Exchange Email Accounts for the Individual
Hosted Microsoft Exchange accounts are now so cheap if you have more than a couple of computers/devices it really makes sense to get yourself hooked up with one.
Archive for 2008
Switching to WordPress
After deciding which way I wanted to take odd: and restructuring the web site to match it was obvious I did not need the complexity of a fully blown CMS. Wordpress seemed like the best choice.
Take a Peek at This!
Back in February this year (2008) odd: was commissioned to produce the UI (user interface) design for an unnamed mobile email device. Well, the unnamed device is called Peek, and is now on sale in the US!
The Bill Hill Experience
Web typography is still in its infancy and still leaves a lot to be desired. Bill Hill is working hard on improving the experience of reading type on screen. A great set of interviews from Channel9.
10 Commandments for Programmers
This is a great post by Damien Guard – “The Ten Commandments for Developers” although the post is directed mainly at client application developers the basic philosophy behind the post holds true for web dev too.
Summer of NHibernate Screencasts
After some serious prodding from Chris I’ve started looking into the preview release of ASP.NET MVC. Tis’ a steep learning curve as I’m looking into TDD and NHibernate at the same time. But a little gem that’s making the NHibernate experience a little easier is Stephen Bohlen’s excellent series of screencasts – “Summer of NHibernate”. But [...]
InDesign – Tables as Grids
Here’s a little tip that you’ll probably never need, but the day you do it will save you hours! We were recently working in at Taylor O’Brien on an absolute screamer for a new client of theirs. We knew in advance that the copy would be changing up to the very last minute. The client [...]
I am VERY impressed with Basecamp
I’ve been looking for an online project management app to tighten up operations with a client. I was searching for something that either one of us could host locally but stumbled upon a hosted application, Basecamp. I have to say I’m very impressed, I’m not a big fan of hosted apps but Basecamp is quick, [...]
The first dweller in the electronic cottage moves house
Arthur C. Clarke, once called "the first dweller in the electronic cottage" passed away today, he was 90. As well as writing inspirational science fiction he also predicted that, at 22,000 miles above the Earth’s surface, communications satellites would sit in geo-stationary orbit, allowing electronic signals to be bounced off them around the globe, effectively [...]
InDesign Table Borders Tip
This is a handy little tip for when you are working with table borders in InDesign to hopefully make things just a little less fiddly. When you select the cells you want to work with the border tool appears in the info bar at the top of the page. This tool displays which borders on your selected cells will be affected by the changes you are about to make, any lines that are blue indicate borders that will be affected, any lines that are grey indicate borders that will not.