Rob Garrett - Blogs

• Sharepoint Consulting
• Data Recovery

Front Page News

• 4 Comments 117 Views

  Certified Microsoft Office SharePoint Server Developer It's now official, I am now certified as a MS-TS MOSS Application developer Next hurdle: MOSS configuration, and then .NET certification. Update 5/7/2008 - I took the WSS application exam today (for kicks) and passed. Share this post: Email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit!... 05-06-2008, 11:47 AM by Rob Garrett to Software/Technology Discussion Filed under: Microsoft SharePoint

• 0 Comments 61 Views

  Leadership Steps A good friend of mine and I were chatting about leadership qualities desired in project managers within the Software/IT industry. He quoted me these following 11 steps, taken from his time in the military. I thought I'd share them, and leave a reference for myself for the next time I catch myself answering the question "what makes a good leader?" The 11 Principles of Leadership 1. Know yourself and seek self-improvement. 2. Be technically and tactically proficient. 3. Seek responsibility and take responsibility for your actions. 4. Make sound and timely decisions. 5. Set the example.... 04-23-2008, 10:54 PM by Rob Garrett to Garretts' World Filed under: Advice, Life

• 0 Comments 186 Views

  SPSecurityTrimmedControl This is one of those blog posts that I cannot take credit, but want to keep the information handy for a later time. The SPSecurityTrimmedControl shipped with WSSv3 is a very powerful control. It basically allows you to conditionally display content depending on the user’s permission. Thanks to Waldek for his post on conditional security trimming of page layout content in SharePoint. Share this post: Email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit!... 04-14-2008, 3:24 PM by Rob Garrett to Software/Technology Discussion Filed under: Microsoft SharePoint

• 9 Comments 560 Views

  Vista MCE and HD - At Last Recently - I finally decided to take the plunge with Vista Media Center Edition and High Definition Cable TV.... I've been a fan of MCE for some time, and up until February this year I'd been using Vista MCE with a standard analogue cable line into a dual receiver Hauppauge tuner card and doing relatively well. Those of you following my rants about Comcast Cable TV of Montgomery County already know that I'd sell my grandma for a time when a better, cheaper solution to cable TV was available - and that time has finally arrived (I didn't have to sell my Grandma - besides EBay prohibits the sale of... 03-31-2008, 12:50 PM by Rob Garrett to Software/Technology Discussion Filed under: Windows Vista, HDTV

• 0 Comments 178 Views

  2/26/2008 - I'm Listening to... Buckcherry - 15 I'm currently stuck in Tampa FL waiting for a plan to DC and listening to Buckcherry. I especially like the song "Sorry", see lyrics below... Oh I had alot to say Was thinking on my time away I missed you and things weren't the same 'Cause everything inside it never comes out right And when I see you cry it makes me wanna die. I'm sorry I'm bad, I'm sorry you're blue I'm sorry about all the things I said to you And I know I can't take it back I love how you kiss, I love all your sounds And baby the way you make my world go 'round... 02-26-2008, 2:26 PM by Rob Garrett to Garretts' World Filed under: Music