SDC 2009 Session material
At the beginning of this week I gave two sessions at the SDN Conference at Papendal (Netherlands). The content of this sessions was about
- Social Networking in SharePoint 2007 - Building innovative WebParts using SharePoint, AJAX and jQuery
- E-Commerce using SharePoint 2007 and Commerce Server 2009
Abstract Session 1: We al know: LinkedIn, Twitter, and Hyves. Since we're using SharePoint for public internetsites more and more I developed a messaging webpart for SharePoint for quick sharing messages. This uses innovative techniques as AJAX.NET, jQuery and mySites. I will use this example to explain some SharePoint development concepts for developing innovative webparts in combination with Social Messaging. Level: 200 - Intermediate.
Abstract Session 2: Did you know the Netherlands has over 20,000 WebShops? Since a lot of customers use SharePoint it's possible that some people have to build a webshop in SharePoint. Are you writing all that kind of webparts using custom code? Or do you feel more about an out of the box e-commerce site using SharePoint? On the Dutch DevDays 09 I spoke about Commerce Services 2009 for SharePoint. Since I was a last-minute speaker (I replaced a session) there is a chance you skipped my presentation. Now you've got a second chance. Level: 100 - Beginners
All attendees received a nice green bag containing a CD with all the session and demo material. For the people who lost their CD or didn't attend the SDC, you can get the presentations here (Dutch):
SDC09 IW01 Nick Boumans - Social Networking.ppt (1.72 mb)
SDC 2009 IW02 Nick Boumans - eCommerce.ppt (2.30 mb)
For Source Codes please visit: http://spmessaging.codeplex.com or http://csextensions.codeplex.com
Translation Dutch DOTNET Magazine Article Commerce Server
Special for non-Dutch people I translated the article of the Dutch .NET Magazine.
Thanks to Lewis Benge and Arlene Hall for reviewing my translation.
You can download a copy here: Dutch_NET_Magazine_Commerce_Server_by_Nick_Boumans_UK.pdf (725 kb)
If you want to put this article on your site, please contact me and send me the link of your site.
External (Public) Links to my article:
- Microsoft Commerce Server Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/commerce/archive/2009/09/17/article-e-commerce-using-microsoft-commerce-server-2009-and-sharepoint.aspx
Publication Dutch DOTNET magazine number 3 september 2009
Just received the new Dutch .NET magazine. In this magazine I wrote an article about E-Commerce using Commerce Server 2009 and SharePoint 2007. The article is located on page 47 / 49.
You can download a copy of this article here (in Dutch): E-Commerce met Commerce Server - Nick Boumans - NET magazine september 2009 blz 47-49.pdf (175.40 kb)
You can register for a free membership at: www.dotnetmag.nl
SDN Conference 2009 - My Speaker Sessions
You can read about my speaker session at the SDN Conference at
http://www.sdc.nl/tabid/91/Default.aspx?SpeakerUserName=nickboumans also a list of speakers can be found
http://www.sdc.nl/Conference/Speakers/tabid/60/language/nl-NL/Default.aspx
Giving 2 sessions at the Software Development Conference 2009
This year, on October 19 and 20th, the Software Development Network hosts the eighteenth (!) SDN Conference! When you attend the conference you can be sure that the track record of SDN guarantees a well organised conference.
Depending the session proposals, I'm selected from 135 national- and international speakers which send more than 600 proposals.
The sessions I will be giving are:
1) E-Commerce using SharePoint and Commerce Server 2009
2) Social Networking in SharePoint
DevDays 2009 Speaker - Spoke at 29 may 2009 - Track 9
Last friday (29th of May) I was on stage at the Dutch Microsoft DevDays. Microsoft called me the day before with the question or I could replace a track. Of course I can!! In only some hours of preparation I prepared a presentation, demo's and a VPC. On friday I spoke in Europe 1&2 at 10.50-12.00 at the World Forum in the Hague. The track was about: E-commerce using SharePoint Commerce Services for Commerce Server 2009.
You can download the presentation here.
Other news about my presentation:
Giraffe: http://www.giraffe.nl/Nieuws/tabid/59/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/54/Default.aspx (in Dutch)
Some pictures taken by a mobile phone from the audience:
Microsoft Certified Trainer - MCT
Finally my MCT programm (and instruction skills) are approved. So now I'm a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT).
Congratulations! On behalf of Microsoft, we are happy to welcome you to the Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) Program.
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Stem op mij als DevDays Spreker 09
Op 28 en 29 mei a.s. vinden de Microsoft Development Days (DevDays) plaats. De DevDays is een event dat al 12 jaar dé bron van kennis en inspiratie voor IT ontwikkelaars is. Dit keer vinden de DevDays plaats in het World Forum in Den Haag. Naast de geplande meer dan 80 sessies door bekende en erkende sprekers geeft Microsoft per dag 2 wildcards weg. Dit houdt in dat mensen een sessievoorstel op hun blog kunnen plaatsen. Deze blog is gekoppeld aan de site van de devdays. Op deze site kunnen mensen stemmen. Degene met de meeste stemmen winnen een wildcard en mogen presenteren op “het” development event van het jaar.
Dit leek mij een unieke gelegenheid, vandaar dat ik een innovatief sessievoorstel heb ingediend omtrent E-commerce met Microsoft Sharepoint 2007 en Commerce Server 2009.
Stemmen kan als volgt:
1) Ga naar www.devdays.nl en registreer (ook al ga je niet naar het event toe), dit kan door te klikken op: “nog geen profiel”.
2) Wacht op de activatie mail van Microsoft Nederland (dit kan enkele minuten duren);
3) Klik in de e-mail op “één klik en uw profiel is actief”.
4) Ga naar www.devdays.nl en login met je emailadres en gekozen wachtwoord;
5) Ga naar mijn sessievoorstel: https://www.devdays.nl/Media/Detail.aspx?id=ff7fe69c-fbd1-422f-9063-ddff77481ff6
6) Klik op de groene duim onder mijn foto om je stem uit te brengen;
Top! Bedankt voor je actie!
Stemmen kan tot en met 15 mei. De 4 kandidaten met de meeste stemmen gaan door aangezien er 4 wildcards (2 per dag) te winnen zijn.
NB: Mocht je na 1 dag nog geen mailtje hebben ontvangen, probeer dan het volgende:
1) Ga naar: https://www.devdays.nl/WachtwoordVergeten.aspx
2) Vul het e-mailadres in, waarmee je je hebt aangemeldt.
3) Je krijgt een mailtje met een link om je wachtwoord te veranderen (vrijwel direct).
4) Volg de instructies en verander je wachtwoord (je profiel is nu automatisch geactiveerd).
5) Je kunt inloggen en alsnog je stem uitbrengen.
Stress tips for developers
Of course everybody likes the nice part of his job. I think the most appreciated moment is when a customer gets a solution which is for 100% meeting their requirements. A customer often talks about the things which are not good instead of talking about your good job. Of course because he/she is paying you and wants as most as possible for his money (you would also do?!).
If you showed a lot of commitment and worked 24/7 it could be hard if a customer is not as happy with a solution as you thought.
What makes it hard for most of us to handle those situations? The answer is quite easy. Developers are logical and analytic thinkers.
In our daily job, study and so on we're developing the left part of our brain: the logical and analytic part and not the right part: the emotional part.
The right part is the part we worked on in our child time. This is because a lot of us will say: "could I be a child again, then life would be much easier".
By the way: the most efficient way of learning is using or left and right half of our brain together. Best case is synchronizing them.
If you get into a stress situation remember the following quotes which will help you looking to the positive part and not the negative:
1) Faults do not exist in our lifecycle: only learning moments
2) Look to the things you have and not to the things you don't have (the glass is half full or half empty, a great difference)
3) Stress doesn't solve our problems. It only takes energy of today!
4) They who give up, will never know how close they were to their goal
5) It's not what you are, but who you are
6) It doesn't matter how often you fall, but how often you get up
7) Fear is critical for ideas!
8) My experience could be changed by changing my mind
9) It's not about what you do, but how you feel by doing it
10) Don't get f*cked up by things, but wonder yourself "why" this could happen
Try it, it worked for me! If you have other suggestions, please feel free to place a comment below.
BNN National IQ Test 2009
Yesterday the BNN National IQ Test 2009 was on the Dutch television. I took the test and got a result of (IQ) 122 
Read more about: Intelligence Quotient