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Rubyists Return to RubyNation in Reston

Written by: Derek Yale

This year’s RubyNation conference will take place on Friday April 9th and Saturday April 10th at the Sheraton Reston Hotel in Reston, Virginia.  In its 3rd year, RubyNation is a two-day conference presented by the Washington, DC area Ruby community that “features debate and discussions of the latest trends, techniques, and tools in Ruby development,

Surface SDK and Windows 7

Written by: Jorge "El Che" Vasquez

I recently upgraded my computer from Windows Vista to Windows 7.  And while setting up my computer, I discovered that the Microsoft Surface SDK only works on Windows Vista. I am not going to lie, but I was very disappointed and could not see why the SDK could not work on Windows 7. Hence, I went ahead and searched

Please wait while Setup finishes determining your disk space requirements

Written by: Jorge "El Che" Vasquez

.MSI files can act strangely at times. Causing us to explode in anger as to why it decided that it must check your disk for space requirements. Is this a sign that I must take a break and get a cup of coffee? Hence, I clicked on “Return” on the above message and took a

David Keener Speaking About Ruby on Rails

Written by: Daniel Nguyen

On August 27th, the Northern Virginia Ruby User’s Group (NovaRUG) will be hosting “Rails 101: Persistence Night.” This event consists of a number of talks geared towards new Rails developers, with all talks focused on persistence topics such as storing data in a database. David Keener will be rounding out the evening event with his

MetroStar Systems Employee Receives Exclusive Microsoft Award

Written by: Jenni Hubacher

In athletic arenas, winning multiple games, titles, and championships can result in several acknowledgments and perks. Each field of sport tends to acknowledge one shining star as its team’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) for exhibiting dynamic leadership, sportsmanship, and professional conduct throughout the season. So, who says that only athletes get to have all of

Anonymously Submit InfoPath Form to SharePoint Library

Written by: Jon Talbot

If you’ve landed on this post, then you are probably struggling to submit InfoPath browser-enabled forms to a SharePoint library anonymously. And you’ve already learned that SharePoint doesn’t allow anonymous users to add to document and form libraries. There are some good solutions out there, but I found most to be more complex than I