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My CodePlex Jump from tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere – The Full Video
Just like the kiwi bird down here in New Zealand, I proved that I too am flightless. The 7 minute video explains it all. You can find this full version at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcc4KRrZpI0 Or watch just the jump from the ground looking up at: Read More...
My return to Channel 9 (CodePlex Interview)
The Channel 9 team recently met with me to discuss “The State of the CodePlex” as I like to call it. It was a quick chat about where CodePlex has been and where the site is heading. I think this was my 4th appearance on Channel 9 (Women in Tech interview Read More...
It’s official: A koala is not a koala “bear”
According to the incredibly awesome Catherine Eibner , I’m going to TechEd Australia!! And I found this out on the same day that I donated the last of my advance on my book royalties, bringing the Save Waveland Scholarship Fund to $29,008.34 cents. Thank Read More...
OSCON 2009: One of the greatest weeks in my Microsoft Career
Yep, it’s a bold statement to make, but I like to live life in capital letters. Last week at the O’Reilly Open Source Convention was truly epic. The Community Leadership Summit + OSCON 2009 epitomized everything I’ve ever wanted to do in community as Read More...
Please sign the official “Bring Sara Ford to TechEd Australia” petition!
Petition is here: http://twtpoll.com/iuz95p and closes Aug 5. When I was 3 years old, I invented the “Koala bear game.” You hide the Koala bear behind your back, then run up to the adults asking them “guess what i’ve got behind my back?” I played night Read More...
Community Leadership Summit Trip Report
Jono Bacon , the community manager for the global Ubuntu community, organized the first Community Leadership Summit for community managers to come together and share ideas. I loved the fact it was run as an unconference or open space. I get so much more Read More...
Open Source Bridge 2009 Trip Report
Last week, I attended the Open Source Bridge conference in Portland. It’s a volunteer-run conference that came about because OSCON moved to San Jose this year. They had a great turnout and the organizers did an amazing job, especially for a first time, Read More...
How to view stats for the entire lifetime of a CodePlex project - #043
If this tip comes as a surprise to anyone, please let me know, as we have a major usability issue on our hands =D For any CodePlex project, you can go to the stats tab, and select “project lifetime” And you can get total traffic summary info at the bottom. Read More...
CodePlex - Free as in Beer
Last week, I spoke at Microsoft DevDays 2009 in The Netherlands. After the conference, I was able to do a little sightseeing in Amsterdam on my own, which included buying a small souvenir from the Heineken Plant , a CodePlex labeled Heineken bottle.   Read More...
TechEd 2009 – Embrace Open Source on CodePlex (DPR301)
I’m at TechEd 2009 presenting on CodePlex – from how to consume and contribute to open source software using the CodePlex feature set, to how we use agile development to deploy every 3 weeks. All sessions will be available 24 hours after the talk. Stay Read More...
There is a “Are you sure you want to navigate away?” alert when editing your wiki? - #018
It can be really easy to navigate away from your unsaved wiki edits, especially if you’re looking for a particular page or release to link to. Because of this, we’ve added a “Are you sure you want to navigate away?” alert whenever we detect you’re leaving Read More...
CodePlex Tips Gadget
Ever since I joined the CodePlex team, I’ve wanted to learn something web developer-ish. At long last, I was finally able to make the time to start learning CSS and Javascript by writing the CodePlex Tips Gadget and by re-skinning the CodePlex Team blog. Read More...
How to edit a project’s homepage / wiki? - #008
A better question is who should be able to edit the project’s wiki? Sneak peek below at new designs below. But, first things first. If you are signed-in as a member of the project (project owner, coordinator, or developer), you’ll find the Edit link appear Read More...
How to add related projects to your project homepage - #007
We offer a section on a CodePlex project homepage to list related projects at the bottom of the right-nav bar. Go to the Edit Project Summary & Details page to list your related projects. Technorati Tags: CodePlexTips Read More...
How to exclude project member site traffic in the Stats tab – #006
No April Fool’s jokes this year. Sorry. By default, we include all site traffic in the Stats page. If you want only user traffic recorded in your Stats page, you can uncheck the follow option from Edit Project Summary & Details: Technorati Tags: CodePlexTip Read More...
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