HIMSS11 printable floorplan -



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I am attending #HIMSS11 this year, and I have been looking at the size of the show floor. My task at the show is to talk to nearly everyone on the exhibit floor.  So yeah, I need a map and a plan.

The Expo floor is massive.  Really massive.  I have been to the RSA Conference 3 times and it while that show is big, it is tiny compared to HIMSS11.

I attempted to print the floor plan from the conference website (pdf), but even spanned across 15 pages (11x17 paper in a 3x5 grid), I couldn't read the names on the small booths.

So I decided to crop down the floor plan to just the bare essentials (I don't really need the location of the dumpsters) and was able to make a usable printed map.  I ended up with 8 11x17 pages that I had to tape together, but at least I can read it...

Give it a shot.  (Please leave me a comment if this is helpful to you.)

Here is the cropped floor plan.

You will need a printer that can print 11x17.
Make sure and set your paper size to 11x17.

You should also set the 'Page Handling' Like this:

This is a must have tool for #HIMSS11



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http://eventmobi.com/himss/

This site is meant for mobile users, but I found it helpful to select ALL the sessions I am interested in, then go back to my desktop browser and print all my selections. From that list I am making my choices from those that conflict. I am also identifying sessions that my coworkers might be able to cover. 
Nice!

Headed to #HIMSS11 -



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Any other IT Security types headed to the HIMSS11 Conference on Feb 20th? This is a down right HUGE Conference. Should be interesting.

Wordle - “President Obama's 2011 State Of The Union” by NPR



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More than a "minor upgrade" - What's the deal with PCWorld?



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In the PCWorld article, How the Grinch Stole the iPad, they make mention of a "very minor upgrade" to the iPad. Below is their write up. I have to assume this is their prediction for what will be included in the update. I changed this to a bullet list, but the words remain the same. 

FTA:

If the rumors hold up, we're looking at a very minor upgrade to the iPad. Expect a 

• thinner body, 

• front-facing camera for FaceTime video chat, 

• back-facing camera, 

• USB port and maybe the 

• iPhone 4's Retina display. 

Really?

I'm not sure what the writers at PCWorld are smoking these days, but how is that a "very minor upgrade"?  Two cameras and a USB port, plus a Retina Display?  Seems pretty substantial to me. 

Didn't the addition of just 1 camera and the Retina display make the iPhone 4 the hottest phone around?

Just Sayin'

The original article:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/213351/how_the_grinch_stole_the_ipad.html

The Proposal - Where it all started



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This is the gem that started us all on this little WWW thingy.

It's a good read and there are some pointers to ideas that still haven't been successfully developed.

Reference:
Information Management: A Proposal

Tim Berners-Lee, CERN March 1989, May 1990

Adobe Acrobat (pdf) format

Potentially massive hole in 'good' ASP.NET sites



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This is not just a simple patch fix, and even well managed sites can have this issue.
This is driven by ASP.NET giving up too much information in error codes.

The big takeaway:

Important: It is not  enough to simply turn on CustomErrors or have it set to RemoteOnly. You also need to make sure that all errors are configured to return the same error page.  This requires you to explicitly set the “defaultRedirect” attribute on the section and ensure that no per-status codes are set.

Here's the Scott Gu post

Get busy out there.

Apple media event Today -



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Best prediction from the TUAW comments:

macfan406 said

Alright Here's the Rundown:

• Jobs walks on stage
• Talks about amazing iPad and iPhone 4 success
• Announces they have ramped production of both
• Three Things for today. iLife, iOS (and iPods), and AppleTV
• Announces iLife '11.
• Garageband gets revamped
• "Mystery application" an iOS app builder like Android's App Inventor. "App Innovator"
•  iLife goes on sale today for $79
• iOS 4 devices can download iLife for iOS as a suite for $40 or apps for $10 (iMovie, Garageband, iWeb, and iPhoto)
• iOS: iPad gets iOS 4 friday. Expose runs the multi-tasking show here, and you can run Retina Display apps without pixel doubling
• "iPod touch is a great device, but we decided to redesign it all"
• Announces new iPod touch (almost indistinguishable from iP4)
• Front Facetime cam as well as 5MP Camera in the rear with LED Flash
• still 8.5mm
• Retina Display, A4, FM/HD Radio with Tagging.
•  3G model using the same pricing scheme as iPad
• Capacity up to 128GB. 32GB starts $199, Add $130 for 3G
• All models get compass and GPS
• Ships in a week
• Nano gets still camera, WiFi for Video and Photo uploads
• Classic gets no moving parts.
• Shuffle utilitzes rumored 1.3" screen
• iPhone gets an antenna fix. White iPhone ships at the end of the month
• AppleTV--> iTV
• 16GB $99, 32GB $199
• Runs iOS and can access the App Store.
• One More Thing: iTunes.com
• Streaming from your Library: Free
• Stream from the store: $9.99/month
• Early 2011.
• Any iOS device. Any Mac/PC Web browser can get to it.
• (Insert special guest artist here..)

There you have it. A Full rundown of next Wednesday. Enjoy and continue to speculate!

From:

http://i.tuaw.com/2010/08/25/apple-to-hold-media-event-on-september-1st/