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Entries for January 2012

Jimmy's iO Welcome Party

I started at DMC two months ago and it has been a very busy two months. Since joining DMC I’ve been focused on one large project, but the project is divided up into many distinct sections and I have been involved in nearly every one the section...


Installing a SharePoint 2010 Mixed Mode Login Page from End to End

A lot of our SharePoint clients at DMC want a SharePoint site which allows users outside their company network to have login access to the site. SharePoint supports a type of user authentication called claims-based authentication, which is a composit...


4 Tips to Avoid Continuous Credential Prompts in SharePoint 2010

In some cases, regardless of how well a SharePoint site is built out, users express frustration when discussing the user experience. Examples are asking for your credentials every time you open a file, experiencing long wait times, or having trouble ...


High-speed Position Latching using Yaskawa's MotionWorks IEC

I was recently working on a multi-axis Yaskawa-based motion control project and ran into an issue using an in-software position latch. In this case, we were running a servo at fairly high speed and trying to record the encoder position when a sensor ...


Happy Employees Make Happy Customers

One of the keys to a happy customer is a happy employee, and one of the keys to a happy employee is an awesome work environment. As part of DMC’s administrative team, one of my many duties is to help ensure these conditions. In many ways, DMC a...


DMC Office Expansion Construction Kickoff

DMC is expanding again! After relocating to our office at 2222 N. Elston Avenue last year we quickly outgrew the space and needed to take over more of the building. Rather than a traditional ground breaking ceremony, we decided to have a wall dest...


Employee Spotlight: Deborah Nunaley

Deborah Nunaley, Office Manager What was it like to grow up on a farm and what skills have stuck with you? It’s hard work, but I would never trade that upbringing.  On a family farm everyone is involved in the work and there are many...


Office Autonomous Robot

With the imminent arrival of DMC’s second FedEx Day, the brainstorming began. Amid ideas to improve our internal network and everyday tasks, the idea to one day take over the world started gaining support. Everyone knows that the first step tow...


Geek Challenge: New Year's Beeramid by the Numbers

During a New Year's Eve party, a simple pyramid was constructed by standing 3 beer cans on a table in a triangle, and then placing a single can on the top center of the three. The pyramid was expanded by expanding the triangular base to 3 ca...


Those who visit DMC may notice our ever-changing "Quote Board." This is where we document the most infamous utterances of the moment.


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