Hide SP 2010 Page Layout Metadata – WebControls
How to add “Hidden” metadata to your page layouts so that they are only visible when editing the page, also provides the specific field names for the most common SharePoint 2010 base columns and web controls.
Got REST? Querying SharePoint List data using REST services client-side: Part 1
To make querying easier, Microsoft implemented REST (Representational State Transfer plus HTTP) into the SharePoint 2010 platform using ADO.NET Data Services to make client-side data retrieval easier and more lightweight.
“Just the Essentials” SharePoint Master Page
Every file is heavily commented and provides a lot of information about what code is necessary for various SharePoint functionality and content.
Explain SharePoint site hierarchy to users through analogy
Examples of analogies that help explain SharePoint navigation structures.
Media History Digital Library – Online Access to the Histories of Cinema, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound
The Media History Digital Library is a non-profit initiative dedicated to digitizing collections of classic media periodicals that belong in the public domain for full public access.
I propose that worldbuilding is the primary distinguishing characteristic of SF and fantasy (at least at a superficial level). Get the worldbuilding wrong, and your readers won’t be able to get a grip on the story line or the motivation of your characters. Or worse — they’ll get a grip, and realize that your story is, at best, a western or an age-of-sail yarn with the serial numbers filed off: that the trappings of the fantastic are only there to add a spurious sense of exoticism to an everyday tale.
Charlie Stross via World building 101 – Charlie’s Diary.