tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20029965964496137152024-02-08T10:34:39.289-08:00Fast thoughts in slow motionMikhail Dikovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13980715720338179589noreply@blogger.comBlogger98125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2002996596449613715.post-65884750544620452312023-03-21T20:10:00.008-07:002023-03-21T21:16:37.945-07:00Chat GPT за обработка на текстове написани в остарели езикови формиВ този пост ще покажа разнообразието на възможности, които Chat GPT предлага за обработка на текстове, написани в остарели езикови форми, с цел преразказването и адаптирането им към съвременния контекст.Исторически текстОт време на време се занимавам с обработка и преразказ на семейни истории от миналото. Често те включват документи, написани на стар български език. В този случай ще използвам Mikhail Dikovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13980715720338179589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2002996596449613715.post-13058219951936732162023-02-26T22:24:00.002-08:002023-02-26T22:32:07.232-08:00Using OpenAI Chat GPT for generating better Dal.e and midjourney promptsChat GPT is powerful language model developed by OpenAI. Chat GPT is capable of generating natural language text that can be used to improve communication in a variety of contexts. One particularly useful application of Chat GPT is as a generator for more detailed midjourney prompts.When embarking on a project or journey, it's common to create a plan or set of goals to guide your progress. Mikhail Dikovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13980715720338179589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2002996596449613715.post-11633129563718795872023-01-20T08:30:00.003-08:002023-01-21T11:55:38.447-08:00Using OpenAI GPT as an aid for people with Parkinson's and other disabilitiesAs someone living with Parkinson's disease, one of the biggest challenges I face is the reduced ability to use a keyboard. Before the onset of the condition 8 years ago, I was an ambidextral ten-finger typer, able to switch between using a mouse with both hands with ease. One of the first signs I noticed was that the letters on the left side of the keyboard would appear a bit later, causing typosMikhail Dikovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13980715720338179589noreply@blogger.com0Lafayette, CA 94549, USA37.8929461 -122.11782619.5827122638211577 -157.2740761 66.203179936178856 -86.9615761tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2002996596449613715.post-19941593316165668082023-01-16T16:18:00.004-08:002023-01-16T16:27:33.541-08:00Exploring the World of Citrus: How GPT and Marmalade Led to the Creation of California WhipAs a citrus enthusiast, I have always been captivated by the bright, tangy flavors of lemons and limes. Just check out some of my projects and you will see what I mean. So, when my wife and I were blessed with a fertile lime and lemon tree in our backyard, we knew that we had to make the most of this delicious bounty.Our goal was to explore new and innovative recipes that would allow us to Mikhail Dikovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13980715720338179589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2002996596449613715.post-81841163973914806412010-11-20T01:30:00.001-08:002023-01-16T14:28:22.331-08:00Agile Tips: All about user storiesSeveral months ago our team started the transition to Agile. One of the top topics of the transition is user stories. How are stories created? How do they change in the process of planning and implementation? How to split them and how do they compare to other planning tools? This slide deck is from a workshop I prepared and our team did. I addressed different aspects of user stories in Agile. Mikhail Dikovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13980715720338179589noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2002996596449613715.post-79121194731758897412010-09-20T09:56:00.001-07:002023-01-16T14:28:22.330-08:00SharePoint Saturday LA – great eventA second SharePoint Saturday Event in California took place in LA last Saturday at the Hilton LAX. The organizing committee chair Karuana Gatimu and co-chair Christian Buckley, once again put a great community conference. Owen Allen did a very insightful keynote on the transition of SharePoint to a business management platform. Needless to say I loved to hear him talk about ACM and CM utilizing Mikhail Dikovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13980715720338179589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2002996596449613715.post-66146263684575552602010-09-11T23:30:00.001-07:002023-01-16T14:28:22.330-08:00SharePoint Saturday East Bay – RecapAnother great SharePoint Saturday Event  in San Ramon. The organizers Christian Buckley, Michael Noel, the sponsors, and the volunteers did an excellent job in providing a top notch facilities and amenities for the event. Global 360 was a gold sponsor of the event. Lots of great sessions on SharePoint virtualization, search, governance and other hot SharePoint topics. I was really thrilled Mikhail Dikovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13980715720338179589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2002996596449613715.post-88989004185942827062010-09-03T09:49:00.000-07:002023-01-16T14:28:22.331-08:00Agile Tips: The End GameMaking short iterations work is hard. First the team has to find the right amount of work and commit, only to be confronted with reality and find out that the estimates are not what they meant them to be. In the first days of the iteration (T-8) the top priority stories get tackled, and somewhere in the middle of the iteration (T-5) the team has a pretty good feel, of which stories have a good Mikhail Dikovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13980715720338179589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2002996596449613715.post-14722003250512990502010-08-30T09:48:00.001-07:002023-01-16T14:28:22.326-08:00Free Day-Long SharePoint EventAre you new to SharePoint, and want to find out more? Is your company already using the technology, but you’d like to expand your knowledge with best practices? Do you have specific business or technical questions, and want to take advantage of this opportunity to speak with the experts? SharePoint Saturday East Bay is an educational, informative and always FREE day filled with sessions from Mikhail Dikovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13980715720338179589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2002996596449613715.post-90288276248837207722010-08-24T22:47:00.001-07:002023-01-16T14:28:22.331-08:00Agile Tips: Celebrate success or get pounded by the waterfall (again and again)A crucial part of driving and sustaining a change towards better adoption of Agile is the opportunity to celebrate success – small wins, frequently. Winning teams have clear expectations, understandable context and the commitment to get the work done-done. Driving point in declaring small wins after each iteration is setting the scope of the iteration close to the actual capacity of the team. If Mikhail Dikovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13980715720338179589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2002996596449613715.post-53750762189149189992010-08-16T00:14:00.000-07:002023-01-16T14:28:22.329-08:00SharePoint 2010 and Silverlight a Bigger PictureWe've all seen sessions where the power of SIlverlight is demonstrated with "Hello World!" apps and smily faces. We've also seen sessions on SharePoint 2010 that outline how to use the Client OM, but stop short when it comes to putting the complete solution into perspective. Is this enough to build well researched and designed, innovative solutions?I am really thrilled to join as a speaker and Mikhail Dikovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13980715720338179589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2002996596449613715.post-29463380962128368982010-06-01T18:22:00.001-07:002023-01-16T14:28:22.327-08:00Dynamically loading SharePoint 2010 or 2007 master pages for your legacy layoutsSo you have a layouts page you used in your SharePoint 2007 product and you want to use it in SharePoint 2010. The functionality did not change much, however when you open the page it looks ugly and it uses an older SharePoint 2007 master page. What can I do to fix this, so that I have one code base that covers both platforms? One option is to dynamically change the master page on the PreInit Mikhail Dikovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13980715720338179589noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2002996596449613715.post-69525640842864201972010-06-01T17:08:00.001-07:002023-01-16T14:28:22.330-08:00HTTP Error 503. The service is unavailable. in SharePoint 2010 Central AdministrationIn order to install a web application running only in 32-bit mode, I had to change the default IIS application pool settings to allow 32-bit applications. This worked fine for my application, however later I installed SharePoint 2010 on the same machine and when I opened the Central Administration I got the wonderful: HTTP Error 503. The service is unavailable. No IIS logs, no ULS logs, not Mikhail Dikovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13980715720338179589noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2002996596449613715.post-13130266621267787512010-05-04T16:16:00.001-07:002023-01-16T14:28:22.326-08:00Access denied by Business Data Connectivity.When you create a new external content type for security purposes SharePoint 2010 will not assign any permissions. The first thing people try to do is to create an external list using the external data source and try to open it. The following error occurs: Access denied by Business Data Connectivity. The first thing I tried to do is check permissions for the current user to the database and Mikhail Dikovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13980715720338179589noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2002996596449613715.post-55244520084101098802010-03-25T12:48:00.001-07:002023-01-16T14:28:22.329-08:00Summer of DreamsLiving in some of the most culturally diverse and tolerant places in the US and in the world has thought me a lot about cultural tolerance, however I realize that this was a long learning process and as a kid growing in the capital of Bulgaria I simply was not exposed to the issue of cultural or ethnical diversity in the same way an open modern society does. I recall how only couple of years Mikhail Dikovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13980715720338179589noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2002996596449613715.post-82339419770514148222010-02-23T11:07:00.000-08:002023-01-16T14:28:22.331-08:00If you need my opinion don’t ask me to answer with YES or NOSometimes people ask me: Why can’t you just answer with yes or no? While yes/no answers are perfect in some occasions I find that they are the absolute killer of collaborative work. A yes/no answers do not start a discussion they close it. While many developers think that a short yes/no answer makes them look more responsible and valuable I tend to disagree. What I usually want to understand isMikhail Dikovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13980715720338179589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2002996596449613715.post-9063079458751803862010-02-05T07:04:00.000-08:002023-01-16T14:28:22.325-08:00How does the Ribbon in SharePoint 2010 fit the process platform?I recall the first time I saw the ribbon in MS office. I loved it then and I love it now. The live preview felt really nice and many frequently used features sprung out to the forefront. In the last couple of days I had another look at the use of the ribbon in SharePoint 2010 and after running some scenarios around process personas in my mind I just don’t see how the ribbon is good for the hands Mikhail Dikovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13980715720338179589noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2002996596449613715.post-78172093716834274192010-01-28T22:25:00.001-08:002023-01-16T14:28:22.330-08:00BPM Q&A on InnovationSomething noteworthy happened today in the twittersphere. Two analysts from Gartner and Forester had a quick and very telling exchange about the state of BPM innovation.       Elise Olding, Gartner asked: Q:   Connie Moore, Forester responded: A:  Coming Mikhail Dikovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13980715720338179589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2002996596449613715.post-83363024907068000652010-01-20T13:06:00.000-08:002023-01-16T14:28:22.331-08:00Where is the End in the End-To-End for business processes?     Charlie put out his hand and touched the screen, and suddenly, miraculously, the bar of chocolate came away in his fingers. He was so surprised he nearly dropped it. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl   Every time a business finds a way to extend the reach of the consumer Mikhail Dikovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13980715720338179589noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2002996596449613715.post-37292889628279026802010-01-06T10:22:00.001-08:002023-01-16T14:28:22.329-08:00Live SharePoint/Global 360 Business Application DemoAfter the feedback received from the webinar in December (see previous post). Global 360 is moving away from the slide deck and providing what our audience wanted most – a live demo of the our products working with SharePoint. No frills, no smoking mirrors. Interested in seeing how you can leverage Global 360 and SharePoint to create a process platform?  Want to see first-hand how you can Mikhail Dikovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13980715720338179589noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2002996596449613715.post-54962962163217676742010-01-04T10:40:00.000-08:002023-01-16T14:28:22.329-08:00How to use SharePoint as a Process PlatformSharePoint is a proven platform for website creation, document sharing and collaboration. But, what about process management? Is SharePoint the right platform to automate and improve the processes that run your business? Two weeks ago Terry Schurter, Director of Product Strategy at Global 360 and I talked about on how to leverage SharePoint as a strategic process platform using Global 360’s Mikhail Dikovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13980715720338179589noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2002996596449613715.post-16517770388319669432009-10-19T10:51:00.000-07:002023-01-16T14:28:22.326-08:00Visual Web Part project item makes debut in VS2010 for SharePointMany novices and experienced SharePoint developers have been using the technique of hosting a UserControl in a web part. Traditionally beginners like it because it provides design surface similar to ASP.NET and allows them to be productive without learning all details of how custom controls work. ASP.NET developers entering the SharePoint world find it very convenient to reuse existing component Mikhail Dikovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13980715720338179589noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2002996596449613715.post-47478052269881435922009-10-16T13:54:00.001-07:002023-01-16T14:28:22.329-08:00Getting ready for SharePoint Conference 2009  It has been a busy month getting ready for the SPC in Las Vegas. I am really proud that this time I am not going to be not only a visitor of the show, but take part of presenting what we at Global360 have been working on in the last months. We’ve been working hard on improving the integration of Process360 with SharePoint and what better opportunity to show off our work than SPC. I Mikhail Dikovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13980715720338179589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2002996596449613715.post-21173888206967558662009-07-21T12:15:00.001-07:002023-01-16T14:28:22.326-08:00Global 360 is Going SocialWe’ve been working on a lot of things that are starting to surface the marketplace in the last couple of months. If you are interested to follow the latest developments from the leading pure play BPM vendor tune in to: Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/Global360IncBPM Facebook: Click http://www.facebook.com/pages/Global360-Inc/106369541359?ref=nf YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/Mikhail Dikovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13980715720338179589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2002996596449613715.post-83660209180993216342009-06-13T22:48:00.001-07:002023-01-16T14:28:22.331-08:00Does Xbox's project Natal spell trouble for Nintendo Wii?Just saw the videos for project Natal (http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/projectnatal/) a new revolutionary video camera based controller for new and existing Xbox consoles. It is really great that to see that there is some competition in the new generation of console games. Even though Wii is still the true leader in this category it is refreshing to see that Microsoft will offer a comparable and Mikhail Dikovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13980715720338179589noreply@blogger.com0