I just put a long review on Zoho Time Tracking

On my Time Tracking Review blog – read my review of Zoho Time Tracking.

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I have a new post about graphic designer websites

I recently wrote a lengthy post on Graphic Designer Websites on my other blog – you should check it out.

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I’m raising profit awareness!

At the Profit Awareness Blog!

That is my new venture, Profit Awareness –  it is a web app that will identify your most and least profitable clients and projects.  I intend to launch it before the end of the year.  Sign up now for early access and information.

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Time Tracking Review launches, and starts with Freckle Time Tracking

Hi Everyone -

 

As some of you may be aware, I just launched ProfitAwareness.com site, and the companion site TimeTrackingReview.com – your #1 source for for online time tracking information.    Check out our first review of Freckle Time Tracking.

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How to fix problems with the X-Axis in Microsoft Charting Components

The Problem: You’re creating a line or area chart using the Microsoft Charting components (the ones in System.Web.UI.DataVisualization.Charting, not System.Web.Helpers) and for whatever reason the first entry is actually in the second quadrant, like so:

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How to fix problems with asp.net, C# and Request.ServerVariables["HTTP_REFERER"]

The Problem: I recently built a small web app that tracked downloads.   Part of that was using the referring page.  Somehow, for some reason, the url was not being sent along with the request.

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How to fix problem with asp.net mvc 3 and json

The Problem: You are attempting to import json data into your web application, but you continue to get weird errors.  Here is what the json data looked like

[{"entry":{"tags":[{"name":"Web Development","billable":true,"id":117906}],”created_at”:”2011-02-04T01:00:28Z”,”billable”:true,”minutes”:150,”updated_at”:”2011-02-04T01:00:40Z”,”recently_updated_at”:”2011-02-04T01:00:40Z”,”project_id”:40401,”import_id”:null,”url”:null,”time_to”:null,”id”:670893,”date”:”2011-02-02″,”user_id”:12914,”formatted_description”:””,”description_text”:””,”time_from”:null,”description”:”Web Development”,”invoiced_at”:null,”project_invoice_id”:null}},{“entry”:{“tags”:[{"name":"Web Development","billable":true,"id":117906}],”created_at”:”2011-02-04T01:04:42Z”,”billable”:true,”minutes”:180,”updated_at”:”2011-02-04T01:04:42Z”,”recently_updated_at”:”2011-02-04T01:04:42Z”,”project_id”:40401,”import_id”:null,”url”:null,”time_to”:null,”id”:670909,”date”:”2011-02-01″,”user_id”:12914,”formatted_description”:””,”description_text”:””,”time_from”:null,”description”:”Web Development”,”invoiced_at”:null,”project_invoice_id”:null}},{“entry”:{“tags”:[{"name":"Web Development","billable":true,"id":117906}],”created_at”:”2011-02-04T01:11:13Z”,”billable”:true,”minutes”:60,”updated_at”:”2011-02-04T01:11:13Z”,”recently_updated_at”:”2011-02-04T01:11:13Z”,”project_id”:40401,”import_id”:null,”url”:null,”time_to”:null,”id”:670914,”date”:”2011-01-31″,”user_id”:12914,”formatted_description”:””,”description_text”:””,”time_from”:null,”description”:”Web Development”,”invoiced_at”:null,”project_invoice_id”:null}}] 

The Cause: The json is not in the format you think it should be in  While it looks like you would get each record back, you get one solid blob.

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How to fix problems with Coded User Interface Tests

The Problem: You attempt to create a new Coded User Interface Test in Visual Studio 2010, and you get the following error:

The following package failed to load: C:Users[File Path Goes Here]Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITest.Extension.IE.dll. Coded UI Test is now in an inconsistent state. Remove this package and restart Visual Studio to work with Coded UI Test.

The Cause: For whatever reason, Visual Studio does not copy Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITest.Extension.IE.dll into the solution, and but it thinks it did.

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Time Producer joins the internet

My new application Time Producer has reached the early stages of development, and has a site all of it’s own.  What will it do?  It will evaluate your clients and help you optimize your working time.  It also has a blog.

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How to fix problems with Linq and the Entity Framework

database 2The Problem: You attempt to do a query using Linq To Entities and your code does not work.

The Cause: For reasons unknown, Linq to Entities has different operators than Linq To Sql.

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