I would have bought a Macbook long back If VS was available in it!

I am posting this due to introduction of so many new cloud based note taking and task management solutions available. Evernote, Springpad, Producteev, etc are some of the new cloud based task management solutions created that are available across multiple platform and devices. There are many others also available apart from existing solutions like RTM, etc. What would you guys recommend for programmers and developers. I am looking for single user and not team specific solutions but those tools can also be mentioned here.

we were not so stupid to put our transactional data (customer data) on a box which is connected to internet :cool:

its not when you know more about the system then their best employees :-D

Just last week a security flaw was discovered in the company I am working for as a contractor. The IT Security audit department found that directory browsing was enabled in one of the website of the QA environment which was open across the internet. What later was discovered that search engine crawlers had indexed all the documents that were in there and now anybody could find that information in google if they happened to search those keywords. Has anyone come across things like this?

Eddy Vluggen wrote:

Just ask for a budget to buy decent software

Yes, but if I am using a software that falls under GPL, then why need a separate budget? I know that the client has issues concerning security about the data posted in the wikis and I would probably be able to address them too. But are there any monetary issues if we use softwares under GPL license? We would not be reselling any such product...

Hi guys, I am working in an IT company for a project of a US based bank. Now as a part of vendor's team, I would like to deploy some tools like Wikis, etc for internal process improvements. My question is that what are the legal aspects of using open source tools like mediawiki for commercial purposes. We had submitted the request to client for approval but they rejected on the grounds that they already have such a system. The team members do not prefer that system because it can be accessed over citrix only. Can anyone help me as to how I can convince my client to use open source products for internal purposes only. Are there any substantial legal issues?

very true. I have almost never found my notepad when I need it to refer back. During meetings I alway forget it in the conference room and never find my notes again. Wish I could have google to search for my stuff in the real world too!!!

atleast u got to work on WPF. I am stuck with 1.1 since I started off. My client refuses to move forward even to 2.0 On top of that VS 2008 has so many gr8 features for development which too I am missing on

my answer is yes to all the questions above. so do u suggest I go back 2 school in order to give a full throttle to my career? and if yes what course should i take up.

so do u mean MS in IT Project Management or there is some other degree available? could you suggest good university?

I had the same idea that there can be not much benefit in going for masters after 3 years, but the economy slowing down is driving me nuts. seems my career is stagnating, and not able to get the role which I otherwise deserve, and the credit for this squarely goes to recession. (this is as per my manager)

I have done my Bachelors in Computer Science, and for the past 3 years I am working as a software developer in a big tech company. I am extremely good at my job, and love coding, designing, etc. You could say that I am among the top 5% performer in my company among my peers. however due to the current economic scenario it seems that my career is stagnating so I have decided to go for masters. However, I am not able to decide whether I should pursue masters in CS or MIS. Though I love coding, something inside me tells me that MIS would give me managerial training as well, and that is where I would like to give the direction to my career. I do not want to become Business Analyst, but probably something on the line of Project Manager. So what should be better - pursuing MS in CS or MIS?

everything else we test

Hi, My application(a Windows Service) needs to create a complex xml, the values for which are retrieved from several tables of an oracle db. In order to construct this, I can use wither datasets(probably typed) or business enitity objects which are XML serializable. Also, requirement is to only use SPs at oracle end and direct SQL queries are not allowed What is a better suggestion in terms of development ease and time and also performance. I need to have the design very soon. So please give your experiences in them also -Rohan