The Blog of Jonas Martinsson

Two of my recent articles on .NET/Java interoperability have been published by the software development press. The first article is " Deploying an ASP.NET AJAX RSS Reader on Linux ". Here, I describes the simple steps required to deploy an ASP.NET AJAX application onto an open Java platform, such as Linux. It was published in .NET Developer's Journal and can be read online . The second article is " Integrate your SharePoint environment into the open standards-based WebSphere Portal platform using the Visual Studio IDE " (try to make that longer!). It discusses .NET/Java interoperability in an enterprise environment where SharePoint and WebSphere Portal co-exist. A solution is given for integrating Microsoft SharePoint sites inside IBM WebSphere Portal. The article was translated into German for dot.net magazin's 6.2008 issue . That translation is to the best of my knowledge not available online. The original English article is available however; both in th...

Images are now freely available in FeedJournal Publisher , allowing any blogger or content provider to generate a great-looking PDF out of their latest writings. This feature was previously reserved for paying Gold members, but is now free for all to use! At the same time, the FeedJournal subscription model got simplified, only one paid subscription option is now available: Gold. I found that the Silver option only served to confuse potential customers. The new model is more in line with FeedJournal's focus on simplicity. The Publisher page has also been improved to better showcase the newspaper layout. Today, PDF publishers have the luxury of choosing between at least two brilliant solutions for embedding PDF content on their web site: Scribd and Issuu . As they both offer very competitive packages for the same unbeatable price (free), the choice is tough. Issuu offers a slightly sexier experience, but Scribd on the other hand have a good programming interface for automating...

With an e-mail address for your mobile phone you make it simple for friends and web services to reach you. Here I'll show you how to create a new e-mail address that will forward all messages to your mobile phone using SMS. It will not cost you more than one single SMS to set it all up. SMS is a great technology in many ways. It works on the most ancient of phones; it does not require a data plan and an SMS message is typically free to receive, depending on your operator. While some cellular operators provide a free e-mail to SMS gateway, most don't. The biggest problem is that it costs money to send SMS. Below is a method of working around that cost. I am aware of three different web services that offer free worldwide SMS notifications to registered users: Google Calendar, Jaiku and Twitter. ICQ used to offer it, but they now charge money for their SMS service. I investigated the different offerings to see if their infrastructure could provide public free access to sending ...