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August 2005 - Posts

A couple of useful tools: Synergy and Namexif

Whilst I'm on a bit of a roll 'blogging-wise (I might even make double figures again this month!) I thought I'd mention a couple of tools that I've found particularly useful this month (though I've tagged many more in del.icio.us): Synergy for using Read More
posted Thursday, August 18, 2005 1:50 PM by pdbartlett | 0 Comments
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MSDN Events - cheap at twice the price

Having just attended an excellent MSDN Technical Briefing on SQL Server 2005 I thought I'd take a moment to remind people about the various MSDN (and TechNet, for that matter) events on offer. The all important links for finding out what's coming up are: Read More
posted Thursday, August 18, 2005 10:24 AM by pdbartlett | 3 Comments
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MyProgs: del.icio.us for software

Saw this via TipMonkies. I've registered, but not really checked it out in any detail yet. I guess I'll post back here when I finally decide how I'm going to satisfy my tagging and list management needs... UPDATE: Have just read this post Read More
posted Thursday, August 18, 2005 9:01 AM by pdbartlett | 1 Comments
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Useless Community Server tip

Since the 'dojo switched from .Text to Community Server I've missed the overall list of referrers ('cos I'm sad like that) - the per post ones are just too much hassle, in general. This morning I had the bright idea of removing the "&postid=nnnn" Read More
posted Friday, August 12, 2005 10:43 AM by pdbartlett | 1 Comments
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Content for nothing (and info for free)

(Apologies to any Dire Straits fans, but I couldn't resist) Jon Udell comes to some similar conclusions in his post "I Want My MP3" as I did back a while (here and here). I wonder if MS are listening... Read More
posted Thursday, August 11, 2005 2:19 PM by pdbartlett | 0 Comments
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It's ArtRage-ous!

No, it's not a phonetic transcription of one of Margot's lines from "The Good Life'' (well, it might be, but that wasn't my intention...), but praise for a rather different graphics tool. ArtRage was recommended by (of course) Scott Hanselman some Read More
posted Thursday, August 11, 2005 11:50 AM by pdbartlett | 0 Comments
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Organisation Acronym Re-engineering (OAR)

It might not have the same impact as BPR, but as a lifelong Roadrunner fan I was recently mildly amused by the thought that by renaming themselves to the Association of Computer Manufacturers in Europe, ECMA could in fact become ACME. Since then Read More
posted Monday, August 08, 2005 2:43 PM by pdbartlett | 1 Comments
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Today's post is brought to you by: the LetterJ

Recently I've been doing a bit of reading around personal productivity and "life hacks" before setting out on a concerted "Getting Things Done" effort. One 'blog that has recently stood out for a couple of very useful looking tips is that belonging Read More
posted Wednesday, August 03, 2005 1:12 PM by pdbartlett | 1 Comments
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Another new word: Blogversation

Mike Gunderloy's ever-interesting Daily Grind has alerted me to another new word (stone cold on the heels of Archiconjecture over a year ago), namely Blogversation. The blogversation in question is a discussion about how AJAX might be used Read More
posted Tuesday, August 02, 2005 2:17 PM by pdbartlett | 551 Comments
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