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Thirty-second kids for a one-minute culture

Thirty-second kids for a one-minute cultureLess is more...That's what I've found about online journalism. When I was at the Financial Times we wrote to fill space. We had 200 and 450 word news stories, 650 word news analysis, 1200 word features, etc. We filled "holes" in the page. If a...

Tags: Thirty-second, news story

Discussion threads 2007-03-17

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PhotoInstrument 3.0 build 309 (Windows)

PhotoInstrument is an easy to learn tool for editing and retouching digital photos. The powerful raster graphics editor in PhotoInstruments quickly and easily allows you to adjust and process digital photos. PhotoInstruments rich tools and effects offer adjustments and photo retouching tools that are usually found only in expensive retouching...

Tags: Digital Photograph, Microsoft Windows, Photograph, Tool, Timur Fatykhov, PhotoInstrument, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-26

FCC wants public comment on digital democracy - voting online

Online Voting - Destroying the integrity and fabric of democracy.On-line voting without safe guards against vote selling and guarantee that each vote was registered in private invalidates the intent and meaning of "one person, one vote."It's bad enough that this hole currently exists with the current mail-in voting process.RE: FCC...

Tags: Federal government, digital democracy, public comment, FCC

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Google: Firms can get rid of Office in a year

Dave Girouard, president of Google's enterprise division, says Google Docs will reach a "point of capability" next year that will serve the "vast majority's needs." SINGAPORE--In a year, most enterprises will have the choice to "get rid of [Microsoft] Office if they chose to", suggests Dave Girouard, president of...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Docs, Microsoft Office, Software As A Service (SaaS), Office Suites, Software, Emerging Technologies, Google, Victoria Ho ZDNet Asia

News items 2009-11-13

EasyCatalog CS4 4.0.3 (Mac)

Ever wished you could take data directly from a file or database straight into Adobe InDesign?�??�?�  Ideal for time-critical publications, EasyCatalog can dramatically speed up page make-up time and ensure your documents remain error free. Trusted by thousands of users in over thirty countries across six continents, EasyCatalog has quickly...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Apple Macintosh, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2009-10-02

Wacom Bamboo Fun Pen and Touch tablet

I'll admit, I've never used a pen tablet before. I guess, in that respect, I'm Wacom's target customer. Its new line of multitouch-enabled tablets are designed and priced for budget-minded consumers, and unlike many of its more professional brethren, Wacom aims for a look that's simpler than ever before. As...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Bamboo, Wacom, tablet

Product reviews 2009-09-24

Permanent Eraser 2.4.0 (Mac)

When you normally delete your files in Mac OS X, the operating system is only forgetting where those particular files are placed, while the data still physically remains on the drive. Beginning with Mac OS 10.3, Apple enhanced its security by introducing the Secure Empty Trash feature, which follows the...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, File, Edenwaith, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Apple Mac OS X, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-09-22

Interview with Microsoft’s Seth Patton

More from the Project Conference Seth Patton is the senior marketing director for Microsoft Project. I got thirty minutes alone with Seth at the Microsoft Project Conference 2009 show this afternoon. We discussed several topics impacting the PSA professional services automation and PPM...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., PPM, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-09-16

Finally, technology is about people

I thought we had the technology for a while?"Thirty years later, we?ve finally reached a point where such systems can be democratized, and instead of that information being expensively collated for the benefit of a privileged handful of top executives"We reached that point a long time ago. I guess this...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, software

Discussion threads 2009-09-13

Windmills stir up opposition

In many parts of the U.S. you can't simply put up a windmill to generate electricity for your own use. Grandpa may have used one to pump water out on the farm, but now it's NIMBY time. After all, one of them might topple over and kill the...

Tags: Turbine, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-09-13

Why Can't We Clean RIM's Sticky Balls?

Or, instead of pitching a fityou could ask if anyone has figured out a way to clean the trackball.Here's one: Dampen a lint-free cloth with alcohol. Place it on the table. WIth your blackberry turned off, press the trackball firmly on the damp pad and move it rapidly back and...

Tags: Mice, Research In Motion Ltd., trackball, alcohol, mouse

Discussion threads 2009-09-08

Facebook: the twenty-to-one rule

I just read yet another media article, this time in the WSJ, on the downsides of using social media tools such as Facebook.  While the theme of this article is spot-on, it's merely journalistic negativity to bash a new way of doing things.  Facebook is a...

Tags: Facebook, Productivity, Phil Fersht

Blog posts 2009-08-29

Cisco's Q4: Things are looking better - but let's not get too happy just yet

Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers said the company saw some return to normalcy during the fourth quarter specifically a "dramatic difference" from the large swings in order patterns from quarter to quarter that the company had been seeing during the year's first three quarters. But in a...

Tags: John Chambers, Cisco Systems Inc., Sales Strategy, Sales, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-08-05

Back to school: Will you be buying productivity software for that new laptop?

Back to school: Will you be buying productivity software for that new laptop?No buy for me.The last time I was 'forced' to use MS Office was back in 2004. After that, it's OpenOffice.There is no reason for MS Office to exist anymore, except to make ignorant people's wallets lighter. No...

Tags: Linux, Word processors, OPEN SOURCE, OO.org, Back-to-School, productivity software, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, new laptop, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2009-08-03

Chakras 2.0 (Mobile)

Chakras are energy centers connecting mind and body. They are located along the spine at major branches of the human nervous system, beginning at the base of the spinal column and moving upward to the top of the skull. Each is associated with a unique color and sound. Toning Bowls...

Tags: Body, Mobile, John Gregorek, Chakras, Chakras Application, Chakras Composer, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-07-13

TeacherTools 1.0 (Mobile)

TeacherTools is a handy program for palm devices. It allows teachers to keep notes about students in their pocket. Includes class performance, contact info, warning sign list, etc. Thirty day demo. Please email dnphillips@earthlink.net with any questions.

Tags: Mobile, Darrell Phillips, TeacherTools, E-mail, Performance Management, Advertising & Promotion, Online Communications, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-07-08

Survey: IT leaders looking to squeeze vendors; Is best of breed back?

As technology budgets are squeezed IT decision makers are increasingly looking toward vendor savings to hit their targets, according to a survey by Wedbush Morgan. The securities firm surveyed 100 IT managers at companies with 500 employees or more. Among the takeaways: Thirty-five percent...

Tags: Budget, Information Technology, Leader, Survey, Wedbush Morgan, Web 2.0, Marketing Research, Balance Sheets, Strategy, Internet, Marketing, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Finance, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-07

America's #1 global warmer

And it's not Al Gore. Far longer and far more informatively, Dr. James Hansen, director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, has been warning, pleading, descrying and describing the progress and effects of global warming. And now he's been given a lengthy profile in the New Yorker....

Tags: Protest, Al Gore, Wikipedia, Wiki, Online Communications, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-06-22

Deja vu all over again

We have definitely been here before. What comes around.... But is it going to be different his time? Ehrlich's POPULATION BOMB. Schumacher's SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL. Guess that's why I got this sinking feeling when I wrote about shrinking cities. Shrinking, sinking, deja...

Tags: Ehrlich, Schumacher, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-06-13

Luster 1.0.3 (Mac)

Credit File accuracy has never been more important. Users will learn how to legally and ethically correct mistakes on a report that are damaging their score. Follow proven methods for dealing with credit bureaus, creditors, and debt collectors. By taking advantage of Apple's modern technologies, Luster sports a modern, easy-to-use...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Bureau, Kashkoi Software, Luster 1.0.3, Productivity, Strategy, Management

Software downloads 2009-06-12