). See http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/10-4/10-4-Episode-12-Simplifying...
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