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Productivity - buzz word and a few tips

Productivity is a buzz word in our life today. The more productive we are, the more successful one is. A few questions arises as mentoned below On the way to productive are we trying to be someone else and not being your one? Are we trying to do it just because someone else is achieving something by being productive? Are we not achieving things the way we work or do things today? Are we sacrificing our personal and family life ?? Then why change your style???? Think Think....... We should just follow the normal self owned style rather than immitate any one. Just follow the below tips 1. Before you begin your day have  To-Do List. Ensure to have official and personal tasks in there. Ensure the tasks are time bound. 2. Always attempt to complete the simpler tasks first that way you feel accomplished at the end of day that the long list is no more long. 3. Set time for each task, if its going overtime then mov

Getting Started with ASP.NET MVC, SignalR KnockoutJS

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This article describes a simple application intended to notify users when a new user is created. To build the same we are using the technologies like ASP.NET MVC 4, SignalR, KnockoutJS, ToastR, Twitter BootStrap. First lets create a ASP.NET MVC 4 Web Application. Lets add the SignalR, KnockoutJS, ToastR, Twitter BootStrap by using the Package Manager Console into the project. install-package knockoutjs install-package Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR install-package Twitter.Bootstrap install-package Toastr We added a new page "CreateUser.shtml" and the code looks like as shown below < h2>User Creation < script src="../../Scripts/jquery-1.9.1.js" type="text/javascript">     < script src="../../Scripts/knockout-2.3.0.js" type="text/javascript"> < script src="../../Scripts/bootstrap.js" type="text/javascript"> < div class="container-fluid">     First Name: < input typ

Visual Studio 2013 and .NET 4.5.1

Microsoft released VS 2013 and .NET 4.5.1 . Some of the key highlights are as below Innovative Features for Greater Developer Productivity Support for Windows 8.1 App Development Web Development Advancements Create Modern Business Apps for Office 365 Debugging and optimization Improvements Expanded ALM Capabilities To read about them , please check out http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/eng/visual-studio-2013#story-2013

Hiberfil.sys in Windows 7

Sometimes you may wonder the disk space on your drive where the OS is installed is reducing. This could be because of the "hiberfil.sys" file. To delete the "hiberfil.sys" file in Windows 7 , you can open the command prompt and type the command powercfg.exe -h off After which check the folder size and you would have regained the free space.

2012 - > 2013 : Happy New Year

Looking back at the year that has gone past, it has a lot of memories. I thank god for the year that has gone by and what he has done in my life.  On professional front, it was a good year with new challenges and new opportunities. There was travel involved as well. Learned new things on technology and management perspective. I was privileged to attend some of the high end management workshops which is great for my career progression.  On personal front, i had the home project of giving a new look to my house. Had got the house repainted and replaced the front gates. Also growing on the spiritual side as well, learning to know god more and more.  Now the new year 2013 is in, I hope this year will be great. I attended the watch night New Year service yesterday at Palace Grounds, it was an amazing service. The promise for this year is "Supernatural Breakthrough - Habakkuk 3: 17 - 19"  "17 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in

Back again

Its been a while i have blogged, as usual the reasons been busy :). I feel i should take some time for blogging.   Hopefully i will get to be more regular and start sharing on whatever i learn.

ASP.NET MVC 4 Beta Features

The features of ASP.NET MVC 4 Beta are ASP.NET Web API Refreshed and modernized default project templates New mobile project template Many new features to support mobile apps Recipes to customize code generation Enhanced support for asynchronous methods To know more please read the blog post from Scott Gu at  http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2012/02/19/asp-net-mvc-4-beta.aspx Hope this helps. Please do drop your comments.