Alainde Botton – Atheism 2.0
Getting emails to work on WordPress running on IIS Express (WebMatrix)
I'm working on a WordPress project locally on my PC, deployed via WebMatrix. I love how easy Microsoft has made the process of trying out web apps with the Web Platform Installer. It's a great way to get up and running, so that you can concentrate on the process of writing code, rather than setting stuff up.
There is one snag though: IIS Express doesn't include a SMTP server. So, none of the activation or notification emails ever get to the recipient. You can configure it IIS Ex to use a specific SMTP server if you have one by editing the web.config file WebMatrix created for you on the web app's folder. You simply add:
End of the Great Divergence
Live Mesh won’t sync Microsoft Expression Web “site”?
I have work on multiple Windows devices. I've found Windows Live Mesh to be the best tool to keep files synced between these machines. The key advantage it has over other similar tools like Dropbox is that it can sync solely over p2p. So, I can keep my massive files synced without having to go through the excruciating pain of waiting to have such files upload to the cloud.
Yesterday, I created a new Microsoft Expression Web "site" folder as a sub folder in one of the folders synced by Live Mesh. Later I found that the folder isn't being synced between my computers. It wasn't really obvious why but, after much searching, I found the reason. Expression Web is marking the folder as a "System" folder [Why does it do that? Just to make sure it gets to change the folder icon 
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Factors Deterring Entrepreneurial Intent of Sri Lankan IT Professionals
Despite the wealth of human capital and despite the institutional support for seeding and mentoring nascent entrepreneurs, there are but a dismal number of IT professionals venturing in to setting up IT based start-ups. As majority of the IT companies in the country target the IT outsourcing market, this represents a significant loss of opportunity for the industry to innovate and achieve sustainable growth without the dependence on the opportunities created by foreign companies.
The First Winner of the LKR 1500 Gift Voucher Giveaway!
Last week I offered to give away 2 gift vouchers worth 1500/= to 2 random participants of my survey on Entrepreneurship Intent among IT Workforce (hosted here).
I’m happy to announce that the survey has reached it’s mid-way point (50 valid responses). In marking this milestone, I’ve decided to give away 1 of the above vouchers now, without waiting for the 100 responses as initially planned.
The unfelt need for IT and the Path of Highest Resistance
Last week I had the chance to sit in during a discussion one of my friends had with a eminent researcher. My friend, an experienced Software Project Manager and a founder of a IT based startup, was building his case on what he believed was the reason for the lack of IT adaptation amongst the local SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises).
“The reason why Sri Lankan SME’s don’t use IT in their business is a lack of awareness rather than a lack of funds. It’s not that the price of IT solutions are expensive, it’s matter of SME’s being ignorant of the value addition these solutions can bring to the table.”
The researcher, whole heartedly disagreed:
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