TR&A: Whitepapers & Presentations

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2014

• Introduction to HTML5 and CSS2: A Discussion given at the January 7 2014 meeting of the Seacoast WordPress Developers group: Slides (OOo Impress html export)

2012

• WordPress backups: a presentation given at the February 15 2012 meeting of the Seacoast WordPress Developers group: Slides (s5 presentation) and outline formats.

2011

• WordPress backups: a presentation prepared for the Seacoast WordPress Developers group: Slides (s5 presentation) and outline formats.

2010

• Wikis: an informal presentation to the Central New Hampshire Linux User Group's June 2010 meeting.
• Git: an informal presentation to the Central New Hampshire Linux User Group's May 2010 meeting.
• Notes on Vim: an informal presentation to the Central New Hampshire Linux User Group's April 2010 meeting.
• Introduction to Cascading Style Sheets: a presentation to the Python Special Interest Group's February 2010 meeting.

2009

• Introduction to Cascading Style Sheets: a presentation to the New Hampshire Ruby / Rails Group's March 2009 meeting.

2008

• Introduction to Cascading Style Sheets: a presentation to the Dartmouth / Lake Sunapee Linux User Group's March 2008 meeting.

2007

• Introduction to Cascading Style Sheets: a presentation to the Central New Hampshire Linux User Group's November 2007 meeting.
• Introduction to Dabo: a presentation to the Python SIG of the Greater New Hampshire Linux User Group's January 25, 2007 meeting.

2006

• NX: An Introduction: a presentation for the Monadnock Area Linux User Group's September 14, 2006 meeting. Following 2X's announcement last week of releasing the NX Server as Open Source (the NX technology already was, and the NX Client is free on Linux, Mac and Windows, I took a look at what NX offers. Here's a high-level view.

2005

• The Future of FOSS Tools: a presentation for the Software Association of New Hampshire's annual Info eXchange 2005 conference.
• How to Speak Good: A simple outline structure for presentations, presented to the Greater New Hampshire Linux User Group at their Summer Summit.
• WebMin: Remote GUI Administration presented to the Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Linux User Group July 7th.
• HTML: "Hacking the LinkSys WRT54G with Sveasoft firmware" presented to the Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Linux User Group and the Central NH Linux User Group chapters of the Greater New Hampshire Linux User Group
• PDF: SourceSafe Maintenance using SourceSafe
• PDF: Tools for Managing MySQL

2004

• Webmin: Remote GUI Administration for Linux systems presented to the Central New Hampshire Linux User Group, August 2004
• Automation of OpenOffice.org from Visual FoxPro
• RSS: XML Publish and Subscribe, FoxTalk April 2004
• RSS: Publishing News via XML, FoxTalk, May 2004 and source code
• Data Design: Paper(PDF) and Slides (PDF)
• RSS for VFP Programmers: Paper (PDF) and Slides (PDF)

2003

• RSS - Internet Subscriptions using VFP and XML: Paper in HTML and PDF, slides in HTML and PDF and code original ZIP file and an addendum
• Software Licensing: Paper (PDF) and Slides (PDF)
• Graphing with VFP: Paper
• Outlook Automation: Paper and Slides (PDF)

2002

• SourceSafe: Paper (PDF) and Slides (PDF)
• Outlook Automation with Visual FoxPro: Paper (PDF)
• Introduction to VFP: Paper for GLGDW Preconference
• Email Without Outlook: Paper
• SourceSafe: Paper (PDF) and Slides (PDF)

2001

• Visual SourceSafe: Source Code Control and Configuration Management: Paper
• Hacking Fox: The Making of the Book: Slides
• FoxPro Application Maintenance: Slides and Paper
• SourceSafe Installation and Configuration Slides and Paper
• Pre-Con Session on Introduction to Visual FoxPro: Slides and Paper
• Proper Programming Practices: Paper and Slides (PDF)
• Extreme Agile Refactored Methodical Programming: Paper and Slides
• Microsoft Certification: Slides and Paper
• Unit Testing in VFP: Slides (ODP or PDF) and Samples

2000

• IntelliSense and Sensibility: Slides and Paper (presented in New Orleans)
• What's New in SQL Server: Paper
• Introduction to IntelliSense: Slides and Paper
• Visual SourceSafe Installation, Configuration and Maintenance: Slides and Paper
• Software Maintenance: Slides and Paper Source
• VFP 7.0 IntelliSense and Sensibility: Slides and Paper
• Program from DevCon 2000 Connections New Orleans: Page 1 (12 Mb) and Page 2 (12 Mb)

1999

• Introduction to Client-Server: Paper
• HTML Help: Paper
• ProjectHooks and Project Objects: Paper
• Client-Server and VFP: Slides and Paper
• User Interface Design: Slides and Paper
• Microsoft Certifiication Strategies: Slides and Paper
• What's New in Visual SourceSafe: Slides

1998

• Team Development: Slides
• HTML Help: Slides
• HTML Help: Slides and Paper
• ProjectHooks
• Integrating Visual SourceSafe and Visual FoxPro: Slides and Paper
• Upsizing Visual FoxPro to SQL Server: Slides
• Introduction to HTML Help: Slides
• Planning a Microsoft Certification Strategy: Slides

1997

• Brute Force Benchmarking: Slides and Paper
• Team Development: Slides and Paper
• Cheap Tools for World-Class Development: Slides and Paper
• It's the Process, Stupid!: Slides and Paper

1996

• Creating Custom Controls: Paper
• Designing User Interfaces: Paper
• VFP Custom Controls (Amsterdam)

1995

• Converting Cardfiles to Data: Article
• VFP Controls: Slides, (PDF), (ODP), (HTML) and Paper
• VFP Events: Slides and Paper
• BCNN # 8:Text

1994

BCNN was the Boston Computer Network News, managed by Les Squires of Word Jenny, Inc. Les commissioned the team of Arnold Bilansky, David W. Rose and I to report on FoxPro news (Les ran the XBase group of the Boston Computer Society at the time) and here are our first issues:

• BCNN # 7:Text
• BCNN # 6:Text
• BCNN # 5:Text
• BCNN # 4:Text
• BCNN # 3:Text
• BCNN # 2:Text
• BCNN # 1:Text

1993

• CHEKLIST() Multi-selection List, FoxTalk, February 1993 PDF

1992

My first work published in the FoxPro world,

• Snappy ANSI Startup Screens PDF

1990

• [AmigaDOS] LFORMAT: A Handy Script File Generator, a 400 kB PDF, from the May/June 1990 issue of the Boston Computer Society's Amiga Culture newsletter.
• [AmigaDOS] Script Files II, a 508 kB PDF, from the January/February 1990 issue of the Boston Computer Society's Amiga Culture newsletter.

1989

• [AmigaDOS] Script Files I:, a 306 kB PDF, from the September 1989 issue of the Boston Computer Society's Amiga Culture newsletter, explaining how to iconize scripts.
• [AmigaDOS] A tip in the AmigaDOS Tech Corner column on using the ALIAS command in AmigaDOS, printed in the July 1989 issue of the Boston Computer Society's Amiga Culture newsletter. Scanned as a 326 kB PDF. Also reprinted in the September 1989 AmigaWorld magazine.