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Forget Toastmasters, improve public speaking through podcasting!

Monday, Nov 2nd, 2009 by Dave Kramer | 0 Comments
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We recently launched a podcast for our gaming blog, and it’s made a real difference in my public speaking. I joined Toastmasters years ago, and while it’s a great tool for some and definitely wins out in the social department, it never cured me of my ums and ahs.
But after three weeks of podcasting, they’re [...]

My Windows 7 upgrade experience

Thursday, Oct 29th, 2009 by Dave Kramer | 0 Comments
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For the types of projects I do, I generally need to keep up with the latest technology. That, and the fact that I’m the early adopter type, led me to pick up Windows 7 Ultimate last week. I have three licenses, but initially installed it only on my secondary laptop – a two-year-old Alienware machine [...]

Three things I hope Windows 7 solves (but probably won’t)

Tuesday, Aug 11th, 2009 by Dave Kramer | 0 Comments
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For me, Windows Vista has been pretty solid. Apart from a few early hiccups, most of which were actually issues with laptop hardware, I’ve been pretty happy with it. I haven’t looked into the particulars of Windows 7 yet (being pretty busy in the here and now) but I’ve heard that it is miles better.
There [...]

Know the code: 5 quick tips to clean up your HTML (or why WYSIWYG tools are bad!)

Thursday, Jul 16th, 2009 by Dave Kramer | 0 Comments
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Though I’m a writer/editor/consultant by trade, I’ve been coding HTML since I launched my first site in the mid-’90s. Back then, you had to know the code, which was constantly evolving. I still remember how cool it was when Netscape added background images (I think it was v0.91b).
Nowadays, most people use tools that take care [...]

The ins and outs of Outlook profiles

Monday, May 18th, 2009 by Dave Kramer | 0 Comments
Filed under: How To, Work Tools

I use Outlook 2007 as my primary mail client, and for what I do it’s a good choice. I use it to manage mail from two different Exchange servers, plus Hotmail, Gmail and six different POP mail accounts. These accounts are, by necessity, divided into two profiles since you can only have one Exchange mail [...]



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