Archive for March, 2008

Refresh Detroit March Meeting

So I attended the Refresh Detroit meeting a few days ago in Ann Arbor, MI. The speaker was Barb Hernandez, User Experience Manager at TechSmith. She talked about refreshing the UI of SnagIt. SnagIt is a screen capture application for Windows. I am not familiar with too many trialware applications for windows since its not [...]

March 21, 2008 • Tags: , , , , , • Posted in: main • No Comments

Saving Keystrokes with Firefox and Keywords

As a university web worker we constantly are typing in the same pattern of URL for every site. This becomes time consuming and routinely gets misspelled forcing a rapid delete key actions. I also wondered in the back of my mind about a shortcut to typing in URL’s much like IM word shortcuts but never [...]

March 18, 2008 • Tags: , , , , , • Posted in: main • No Comments

PHPSimpl 0.8.5 Feature Release

Long awaited features now implemented. Main highlights include cross database join’s. Functions on DisplayList() fields and a way to change where the required indicator (*) is on forms and the character that is displayed after the label. A rundown of the complete changes include: Updated example Completely rewritten Export class with CVS, JSON, XML and [...]

March 9, 2008 • Tags: , , , • Posted in: main • No Comments

Bye Bye Blockbuster

After being a member since opening their online doors I have decided to kick blockbuster online to the curb. The reasons have been building since I joined. I have summarized a few below. If you have your own thoughts about Blockbuster feel free to share them. Abandoning Early Adopters The initial pricing was simple and [...]

March 4, 2008 • Tags: , , • Posted in: main • No Comments