Today I started converting my Sharepoint list field names to user friendly names, and my app broke. Why? Special characters in the Sharepoint field names. I’d already learned how to decode the special characters (code below), but the reverse method (XmlConvert.EncodeName) doesn’t encode all special characters properly. After some tooling around for a solution, I wrote my own method below. You know, just in case you didn’t use Camelcase to name your Sharepoint list fields on your first ever Sharepoint project.

As you read this, expand your vision. What can you see out of the corner of your eyes? Did you notice it before?

If I had one recommendation for the average Internet user, it would be, ‘Get Dropbox.’

If you’re anything like me, you don’t use twitter very much. Maybe got on it for a few months and then left it. Or maybe, you’re a tweeting MANIAC. Whatever the case, you want to learn how to automatically post your WordPress blogs on your Twitter account. Why? Because it’s another channel with which you can attract an audience for your site. And let’s face it – your Mexican jumping bean obsession deserves, nay, DEMANDS a larger audience!

If you’ve had any experience downloading apps or music from the Mac App Store or iTunes, you know that it kills your bandwidth. Can’t use Netflix? Nope. Youtube? Nuh uh. BitTorrent? Nada. At least not ’til your downloads finish. I don’t know about you, but a movie or app that is a few gigs takes me a while to download.

I’m about a week and a half into my travels around the U.S., and the trip has been great! San Francisco and Las Vegas have been very accomodating, and there hasn’t been anything I’ve wanted for that I didn’t have or find. So what’s in my pack, you ask? Below is a list of my gear along with cheaper alternatives that you can use for your own trip. This list has been revised and reworked for the past 8 months during smaller trips, and I’m constantly updating it as better gear appears and my skills improve.

Imagine everything you want to do in the next 24 hours. If it’s a work day, throw that in tere too. How did that make you feel? Anxious, or excited? Why?

What’s up, people! You likely know me if you’re reading this, so let’s keep this informal. Today’s the first day of my world-wide walkabout. What’s that? You didn’t know? Well keep readin’ mein freunde.