http://www.dagira.com ...you are in a twisty maze of passageways, all different... Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:10:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I got accepted to present at the fall Business Objects conference again this year. Things are really on a tight schedule; we only have about two weeks from acceptance to the date when the first draft is due. :shock: With all of the work required to keep up with client ... http://www.dagira.com/2008/08/25/108/ As per this comment here is the recipe for my famous "Dave Cookies" ... enjoy. 8-) Classic Dave Cookies Ingredients Wet Stuff 1 stick of butter (margarine) two eggs 2 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup white sugar 1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed Dry Stuff 2 1/4 cups flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 16 oz package of chips Optional pecans or walnuts Put ... http://www.dagira.com/2008/08/12/by-popular-request-cookies/ I am probably not following proper blog "netiquette" as I don't offer a "blog roll" here. A blog roll is a standard feature of Wordpress and it allows a blogger to link to other blogs of interest, whether they're on the same topic or just from friends or family or... ... http://www.dagira.com/2008/08/11/technology-needs-people-too/ A few days ago I posted about the new GBN (Global BusinessObjects Network) organization. They're going to be responsible for the user conference this fall that is replacing the "Insight" conferences run by Business Objects in the past. One of the questions posted as a comment to that post was ... http://www.dagira.com/2008/08/08/rumors-ive-got-rumors/ I got a comment from someone new recently who said: Sigh. There is so much about Business Objects that makes me scream "WHY??? Who designed this thing? Nobody who has ever used it in the real world, that’s for sure!" First it made me laugh. But then it made me think. At ... http://www.dagira.com/2008/08/06/what-we-do-without-business-objects-knowing-about-it/ The Business Objects Community Alliance is going to be rebranded as the Global Business Objects Network. There are various reasons for the change, some of which have to do with naming conflicts but mostly having to do with the desire to emphasize the independence from anything run by SAP. The ... http://www.dagira.com/2008/08/04/introducing-the-global-business-objects-network/ So here's how the rest of the "48 hours" went. Friday 6:30 am: Wake up and groan. I'm starting to feel pain from the last few late nights. 7:00 am: Heading down to the office with the donuts Ginger picked up for me, and a container of cookies, and a lunch. Traffic ... http://www.dagira.com/2008/08/02/48-hours-in-the-life-of-a-business-objects-trainer-part-ii/ As I write this I am just getting ready to welcome my students back for day 2 of the Advanced Designer course. How did I get here? It's an interesting story. Or maybe it's not, you get to decide. :) I have been assigned essentially full time to one particular client ... http://www.dagira.com/2008/08/01/48-hours-in-the-life-of-a-business-objects-trainer/ In the first post on designing universe prompts I talked about the idea of having a default date value present in a prompt. In case you don't want to read the entire post, here is the executive summary: You can't do it, sorry. At the end of that post I mentioned something ... http://www.dagira.com/2008/07/21/using-a-magic-date-value-in-prompts/ I have seen this question come up frequently on BOB lately. And if the question keeps coming up, it becomes an easy idea for a blog post. That way, once I document a concept or a solution I have somewhere consistent to link to. The short answer to the question, ... http://www.dagira.com/2008/07/15/how-can-i-make-today-my-default-prompt-value/