Dev: Remote SQL Server Access

How to set up access from SQL Server Management Studio to SQL Server 2008 on Winows 2008 with a software firewall?  Make sure to create a rule in the firewall that enables access to sqlservr.exe that is located in the Binn directory of your database.  See this MSFT article, look to “To access a program through the Windows firewall”.  No need to punch through holes for TCP or UDP.

Idea: coworking location app

A web-app for coworkers: people say where they are working and on what.

Idea: Distributed Benchmarking

An ability to benchmark my computer, upload results to a web-app and see how my computer performs in comparison to other computers.

Idea: Collective Comparison

A participate-to-view web-app that would allow collection of comparative information about various systems/products.

Idea: See All Sides in an Argument – AllSides

A web-application that would allow people to see top arguments from all sides.

Idea: Infliencial Conversations

A system that would facilitate exposure of conversations happening between various influential figures in our society on various important topics.

Idea: Air quality and Health

A system that facilitates collection of air quality data and enables correlation analysis with health-related data to attempt to identify causality between air and disease.

Idea: GMail cleaner

A web-application that would allow you to see what takes up space in your GMail inbox and quickly remove things to clear up space.

Boston Startup Weekend

So, today starts the Boston startup weekend.  I am thinking of pitching some ideas.  The next few posts will be such ideas.