Android iPhone Apps developers
Smart phone apps are the new hot thing in the horizon, all technology entrepreneur are thinking to move their business (partially , or clone) from web or desktop to smart phones. Well that not something no one was expecting but until iPhone come to the world people were thinking it will be on Nokia’s Symbian phones anyone remember (S60).
Well once iPhone came many developer looked at it as a big possibility, but there were limitations in the initial IOS version ,in wireless mobile data connections (no 3g or very expensive) , in development support (less APIs , limit programming in Objective C) , in features of hardware.
But in that time another giant was looking at it also as a big possibility, but why don’t we make the possibility in our own way, and why not make it bigger wider and better! , that giant was Google, and here was the birth of Android.
Having these two super powerful operating systems for smart phones(IOS & Android) now it is the time for innovation and there are lots of innovators creating great really great apps and games for these devices that will one day be with each and every human being .
As OmanDev.NET we decided two things
- As bloggers we will be addressing these innovators of new world and will be reviewing them and their apps & games
- As programmers we should start contributing to the world with our ideas our innovations (so wish us luck , or better lend us a helpful hand)
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Workflow Engine & SharePoint
Talk from my experience
- Leave application process system
- Request form for new hiring
- Request form for new Black Berry (for new manager, or old manager who spoiled his phone)
- Request form for accommodation for guests.
- Request form for asking for change password.
- request form for VPN
- Request form for access to specific server
- Request form for business travel arrangement.
| SharePoint 2007 | SharePoint 2010 | Nintex | |
| Developer interface | wizard of different steps where each step has conditions and actions | More flexible interface in wizard. In addition, can export to\import from Visio which is useful just to view a representation of the workflow or design the general structure (actual work is done in SharePoint designer). Design should have a carefully defined structure to work in SharePoint designer. | Easy drag and drop interface. |
| User interface | confusing approval process interface because user can see two different lists: items list and tasks list | same as 2007 | Generates ready forms which can include item information on the approval task. Therefore user will not be confused between two the two lists. |
| Conditions and Actions | Some actions and condition are provided. Can create more actions using visual studio 2008. | More actions and conditions are available. Can create more actions using visual studio 2010. Example of new actions: find manager of user. | Various collections of conditions and actions are available. Examples: Loops , … |
| Privileges | When an approval task is assigned to a user, any other user can approve the task if he gets the link. A custom action was programmed by Ali to avoid this problem. | Only the user the task is assigned to can approve the task. | Only the user the task is assigned to can approve the task. |
| Complicated workflows | Had problems in Prepayment workflow but others simpler ones worked correctly | Simple workflows work. | Created 3 stage workflow and it works fine. |
| Programmability | SP programming complicated and need special course to be able to use it | SP programming complicated and need special course to be able to use it | Can invoke web services that can be easily programmed |
| Database Connection | Through programming only | Through programming only | Can connect to SQL server , ORACLE any DB through ODBC |
| Active Directory/or any LDAP directory connection | Through programming only | Through programming only | Drag and drop action |
| String manuplation
|
Not possible | Possible | Possible |
| Ability read and use lookup values in all needed fields and locations | No | Yes | Yes |
logical and mathematical information |
few | few | |
Parallel actions |
Not good control | Well controlled | Well controlled |
Looping |
Not supported | Not supported | Supported |
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Workflow forms |
User see approval and data collection as an item in tasks that need to be edited | User see well formed form but after submitting will be directed to task list ! | User see well formed form |
well using nintex we can easily add an infopath form (which could be taken from scanned paper form !!) and to explain the workflow (flow of the document for approval and data collection) we just have to draw it with Nintex tools !!
This Months Video: Metaweb
Maybe you already saw this video from a company has bean just bean acquired by Google.
both video and acquisition happen yesterday. interesting work this company is doing: “maintains an open database of things in the world”.
see the video
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/deeper-understanding-with-metaweb.html
Read MoreExchange 2010 DAG problem?
Hay,
So I was working on Exchange 20210 and I thought of sharing this with you. As you all know Exchang 2010 comes with new database availability feature called “Database Availability Group” or DAG.This Clustering feature allow creating database copies across servers, data centers, or even across countries. DAG works as replication boundary for databases and it works per membership 
. if a server is member of a DAG it can create and get copies of databases in the DAG when needed (you can specify which database or databases).
If you are working with Exchange 2010 and try to create Database Availability Group (DAG), then u may have come across this weird error message that does not tell you anything when you try to join the first node in the DAG. Ok, let’s recap a lab scenario:
- You installed 2 exchange servers.
- You already successful on creating the DAG.
- When u try to add the first node this error come up:
” A server-side database availability group administrator operation failed. Error: The operation failed with message: Error 0x6f7 (The stub received bad data) from cli_RpccCreateCluster
Error 0x6f7 (The stub received bad data) from cli_RpccCreateCluster
Warning:
The operation wasn’t successful because an error was encountered. You may find more details in log file
“C:\ExchangeSetupLogs\DagTasks\dagtask_XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX_add-databaseavailabilitygroupserver.log”
The solution: it is a small thing you missed actually. Just adding the default gateway on NIC will solve it. The second server I added was smooth I didn’t have to add the gateway!
The reason is that it seems the DAG creation is not complete (specifically the cluster related resources and configuration) until the first node is created.
I hope that was informative for you.
More Resources:
- http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/exchange2010/thread/a8c59d3f-04f0-4fda-9ff8-d66181ec72e6/
- http://www.shudnow.net/2009/10/29/exchange-2010-rtm-dag-using-server-2008-r2-–-part-1/
- http://www.thecabal.org/2009/12/busting-the-exchange-trusted-subsystem-myth/
- http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd638129.aspx
- http://msexchangeteam.com/videos/9/drandha/entry451348.aspx
Oman Government Sign New Enterprise Agreemant with Microsoft
The government have now license for Windows 7 Congratulations for all for the renewal of Oman-Microsoft agreement. It has been known that the actual signing was last week but it only showed up today on the ITA.Gov.OM . the greemant with microsoft has new proxy (Exceed) insted of the last agreemant (OHI).
Ok, here is the great news: in addition that we will have Exchange 2010, Windows 7, Office 2010, and all the other cool Microsoft products we will have 60 training opportunities (on Microsoft Products) for college graduates! The new (renewed) agreement has more focus on training and accountability on number of the actual used licenses unlike the previous garment. I will update this post as i have more details on the terms of the agreement. You can read the news on the ITA website: www.ita.gov.om .
As conclusion I would like to say:: YaaaaYYyyyy Windows 7 for my Laptop Wooohooo.
Read MoreMind Control Machines
Well in a previews posts i talked Mind Machine interface projects which are a game controlled by mind (well that was in CSG magazine but you can have more info from here) where the user controls a character to walk on a thin thing without falling with his mind , and blind people can see through their tongue where a machine interface is attached to the users tongue and sends signal through the tongue to the mind so the blind user can visualize what is in front of him.
In this post I would like to talk more about this very interesting input output interface between human mind and the machine(computers).
The fascinating part of this is the power you gain and also the danger you put yourself into while using this technology. Just imagine as the power the whole world information and all the control you can get from any computer is not at the tip of your finger it just require you to think about it and it will happen!!!! , and the dangerous part is that may be the future viruses infecting and hackers will be hacking and controlling human minds through these mind machine interfaces !
note: I am not talking about science fiction, this is the real world and believe me the thin line between science and science fiction is becoming even thinner every day.
Well enough talk about the coming future lets just see the present. Where are we ,and how close are we from this (fascinating and scary future)
Human brain works like a complex computer with millions or billions of brain cells exchanging electrical signals into the neural network. Dr. John Donoghue is director of brain science department in the Brown University that has created a technology to read human thoughts a brain wave sensor that can connect the brain to computer through a wire!! (just like connecting your i pod to the computer you can connect your brain instead).
This chip is attached to the surface of the brain and it can get signal from hundreds of brain cells and send it to the computer for analysis. Dr. John also created a software called Brain Gate that can actually understand and interpret the signals the computer getting from the brain!!! so the computer understand what the brain wants it to do. on one rare experiment that was shown on television Dr. John was using his system by connection his brain to the computer to move a hand image on the screen to touch a ball by using his thoughts only !!
Another experiment done on monkeys is the connect monkeys brain with sensor chip to computer and the computer to a mechanical arm and offer the monkey a banana which the monkey cannot reach from where he is but he can use the mechanical arm to grab the banana. and it actually worked !!
Another great project is “the audio” which is a project done by a company to recognize what a person want to say by putting a sensor on the neck and all the user need to do is to try to talk without any need to actually talk , the sensor can litrally catch your words from the tip of your toungue which means it is a great tool for people who can’t speak to talk cause the sensor knows what they want to say so it could be send to a software which can genirate the voice. another application could be that a disablled on a specially made wheel chair has to only think of saying directions (left ,right ,front, back) and through the sensor a microcontroller can understand the command and make the wheel chair move that way !!
it also could be used to communicate with others without actually talking. also good way to communicate to computers!!.
well this is the half way of the technology until now we are talking about using the brain interface or brain gate as input device to the machine, we are just moving commands or data from brain to computers. But can we use it as other way around ; as output device can the machine (computers) change our toughts , force us to think about something or at least send information (data) to our brains!!!
i am very afraid to say yes that also is possible and this is the scary part of the future! an evidance of that being possible is an earlier post in omandev about blind people can see through their tounge which is simply a device attached to the toungue of the user the device will capture the image infront of it it and send the image (the data ) to the users mind !!
Another technology technology that can move data, commands to the mind is ELF waves , extreamly Low Frequancies these frequancies have similler range frequancies that human brain have and there are scientific data that shows if a preson is affected with 6.6 hertz of ELF wave it could cause deprission to the person while 7.83 hertz makes the person feel good. so here it is computer will soon be able to communicate data and commands bidirectional ways with the human brain.
Well still this technologies are under research but you can imagen what will happen once they are perfected; users will be able to control machines by using their thoughts only. to turn on TV , turn off the AC you just have to think about it and it happens. well more usefull way of thinking on it is to controle a battle tank or war aircraft just by sitting in safe place and thinking how should the machine move and attack the enemy. well after knowing about Dr. John Donoghue’s brain gate system and the audio project it don’t look like science fiction any more it is very much possible. Now how hard will it be to have a software that can read what the person next to you is thinking about, or what your boss is thinking about. thats brain hacking!
