Reflection for tag businesshttp://blog.bigfinger.se2012-02-07T23:15:05umbracoThoughts on life: Umbraco, EPiServer, .NET and Fatherhood.enCopyright 2009-2012 Stephan Kvartstephan@bigfinger.seI'm featured in the January edition of the Microsoft WebsiteSpark newsletter.http://blog.bigfinger.se/2010/1/20/im-featured-in-the-january-edition-of-the-microsoft-websitespark-newsletter.aspxWed, 20 Jan 2010 23:45:27 GMThttp://blog.bigfinger.se/2010/1/20/im-featured-in-the-january-edition-of-the-microsoft-websitespark-newsletter.aspx Right before new year's I was contacted by a Microsoft representative about being featured in their monthly newsletter for their WebsiteSpark developer program. I jumped on the opportunity, and you can read the interview here. WebsiteSpark is a program for Web Professionals, and gives you access to a wide range of Microsoft applications, training and support, at virtually no cost. Right before new year's I was contacted by a Microsoft representative about being featured in their monthly newsletter for their WebsiteSpark developer program. I jumped on the opportunity, and you can read the interview here. WebsiteSpark is a program for Web Professionals, and gives you access to a wide range of Microsoft applications, training and support, at virtually no cost.

]]>Today we finalized the session content for the Umbraco fifth anniversary in Stockholm.http://blog.bigfinger.se/2010/1/19/today-we-finalized-the-session-content-for-the-umbraco-fifth-anniversary-in-stockholm.aspxTue, 19 Jan 2010 19:44:37 GMThttp://blog.bigfinger.se/2010/1/19/today-we-finalized-the-session-content-for-the-umbraco-fifth-anniversary-in-stockholm.aspx Today I had a meeting with Christian Svensson at Milagro, and Ted Nyberg from Ted & Gustaf. Me, Ted and Peter Nyqvist (also from Milagro) will be speaking at the Umbraco fifth birthday event in Stockholm, but Peter is on peternity leave this week, so I covered his bit. I'm going to showcase the PDF Studio app i built last year, Peter will talk about using your own XML-formatted data in the Umbraco context and using the built-in XSLT macro engine for presentation, and Ted will cover exte...Today I had a meeting with Christian Svensson at Milagro, and Ted Nyberg from Ted & Gustaf. Me, Ted and Peter Nyqvist (also from Milagro) will be speaking at the Umbraco fifth birthday event in Stockholm, but Peter is on peternity leave this week, so I covered his bit.

I'm going to showcase the PDF Studio app i built last year, Peter will talk about using your own XML-formatted data in the Umbraco context and using the built-in XSLT macro engine for presentation, and Ted will cover extension of the Umbraco UI, with custom sections, trees, and properties.

We also decided to do all the talks in Swedish, however, I'll cover my talks in a series of blog posts here, as mentioned earlier, in English.

So far there's about 50 registered attendees, and I'm starting to feel the nerves. There will be PLENTY of rehearsing :)

Ted showed me some code he's currently working on, and it was clear that we work quite differently. His approach is "if possible in code, code it", while I tend to lean towards the XSLT approach, only opening Visual Studio when needed (however, I code my XSLT in Visual Studio as well).

I'm sure that it will be a very interesting afternoon for everyone, and there will be a lot of Umbraco experiense attending. Niels will hit like a Kamikaze, and do a quick presentation as well, but leaving straight afterwards for the oh-so chique Umbraco all-you-can-drink birthday-bash in Copenhagen later in the evening. I've got a kid, so I'm staying in Stockholm.

]]>I'm going to MIX10http://blog.bigfinger.se/2010/1/18/im-going-to-mix10.aspxMon, 18 Jan 2010 23:17:27 GMThttp://blog.bigfinger.se/2010/1/18/im-going-to-mix10.aspx Today, after a quick to-and-fro with my colleague Per, we decided to go to MIX10. There are, of course, several reasons, here are ten of them: It's in Vegas! It's in Vegas, and it's four days of really interesting workshops and sessions. It's in Vegas, and it's a great opportunity to network. It's in Vegas, and it's tax deductible. It's in Vegas, and I've never been. It's in Vegas, and we're staying at The Mandalay Bay. It's in Vegas, and I'm sure we're gonna meet very interesting pe...Today, after a quick to-and-fro with my colleague Per, we decided to go to MIX10. There are, of course, several reasons, here are ten of them:

  1. It's in Vegas!
  2. It's in Vegas, and it's four days of really interesting workshops and sessions.
  3. It's in Vegas, and it's a great opportunity to network.
  4. It's in Vegas, and it's tax deductible.
  5. It's in Vegas, and I've never been.
  6. It's in Vegas, and we're staying at The Mandalay Bay.
  7. It's in Vegas, and I'm sure we're gonna meet very interesting people.
  8. It's in Vegas, and I hear it's a lot warmer there than here.
  9. It's in Vegas, and there's really no need for any other reasons.
  10. It's in Vegas, and just to make sure you got it, IT'S IN VEGAS BABY!

You should come too.

]]>I'm speaking at the Umbraco five year birthday event in Stockholm.http://blog.bigfinger.se/2010/1/16/im-speaking-at-the-umbraco-five-year-birthday-event-in-stockholm.aspxSat, 16 Jan 2010 10:53:33 GMThttp://blog.bigfinger.se/2010/1/16/im-speaking-at-the-umbraco-five-year-birthday-event-in-stockholm.aspx On the 16th of February, Umbraco turns five, a surprisingly vigorous five-year-old if you ask me, and this will be celebrated at several locations across the globe. If you live in Sweden, and have the possibility to attend, you really should try to get there. You can sign up here. If you don't live in Sweden, there's a possibility that there's an event in your country too, so check out the list of events. The company hosting the event, Milagro, has asked me to hold a short presentation at t...On the 16th of February, Umbraco turns five, a surprisingly vigorous five-year-old if you ask me, and this will be celebrated at several locations across the globe. If you live in Sweden, and have the possibility to attend, you really should try to get there. You can sign up here. If you don't live in Sweden, there's a possibility that there's an event in your country too, so check out the list of events.

The company hosting the event, Milagro, has asked me to hold a short presentation at the event, and I'm going to talk about and showcase an application I developed for a client of theirs. It's a web based PDF Creation Tool, that uses Umbraco more as an application engine and framework, than in the role of the more traditional Content Management System, that I believe Umbraco is most commonly used as. This case was actually how I introduced Milagro to the magnificent product that Umbraco is, and they have already managed to certify two employees, both level 1 and 2, and by the time of the event, two more, making them the agency with the most certified developers in Sweden.

I'll be covering this application in a series of blog posts here as well, but if you're attending the event you'll get the goods in one go.

I'm very satisfied with the application, although steps has already been taken to improve it extensively, but as this is a work in progress and not nearly finished, I won't cover it in my presentation.

If you have no idea what Umbraco is, this is an opportune moment to find out. I really think you should attend.

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