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WWD Screencast: 280 Slides
280 Slides is a free presentation web app that’s a bit like having a a version of PowerPoint right inside your browser. It makes it super-easy to create and share… Read more »
Notable: A Fun, Easy and Effective Way to Improve Web Designs
For some teams, the iterative design process has gotten out of control. Instead of focusing on how to make a product or service better, the process has turned into an… Read more »
My Google Wave Wish List: The Document Collaboration Edition
My previous post “6 Tips for Using Google Wave on your First Project” was really about the initial experience a client and I had with Google Wave, and some the… Read more »
The Future of Browsers
Last week, Mozilla celebrated Firefox’s fifth birthday. While it may seem hard to believe that it’s really been that long since Firefox first burst onto the browser scene, it’s equally… Read more »
Seesmic for Windows: An AIR-less Twitter Client
I’ve long been looking for a Windows-based Twitter client that can delight me as much as its native Mac counterparts. Too many clients for Windows depend on Adobe AIR, something… Read more »
Leading the mood state
Earlier this year, I gave a keynote for Fidelity Information Services to a few hundred community bankers. Many, if not all of them, were severely impacted by the recession. During… Read more »
Outgrowing Projects: What to Do When You’re Ready to Move On
Although freelancers and corporate employees both have stages of moving on in their careers, it tends to happen more often in freelancing. Clients sometimes lose funding or focus. Other times… Read more »
Microsoft Office 2010 Web Apps Beta Available to SharePoint Users
To coincide with the release of the desktop Office 2010 beta, Microsoft is finally embracing the web office with today’s release of Microsoft Office 2010 Web Apps beta, a web… Read more »
New Xobni Update Now Supports Salesforce and Twitter
Xobni, a very useful Microsoft Oulook plug-in that we’ve covered with praise previously, has just released a new update that now reveals more information about your contacts, including acquiring valuable… Read more »
Microsoft Office 2010 Enters Beta
As of today, Microsoft Office 2010 has officially left Technical Preview and is now in public beta, meaning that anybody can download it and take it for a spin. I… Read more »
