Monthly Archives: May 2009

Flock: A remarkable new web browser for social networking.

Posted on May 30, 2009 by John Kisha

Internet Explorer has been pretty much my defacto web browser, but since getting involved with this whole “Social Networking” thing, I’ve been on a quest to find the best tool to coordinate all of my online activities–Facebook, Twitter, Picture Sharing, etc.

I’ve tested the Adobe Air desk top applications like TweetDeck, FaceDesk and others, but none seemed to allow the integration of all the services I track. Then I came across a new web browser called Flock. Primarily, I spend the majority of my time on Facebook and Twitter, as it seems these are the two sites that have risen to the top of the heap based on ease of use and the number of people using the services; and a person only has so many hours in a day, so keeping up with many more than that was proving to be quite a chore.

However, Flock Browser manages to integrate every service I had an account at and then even suggest a few more.

Imagine all your friends from all of your social networking sites in one place. Imagine being able to surf the web and easily be able to share what you are doing with your friends on Facebook or Twitter or any one of several other social networking sites. Imagine being able to simply drag any image in an article or search right into your Flicker or Picassa. Or imagine wanting to blog about something you are browsing and having an editor available right in your browser to compose your article and post it to your blog. These are only some of the built-in capabilities of the Flock Browser.

After two weeks of testing this browser I am now about to do the unthinkable and make Flock my default browser–it’s that good. Here’s the link. Try it out and let me know what you think. Flock Browser – The Social Web Browser  Read more... (344 words, estimated 1:23 mins reading time)

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SharePoint Server 2010 Preliminary System Requirements

Posted on May 13, 2009 by John Kisha

Here is some advance info on what to expect with Microsoft’s release of SharePoint Server 2010. For our hosting clients, you have nothing to worry about, Inland Pacific Consulting is already running Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 64 bit editions, so the upgrade will be seamless when Microsoft releases SharePoint 2010. Below is the preliminary information from the Microsoft SharePoint Team Blog regarding the release of SharePoint Server 2010:

We’ve heard loud and clear that you want system requirements information as early as possible to assist in your budgeting and planning, so today we’re happy to announce (and confirm) some preliminary system requirements for SharePoint Server 2010:

  1. SharePoint Server 2010 will be 64-bit only.
  2. SharePoint Server 2010 will require 64-bit Windows Server 2008 or 64-bit Windows Server 2008 R2.
  3. SharePoint Server 2010 will require 64-bit SQL Server 2008 or 64-bit SQL Server 2005.

In addition to the requirements listed above we also wanted to share with you some preliminary detail about SharePoint Server 2010 browser compatibility.

To ensure the best possible experience across multiple browsers we’re focusing our SharePoint 2010 engineering efforts on targeting standards based browsers (XHTML 1.0 compliant) including Internet Explorer 7, Internet Explorer 8 and Firefox 3.x. running on Windows Operating Systems.  In addition we’re planning on an increased level of compatibility with Firefox 3.x and Safari 3.x on non-Windows Operating Systems.  Due to this focus Internet Explorer 6 will not be a supported browser for SharePoint Server 2010.

So, what can you do today to get into the best shape for SharePoint Server 2010?

  1. Start by ensuring new hardware is 64-bit.  Deploying 64-bit is our current best practice recommendation for SharePoint 2007.
  2. Deploy Service Pack 2 and take a good look at the SharePoint 2010 Upgrade Checker that’s shipped as part of the update.  The Upgrade Checker will scan your SharePoint Server 2007 deployment for many issues that could affect a future upgrade to SharePoint 2010.
  3. Get to know Windows Server 2008 with SharePoint 2007, this post is a great starting point.
  4. Consider your desktop browser strategy if you have large population of Internet Explorer 6 users.
  5. Continue to follow the Best Practices guidance for SharePoint Server 2007.
  6. Keep an eye on this blog for updates and more details in the coming months.

Below are a few common Q&A’s (which we’ll add to as required)  Read more... (630 words, 5 images, estimated 2:31 mins reading time)

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