Zombieism is not so much a state of being as a set of practices and cultural scripts. It is not that one is a zombie but that one does being a zombie such that zombieism is created and enacted through interaction. Even if one is “objectively” a mindless animated corpse, one cannot really be said to be fulfilling one’s cultural role as a zombie unless one shuffles across the landscape in search of brains.
Gabriel Rossman – Towards a sociology of living death
SharePoint hierarchical Quick Launch replacement using jQuery
Customizable replacement of the default SharePoint Quick Launch, featuring a collapsible tree-view of the entire site collection and integrated editing, hiding and reordering.
The cool stuff comes after the 4:30 minute mark. Also make sure to check out Jan Tielens’ blog post on the SmartTools jQueryLoader for SharePoint.
Letters of Note is an attempt to gather and sort fascinating letters, postcards, telegrams, faxes, and memos.
The past’s power comes from experience, the lessons it dares us to dismiss on the grounds that maybe things will be different this time. The future’s power is born of experiment, and the endless grudge match between fear and hope.
Time Magazine – What College Students Don’t Know
Setting SharePoint Form Fields Using JavaScript
Using JavaScript to set SharePoint form fields in NewForm.aspx.
Crowdsourcing colleagues in DELL’s Employeestorm
In corporate environments, voting can be a very powerful social instrument to get colleagues engaged. And once they are in, they will post, comment or criticize - which makes them even more involved. Dell has a wonderful example of this