WordPress Editor (TinyMCE) Tip
Posted by: Owen on Friday, 18th May, 2007
If you’re a WordPress user and make regularly use their Rich Text Editor (you know the WYSIWYG one), you’ll be delighted to know that you can access additional functionaliy by pressing ALT-V (try ALT-SHIFT-V) if that doesn’t work. I suspect this works on all TinyMCE installations, but I’ve only experienced it on WordPress.
What does the [...]
I really must study!
Posted by: Owen on Sunday, 29th Apr, 2007
I realise that I was distracted when after browsing around the web I found myself look at a website dedicated to boxing equipment. I’ve never boxed before, and am not really interested, but I found myself browsing around looking at how the website was built. The problem was, I should really have been focusing on [...]
Outlook 2007 Signature
Posted by: Owen on Wednesday, 11th Apr, 2007
Office 2007 has some nice features, it really does. However there are some things missing (or maybe I just haven’t found where they are). One of these is the ability to edit your Outlook signature in an external editor. I was bemoaning this fact when I came across a post on ComputerZen that explain exactly what I [...]
Getting Vista to speak to NAS devices
Posted by: Owen on Friday, 23rd Feb, 2007
Andy has a great post that describes a solution to a problem he had. Basically, when Vista tries to access a shared folder on a remote computer or device, it will refuse to send your password using older encryptions methods. The problem stems from the fact that older devices do not understand newer encryption method; [...]
Improve your communication skills
Posted by: Owen on Monday, 29th Jan, 2007
Today has been particularly instructive in terms of learning some communication tips. This morning I came across a post on Strive Notes focusing on written communication. The post talks about the process of putting together an effective written message namely:
Identify your main communication objective
Decide on the message(s) you want to communicate
Analyse your target audience
Research your [...]
Top 10 sins of Blog Usabilty
Posted by: Owen on Tuesday, 16th Jan, 2007
Good article on SiteProNews titled Top 10 Sins of Blog Usability. It goes into some details about the 10 worst things you can do to impact your site usability (negatively that is). Here are the headline points:
Sending mixed messages
Making it hard to subscribe
Inconsistent posts
No contact info
Not moderating comments
Excessive advertising
Not linking to posts
Dark background, light text
No [...]
10 Smart Moves to Improve your Business
Posted by: Owen on Friday, 5th May, 2006
Excellent post by Derek Featherstone with some down-to-earth advice on how to improve your business. There’s some gems in there, so it’s worth a read; even if it just serves as a reminder of the fundamentals. I particularly like his bonus 11th tip:
Make sure the core of your business is based on something that has [...]
What’s running on my PC ?
Posted by: Owen on Wednesday, 15th Jun, 2005
Excellent link from Andy James!
In the recesses of your computer, 20-30 invisible processes run silently in the background. Some hog system resources, turning your PC into a sluggish computer. Worse yet, other useless processes harbour spyware and Trojans - violating your privacy and giving hackers free reign on your computer. WWW.ProcessLibrary.com is an invaluable resource [...]
