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Align Right

Posted Tuesday, June 12, 2007 5:11 PM by jledgard
For anyone that's just learning basic HTML. I suggest this tutorial... http://icanhascheezburger.com/2007/06/12/lolcat-alignright Read More...
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Merging Humans with Tools to Slow Down Trolls

Posted Tuesday, May 15, 2007 1:40 PM by jledgard
This was a great read that I found through Seth Godin's blog . Troll whisperers aren't necessarily very good at hacking tools, so there's always an opportunity for geek synergy in helping them to automate their hand-crafted techniques, giving them a software Read More...
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Curt Shilling - The Robert Scoble of Baseball?

Posted Wednesday, May 09, 2007 4:38 PM by jledgard
You know, the person that everyone listens to, makes outlandish statements that may offend people on occasion, and then has to issue statements like this... Everyone has days and events in life they’d love to push the rewind button on, yesterday was one Read More...
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Car 1 : Carbon Bike 0 : Josh OK

Posted Friday, May 04, 2007 10:48 AM by jledgard
I posted my experience being hit and run by a car yesterday on my personal blog. I'm posting the link here as a cautionary tale for other softies I know bike to work regularly. I saw a red car out of the corner of my eye quickly cut in-front of me and Read More...
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A reason for social mapping

Posted Friday, April 06, 2007 10:28 AM by jledgard
Dare has one good point and one bad point about the new google mymaps feature that we've had for a while. Source: Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life - Google MyMaps vs. Frappr: A Feature Isn't a Business As usual the reactions from the blog pundits are equal Read More...
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Forget Fancy new Powerpoint Templates

Posted Thursday, April 05, 2007 10:32 PM by jledgard
I thought this was pretty cool . Read More...
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Linkage: Microsoft and cool: so close yet so far :)

Posted Monday, March 26, 2007 4:31 PM by jledgard
Source: The JobSyntax Blog : Microsoft and cool: so close yet so far :) Anyway, I love the end of the article, in which Fred reveals that a Microsoft employee inadvertently emailed him PR's file on him, Wired, and Microsoft's talking points surrounding Read More...
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Nothing to see here

Posted Monday, March 26, 2007 4:04 PM by jledgard
Of course the following story would be comical if I could say that nothing like this ever happens here. Source: AOL: Powerpoint paralysis - Valleywag ...Straightforward enough. Splice in the different databases, slap a name on the product, pray. Not for Read More...
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Google makes your code prettier

Posted Friday, March 23, 2007 9:21 AM by jledgard
Something I'd love to see Microsoft do more of is small, simple, solutions to annoying problems that would delight customers. Here is a perfect example. Google Gode Prettifier A simple Javascript and CSS file, the Google Code Prettifier makes syntax highlighting Read More...
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Great tips on ramping up online user communities

Posted Thursday, March 22, 2007 9:20 AM by jledgard
There is truth in every recomendation from the following post. Source: Creating Passionate Users: User Community and ROI In Building a User Community Part 1 we talked about the importance of not only a strict "There Are No Dumb Questions" policy, but Read More...
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Forums are now as simple as a widget

Posted Wednesday, March 21, 2007 9:16 AM by jledgard
The interesting thing is that the same forum could be hosted in different widgets on different sites if I read the post correctly. Freewebs continues to add to their widget catalog with their new forums widget. This customizable plug-in is available for Read More...
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Viacom to YouTube: Zip It... Zip it good

Posted Tuesday, March 13, 2007 9:11 AM by jledgard
I think the clip says it all, but incase it doesn't... NEW YORK (Reuters) - Media conglomerate Viacom Inc. said on Tuesday that it was suing Google Inc. and its Internet video-sharing site YouTube for more than $1 billion over unauthorized use of its Read More...
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Don't taunt happy fun ball

Posted Monday, March 12, 2007 3:12 PM by jledgard
Or Wikipedia :-) The comments on all the linked entries are just comical all around. Read More...
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Something you don't see everyday at Microsoft

Posted Friday, March 09, 2007 1:27 PM by jledgard
Source: Sara Ford's WebLog : Influencing the Microsoft culture one open source presentation at a time The thing I love most about my job is being creative in how I’m trying to get an idea or message across, especially when it comes down to challenging Read More...
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The problem with subscribing to guidance feeds

Posted Monday, March 05, 2007 10:50 AM by jledgard
I think next-gen guidance is about bringing together a lot of key concepts: context-precision (using context to organize information) personalization (create your own views, tailor it for your needs, ... etc.) community type ratings (expose the thinking Read More...
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