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FoF: Potato slow. Opera fast.

28 May 2010

I've been a big fan of Opera Software's web browser for years. I started using it shortly after it came out in the 1990s. I even had the delight of meeting some of the staff in Oslo during a visit I made to Norway. Opera continues to get better and better. Like any browser, it's [...]

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The cultural blinders that led to the IE6 mess

17 August 2009

If you're still using Internet Explorer 6, you are basically driving a gas-guzzling clunker on the information superhighway. Now many (including me) are getting behind the "Bring Down IE6" Movement. And it's even better than a governmental "Cash for Clunkers" program because all the possible upgrades are free and reliable. The premise is simple: Internet [...]

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Problems with Opera 10.00 Beta 2 and WordPress 2.8.2

27 July 2009

I consistently use three different browsers throughout my day: Safari, Firefox and Opera — all on Mac. I usually like to use Opera for backend WordPress administrative work on the sites I'm creating for clients. I've been trying out the latest Opera Beta, 10.00, and have noticed a particularly annoying problem with WordPress. The Media Manager [...]

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Global TuneUp™: Your email signature

23 June 2008

First impressions are incredibly important when communicating with others. Did you know that there are some simple — yet critical — ways in which most people are hindering their working relationships with other people around the world? The result is that we are creating less-than-desirable impressions of ourselves and our employers. Are you unwittingly showing [...]

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Are you 7 characters short of helping people find your information?

21 May 2008

Have you ever wondered if there is something more that you can do to help people find information and resources — either your own or those that you are recommending — that you are trying to share with them? Did you know that you may be just seven (7) characters short of your goal? One [...]

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