MICTALE Articles http://www.mictale.com Updates of MICTALE articles, photos and downloads. en-us 120 Handheld Solutions Inproves State Police Services in Brandenburg http://www.mictale.com//?p=blog.BrandenburgSoftconCaseStudy Here is a case study compiled by Microsoft about a mobile solution that replaced paper ticket using a mobile devices. Mon, 19 Apr 2010 09:35:04 +0200 http://www.mictale.com//?p=blog.BrandenburgSoftconCaseStudy SharePoint Failed to Activate Feature http://www.mictale.com//?p=blog.SharePointFailedToActivateFeature If you try to activate a sharepoint feature, and you see an obscure error message: "Failed to activate feature 'YourFeatureName' (ID: YourGUIDOfWhatever)", try resetting IIS: Wed, 07 Apr 2010 09:44:00 +0200 http://www.mictale.com//?p=blog.SharePointFailedToActivateFeature Happy Holidays http://www.mictale.com//?p=blog.HappyHolidays2009
Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:11:49 +0100 http://www.mictale.com//?p=blog.HappyHolidays2009 Abandon your Coding Guides http://www.mictale.com//?p=blog.AbandonCodingGuides Everybody has coding guides on their projects. But is this really the end of the story? Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:05:44 +0100 http://www.mictale.com//?p=blog.AbandonCodingGuides Java Who? http://www.mictale.com//?p=blog.JavaWho Here is a set of more or less "in depth" articles about very specific aspects of Java. Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:41:21 +0100 http://www.mictale.com//?p=blog.JavaWho Instance initializers http://www.mictale.com//?p=blog.InstanceInitializers Instance initializers support clear design and responsibilities. They are also crusual to anonymous inner classes. Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:54:54 +0100 http://www.mictale.com//?p=blog.InstanceInitializers Compiler Warnings http://www.mictale.com//?p=blog.CompilerMessages Compiler errors and warnings can help you accomplish your work faster and with higher quality. javac is your friend so stop ignoring her. Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:01:17 +0100 http://www.mictale.com//?p=blog.CompilerMessages Stupid Little Things http://www.mictale.com//?p=blog.StupidLittleThing If you find out that things like final or readonly are rare occurrences in your source code then you are lacking quality. The compiler can live without them but you can't. Sun, 01 Mar 2009 12:46:05 +0100 http://www.mictale.com//?p=blog.StupidLittleThing Performance of VMWare Shared Folders http://www.mictale.com//?p=blog.VMWareSharedFoldersPerformance Using shared folders in VMWare can be a crappy slow experience. Help might be a flick of the wrist away. Sun, 08 Feb 2009 12:42:54 +0100 http://www.mictale.com//?p=blog.VMWareSharedFoldersPerformance Steps for Problem Solution http://www.mictale.com//?p=blog.ProblemSolutionSteps If you watch people working you can tell the level of quality they are likely to produce. This does not only apply when they are working on new code but also defect resolution. Tue, 20 May 2008 20:17:16 +0200 http://www.mictale.com//?p=blog.ProblemSolutionSteps How to Write Good Documentations http://www.mictale.com//?p=blog.DocumentationHowto A crucial aspect of a well written class is its documentation. A good documentation boosts reuse fo your class because you and others will find it more useful, maintenance and extensions are easier to do and you will have less bugs at the end. Tue, 20 May 2008 19:55:35 +0200 http://www.mictale.com//?p=blog.DocumentationHowto PHP On Mac http://www.mictale.com//?p=blog.PhpOnMac Hosting some PHP pages on your MAC is easy and straightforward. Go to System Preferences, then to Sharing and check Web Sharing. Mon, 19 May 2008 21:32:28 +0200 http://www.mictale.com//?p=blog.PhpOnMac The Quality of Logging http://www.mictale.com//?p=blog.QualityLogging Using a logging framework in your application is not enough. You need quality logging to ensure that the log files really help you out of a critical situation. Mon, 19 May 2008 21:30:51 +0200 http://www.mictale.com//?p=blog.QualityLogging A Culture of Discussion http://www.mictale.com//?p=blog.DiscussionCulture Decisions need to be derived from discussions. Information in an agile team flows in discussions. They ensure nobody is cut off from the information flow and decisions will be understood and followed. Mon, 19 May 2008 09:03:23 +0200 http://www.mictale.com//?p=blog.DiscussionCulture Debug vs. Log http://www.mictale.com//?p=blog.DebugVsLog Amongst the pros and cons for debugging vs. logging you might consider that debugging should be avoided because it constantly breaks DRY. This article explains you why. Sat, 17 May 2008 18:56:16 +0200 http://www.mictale.com//?p=blog.DebugVsLog Deep Sleep http://www.mictale.com//?p=blog.DeepSleep On a Windows computer, you have 3 shutodown options: Sat, 17 May 2008 00:15:21 +0200 http://www.mictale.com//?p=blog.DeepSleep The Economy of Bugs http://www.mictale.com//?p=blog.EconomyOfBugs Defects can sometimes be hard to tackle. If you follow the guides of you will find out that you spend a reasonable amount of time fixing and preventing bugs. Thu, 15 May 2008 18:52:25 +0200 http://www.mictale.com//?p=blog.EconomyOfBugs Document First http://www.mictale.com//?p=blog.DocumentFirst "Real developers" don't like to document. At least this is what they say. They say it is boring and lame, and "who is reading this anyway"? No one does, because it is not there and when it is, it is written by someone who thinks it is boring and lame. Thu, 15 May 2008 09:18:41 +0200 http://www.mictale.com//?p=blog.DocumentFirst Pattern Misuse http://www.mictale.com//?p=blog.PatternMisuse Design patterns are good things because we can talk about design much easier. Some of us even see patterns in architecture, project management or team management. Patterns everywhere. Thu, 15 May 2008 08:31:10 +0200 http://www.mictale.com//?p=blog.PatternMisuse Time Machine Restore http://www.mictale.com//?p=blog.TimeMachine Making a full restore from a Time Machine is just a mouseclick away, . Well, I has the chance to verify this. Last week my MacBook crashed, and I was glad to have a recent Time Machine backup. Thu, 15 May 2008 08:30:24 +0200 http://www.mictale.com//?p=blog.TimeMachine I, Convert http://www.mictale.com//?p=blog.IConvert I did it. Being a disciple of Windows for all my life this wasn't easy. I have a brand new MacBook on my table now and I am feeling good. I did not setup a decision matrix nor did I made a TCO evaluation. Tue, 13 May 2008 19:40:24 +0200 http://www.mictale.com//?p=blog.IConvert The Good, the Bad and the Null http://www.mictale.com//?p=blog.ReturningNull Null is going to kill me. It is a singularity at its very best. It separates your code into the nulls and all the rest. Tue, 13 May 2008 19:40:24 +0200 http://www.mictale.com//?p=blog.ReturningNull FChart http://www.mictale.com//?p=download.FChart Floating charts for TeX. FChart is a set of macros for TeX that I wrote many years back. You can download the documentation (in german, but you'll get the idea) Thu, 29 May 2008 21:24:51 +0200 http://www.mictale.com//?p=download.FChart Sudoku for Windows Mobile http://www.mictale.com//?p=download.Sudoku Sudoku is a number puzzle without numbers. This is an implementation for Windows Mobile 5 smartphones. Now you can take your favorite puzzle with you at any time! Thu, 29 May 2008 21:19:49 +0200 http://www.mictale.com//?p=download.Sudoku Lisbon Embedded Database http://www.mictale.com//?p=download.Lisbon Lisbon is an XML embedded database for Windows CE and Windows Mobile devices. Sun, 25 May 2008 14:58:55 +0200 http://www.mictale.com//?p=download.Lisbon Serres http://www.mictale.com//?p=album.Serres Various images from gliding in southern France. Mon, 19 May 2008 19:53:47 +0200 http://www.mictale.com//?p=album.Serres USA http://www.mictale.com//?p=album.USA There are my photographs from a trip to California and Nevada in 2005. Sat, 17 May 2008 16:21:21 +0200 http://www.mictale.com//?p=album.USA