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October 2007 - Posts

• MOSSCamp Chicago 2007

  If you are into SharePoint and live within reasonable driving distance of Chicago, you may be interested in MOSSCamp Chicago 2007 . Read More... Posted Thursday, October 25, 2007 2:22 PM by Tod Birdsall | 1 Comments

• BDNUG: October 2007 Meeting Results

  October's meeting featured Joe Kraft of Pearl Technology speaking on WCF and Volt Workforce Solutions sponsoring with dinner and prizes. Joes presentation was interesting and lead to some great discussion. The discussion portion is something I would like Read More... Posted Monday, October 22, 2007 11:41 AM by Tod Birdsall | 1 Comments Filed under: BDNUG

• For us evil geniuses

  Today's Dilbert comic sums up the real reason I enjoy having dual monitors at work. Bu-wa-haha! Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 16, 2007 8:34 AM by Tod Birdsall | 1 Comments Filed under: Humor

• Confusing RSS Subscription Options

  Last week I was asked to review and provide feedback on a website design for a friend's company. Like many of today's business websites, the site had a blog. The blog was created using Serendipity . On the left hand column of this blog, under the header Read More... Posted Monday, October 08, 2007 9:32 PM by Tod Birdsall | 2 Comments Filed under: Design

• Happy Birthday Tod1d Blog

  I should say "Happy belated birthday". On September 22nd, 2007 this blog turned 3 years old. Three years ago, I started with the ubiquitous "First Post" . Since then I have published innumerable (because I was too lazy to count them) blog posts, one article Read More... Posted Friday, October 05, 2007 9:02 AM by Tod Birdsall | 1 Comments

• Consolas Font = Eye Candy

  Jeff Attwood was kind enough to point out how great the Consolas Font is and how 11 point font is t the way to go. If you have ClearType enabled, I would highly recommend it. Your eyes will thank you for it. Read More... Posted Friday, October 05, 2007 8:18 AM by Tod Birdsall | 9 Comments

• Article of the Week: Say more with less

  Title: Blah-Blah Text: Keep, Cut, or Kill? Author: Jakob Nielsen Description: Jakob describes a lesson we should have already learned: Customer's want the shortest route to accomplishing their task. Long summaries at the top of your web pages will most Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 02, 2007 8:10 AM by Tod Birdsall | 1 Comments Filed under: Article of the Week

• Gliffy as a Visio alternative

  Our company was looking for an inexpensive alternative to Visio. We are interested in a product that will allow us to create flowcharts and network diagrams. Visio is awesome, but overkill for us. Especilly when you consider the $250-$500 price tag (depending Read More... Posted Monday, October 01, 2007 9:32 AM by Tod Birdsall | 20 Comments