Error code -36 when using a USB flash memory or hard disk (Mac OSX Leopard)

I have been experiencing problems when copying files from an iMac with Leopard 10.6.2.

Each time I tried to move a folder from the local drive to the flash drive or an external hard drive I received the "Error code -36".

It is a bug.

And I found a blog post with the solution. Just click here. Or follow the instructions as explained on that Blog:

"

1. Launch Terminal (Applications > Utilities) and type the following command, making sure to include a space at the end:

2. dot_clean

3. Select the folder on your Mac that is giving you trouble and drag it right to the Terminal window. A green cursor with a + symbol should appear before you release the mouse.
4. The path to that folder should have automatically appeared at the end of the Terminal command. For example, it might look like:
   

   dot_clean /Users/UserName/Desktop/Test_Folder

5. Press Enter/Return to run the command. It will appear as if nothing happened, but try copying that folder to a MS-DOS volume now. Finder should magically allow it to be moved with no problem!
6. Repeat the entire process as needed for other folders that won’t copy. "

SharePoint: Review 2009

2009 was a good year for the SharePoint community! with many interesting things happening. Here my overview:

1. SharePoint Conferences and events. From the cool SharePint to the SharePoint conferences, I think this focused and specialized events are the result of a vibrant community of open minded experts. 2009 opened the door to a new set of opportunities for better events. I have participated organizing the SharePoint Conference in Slovenia and I have in plans to participate in as many conferences and events during the 2010! The experience here was great!
2. SharePoint Community. Somehow SharePoint became a sample of a global community. Sharepoint professionals from all different kind of backgrounds (Enterprise or SME) and with a wide range of expertise (Web design.... development) came together to transform their careers in a super interesting opportunity for expanding their knowledge and experience by sharing information. Something I can't remember happening with such energy in the past.
3. SharePoint as an opportunity for all. During 2009 I have heard all kind of cases related to SharePoint. From big organizations using SharePoint as a way to publish information to the Web as small schools or organizations using SharePoint for sharing documents and information privately. From 500$ projects to millions! SharePoint and the huge base of partners are preparing themselves for offering solutions to many different segments of the market.
4. Global SharePoint. I just came from a trip to Peru and I discovered that the community of SharePoint partners is growing fast! Most Banks are already working with SharePoint and some Ministries as well. South America is present in the community and hungry for expertise.

I believe the 2010 will come with a consolidation of the community and some kind of coordinated set of events. At least that is my wish.

What I'm thinking to do:

1. Transform the "SharePoint Days" event in an open source model for all the community to use for their events. Do you want to make an event? well SharePoint Days should provide you with all what you need.
2. Coordinate with all possible SharePoint experts and Sponsors to build a group available for global events. For example: Someone in Asia would like to organize a conference, then he would contact the group and from there easily would get in touch with interested sponsors and speakers.

Of course, feel free to contact me and send me your ideas and comments!

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JQuery library for SharePoint

yesterday was a marathon for SharePoint. It was the opening day of the SharePoint Conference in Las Vegas. Twitter was busy busy and one of the interesting posts was about an open source project that makes JQuery friendly with SharePoint, that is great news!

Here the link: http://spservices.codeplex.com/

New SharePoint Simple CMS partner: Vortalities

I'm very glad to announce that The SharePoint Simple CMS is welcoming Vortalities, from Belgium as a new partner.

They represent our first partner from Belgium. Click here to see a Map of SharePoint Simple CMS partners.

Next videos about SEO and increasing visits to your Blog.

I wanted to make today a new video but I got immersed in the research. But I found good topics for the next few videos:

1. Google trends
2. Google insights for Search
3. Google trends for Web sites

I hope you'll like them. If you have any suggestion feel free to make a comment here.

How to get money from my Blog using Google Adsense?

I'm in the way to discover the trick and I would like to share with you my first clue.
Analysing the data from my Adsense account (from the past 2 years) I found out that in order to get 70 EUR or 100$ you need to get around 100000 visits. Yap... that's a lot of visits. You can decrease that number if your Blog or Web site talks about something where advertisers pay more per click and if you decrease the number of visitors that come to your site by mistake.
Therefore it is important to understand a couple of things:

1. Your Blog or Web site should speak about 1 topic. That will make it easier for visitors to find useful your contents and better for Google Adsense to publish relevant Ads. As focused your topic as better.
2. If you would like to talk about other topics then create as many Blogs or Web sites as topics you have. That will attract more focused audiences, increase the amount of clicks and even if you get 10$ per site if you have 10 sites then you get 100$.
3. Learn which are the topics that are the most interesting for people around the world. This one is very important and I found a free tool that will help you:

Linking your Blog to your Facebook profile

I think that Facebook is a great way to promote your Blog and that is specially true with the "Notes" functionality. If you don't have a Blog that is a good way to start and let all your contacts know when you write something. If you have already a Blog the Facebook Notes will automatically get all your Blog posts!

If you want to se how please check the following videos: (remember that you can see the videos in full screen mode)

Not so techy... but important: Peter Drucker Global Forum in Vienna

The first global Peter Drucker Forum will be in Vienna. This is important for all of you interested in management and leadership.
Elizabeth Edersheim, the author of The Definitive Drucker, will have a speech and here is an abstract about it: click here.

Partner Program for SharePoint Simple CMS

I just finished making a short video about what the SharePoint Simple CMS provides to partners. I hope it is easy to understand.. my English is far from perfect :)

SharePoint Simple CMS Partnership Program from Jose Antonio Morales on Vimeo.

Steve Smith : Scalling out a SharePoint farm and configuring network load balancing on the web servers

Steve Smith full video session during the SharePoint Conference in Slovenia (2008).
A great session every SharePoint Pro needs to see!

Scalling out a SharePoint farm and configuring network load balancing on the web servers from Matjaz Korenjak on Vimeo.

Visit Steve's Web site at: http://www.combined-knowledge.com/