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That's kinda what I was thinking. They'll sell you part of their list, but they just expanded their list too.
WarePhreak
Programmers are tools to convert caffiene to code.
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www.stolenccnumbers.com/LKSFHSDFLKJDHSFKJHLADSJKDHAS:DFASJH@www.interpol.com/honeypot.html
Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots.
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Hi all:
Please suggest few US accrediated universites which conducts good distance education degree course in Computer Science I can do from my home.
Thank you
bseyz
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Penn Foster College is ACE and DETC accredited.
Don't take any wooden nickels.
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I work for Bisk Education which partners with Florida Tech to deliver it's online education program so I am somewhat biased. I can say I have three colleagues who are in various stages of either the MSIT or BS in Computer Information Systems (about the same thing as Computer Science if you look at the program) and seem to be getting a lot out the experience.
Florida Tech: http://www.floridatechonline.com/[^]
Florida Institute of Technology is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, GA 30033-4097; (404) 679-4501) to award associate, baccalaureate, master’s, education specialist and doctoral degrees. The university is approved by the Office of Education of the U.S. Department of Education. The university is a member of the Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida, the American Council on Education, the College Entrance Examination Board and the American Society for Engineering Education.
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Different people have different styles. What I'm looking for is ideas.
I work on many different projects. I tend to start gathering pieces of information long before actual coding begins. This includes gathering information about similar programs, useful articles etc.
What I end up with is several piles on my desk, one for each project as well as a growing "future reference" file.
Sometimes I get organized and put some into file folders, or large projects get a notebook.
My problem is, that it's very difficult to keep track of everything.
How do you guys keep track of documentation?
Brad
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First and foremost, I try to keep the hard-copy to a minimum, even with project documentation. If I've got an electronic copy of a document, I rarely if ever print it. Even then, I don't usually print entire documents. I'll print a page or two if I need to refer to something while I'm coding, and I don't have room the have the document itself up on my monitors.
I've got a binder with printed specs or parts thereof for my current projects. Background material I've got in binders on a shelf, and the shelf space isn't very large. I use the binders because I can't stand clutter on my desk. I'll have paper spread around while I'm working on something, but it's not a permanent feature.
I suppose the measure of my success is how my 'recycle' pile gets smaller every year. We're big on recycling paper where I work. The bin is a ways down the aisle, so I've got a spot on a shelf where I store it. Once a year, I dump the pile. Four or five years ago, the pile was a foot tall. This year, it'll only be about three inches (it's running a little over an inch and a half at the moment).
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Are there any tools that you use to organize documents and web pages?
Thanks
Brad
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Take a look at EverNote[^].
It lets you capture the information you want from web pages, documents, hand-written or type scribbles, to-do lists, etc. You can organize the information into categories so you can find everything when you want it. You may also want to invest in a cheap scanner with a page feeder, if you work with a lot of hard-copy documents. I also like to work with a drawing tablet so I can hand doodle my ideas into an electronic document and associate them with one or more projects.
You may also want to take a look at OneNote[^] from Microsoft.
Robert C. Cartaino
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Robert.C.Cartaino wrote: Take a look at EverNote[^].
I should have mentioned that they offer a very capable free version. The newest version also comes as both a desktop application and a web client with free online storage of your notes, if you want to have access to them anywhere.
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THANKS!!!
Downloading now. The only thing I didn't see is how to point to Word documents. I'll keep looking.
Brad
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Brad Bruce wrote: I didn't see is how to point to Word documents
A couple of ways, depending on the context of what you want to see in your notes:
1. From explorer, drag the document file into a new note. Then you can say whether you want a link to the original document file or the entire document embedded in EverNote as a new note.
2. From within MS Word, select the relevant text and drag it to EverNote. You will get the text as a new note and link back to the original document.
Keep in mind, EverNote is designed to compile all your information in one place so it can be searched and organized. Don't get caught in the trap of dropping links from a bunch of different sources (web pages, word documents, etc) into Evernote. Then all you have is a glorified bookmark manager. Keep your notes (i.e. the Word document) in Evernote, not just a link to it. Get rid of the original, unless you really need it. You'll appreciate it later.
Sorry, didn't want to turn this into an EverNote support forum.
Enjoy,
Robert C. Cartaino
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Windows Explorer 
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I'm leaning toward that. Do File - Save As from the browser to get an offline copy of web pages. Create shortcuts to other documents. Organize however necessary.
As I'm writing this, I'm thinking about a small database as an enhancement to using explorer. It might be time for another article. (It's been years since I wrote one)
This all started because I'm getting an office of my own at work  and they have given me a choice of shelves or drawers (5 drawer lateral file cabinet). What I really want is both, but there isn't room. 
At home I have a shelf over a smaller file cabinet and it works well, but I don't have stacks of printouts there.
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If you are using firefox, check out the extension "scrapbook"
http://amb.vis.ne.jp/mozilla/scrapbook/[^]
It gives you a one-click offline copy, and can optionally crawl x levels deep if you want.
has pretty good search and annotation features too. Highly reccommeneded!
If you aren't using firefox... then WTF are you doing!! download it NOW!! 
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I feel ya bro. Our office has a 'Microcrap' only policy  so FireFox is out. At home though I run with the Fox, baby! It rocks. 
I really like the add-on aspect of FireFox; it has such a huge list of cool feature progs to tack on it, and they all seem to work so well. This is what a browser has always supposed to be !
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I also keep some electronic documentation checked into SourceSafe (I know, I know). It makes a dandy collection point for documents, and since it's centrally backed up, fairly secure as well.
Software Zen: delete this;
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About your database app you mentioned building. . .I started something in MS Access to simply store items with a url, keywords, description so I can at least search for it later.
I learned about, but haven't tried Endnote and now, thanks to your posting and the replies, other products. I will try Evernote. How has it worked for you so far?
Thanks to all the posters with suggestions.
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Electronic documents and a red & black notebook for minor scribblings.
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A second screen which I can read documentation on while I work, an electronic filing system indexed by job number and google desktop seem to work fine for me.
Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.(Winston Churchill)
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Any additional arguments I can use to convince the boss I need a second monitor?
I've tried showing GUI debugging as well as creating and reading documentation while in whatever application I've been working on, but he's just said to switch tasks.
I'd love to find a good cost justification for a second monitor. Without having one, anything I say about time saved etc is just a guesstimate and ignored by the penny pinchers.
Thanks
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Okay, how about telling him it will make you 1/3 more efficient.
This is what I have experienced - however what I did is I bought in my own second monitor.
There is no question, in my experience, that any serious developer needs 2 monitors - one to read the specification/look at output on and one to code on.
It takes a little bit of getting used to the extra monitor i.e. actually making use of it and once you do you will never want to look back.
Just think of all that toner, paper, walking to the printer, switching back and forth between screens that you will save with a second monitor.
Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.(Winston Churchill)
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Good points! toner, paper, time
Oh wait! I know! I WANT ONE! - better not tell them this too early.
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