Archive for the ‘General’ Category

Great virus removal tips

Monday, February 23, 2009 10:26 No Comments

On Dec 31, 2008 I found myself plagued with a virus because I just visisted a site. Not because I downloaded something from it, but because I just visited the page. I had McAfee antivirus running and had never had an issue in over a decade of web stuff. Then, and I’m fairly certain it [...]

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News source findings by Pew no suprise

Friday, December 26, 2008 8:02 1 Comment

While the comments by other readers question CNN and FOX News thoughts by the writer, the significance of the information is simply that American’s are embracing a new medium for keeping up with the what’s going on in their world. Poke at the specifics as much as you would like, but the simple fact is [...]

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Dear Sony, please proofread more carefully.

Friday, December 12, 2008 17:52 No Comments

So today I got this “thank you for spending money with us, please come spend some more” email from Sony. It was a 10% off coupon (actually an insult if you ask me, 10% is peanuts these days… I can walk in off the street almost anywhere and get that… thanks for NOTHING Sony!), but [...]

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FAQ or FAQs?

Monday, September 15, 2008 13:04 No Comments

Recently, a client asked me to make a change to her site to make the FAQ link reach FAQs. This is a very interesting request as it prompted me to think about what FAQs actually meant. After all, TLA (three letter acronyms) are really short abbreviations for stuff we talk about regularly but don’t want [...]

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PowerPoint Bug Not a Bug

Thursday, July 10, 2008 9:32 No Comments

So today I was working on a PowerPoint presentation to pitch KMG to the marketing department of a major company who outsources most of their PowerPoint development. One of the features I was working to build into the pitch (which demonstrates some of what we have to offer) was utilizing the hyperlinking within the presentation [...]

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WWDC iPhone Disappointments

Monday, June 9, 2008 12:54 1 Comment

Well, the much anticipated and speculated iPhone 3G specs as well as the iPhone 2.0 update details are official. Below are my (current) list of disappointments:

No video (agrees with iJustine – “Steve, what WERE you thinking?” or who wasn’t thinking may be more like it)
No two-way camera for video chat
Though it sounds like there’s [...]

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Drinking from a fire hose

Wednesday, May 21, 2008 15:42 No Comments

I remember the first time I heard this phrase. It was used in conjunction with a new employee being fed loads and loads of info on his first day of work. I’d never heard it before but it so fit the look on the guys face. He was so overwhelmed by information pouring into his [...]

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Permanent Email Address… Why all those weird looks?!

Wednesday, May 14, 2008 11:50 No Comments

Why is it when I give people my personal email address they look at me funny? Why does the fact that I own my name as a domain and maintain it as my personal email address surprise folks. It’s kind of like I’m a leper or something.
It all begin back in 2002 when I was [...]

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Who are the top 100 tech bloggers?

Sunday, April 20, 2008 22:47 No Comments

Here’s a great article which could be used if you are seeking the best sources for some great tech blogs to read.
They’ve been analyzing historical TechMeme data to dig a little deeper than the leaderboard information on the site that shows top blogs over the trailing 30 days. They’re slicing the data in a [...]

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Welcome to anything media!

Sunday, April 20, 2008 8:42 No Comments

That’s a pretty broad, yet bold title. But, it gives me lots of latitude which I’ll try to use to point out or comment on the many amazing things happening in the media world these days. Here’s what I’m thinking for now, but like the ever and quickly changing horizon in media these day, I’m [...]

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