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Archive for April 2004

Book Gnook
April 15th, 2004 | Tags: authors, Books, Links, reading, reference

Gnooks is a seld-adapting engine that helps you find new writers based on writers you like. Also, enter a favorite writer and it creates a map of related writers. It does the same for movies and music. There’s a section called Web, but it works differently from the others. Very cool! Book lovers, go straight [...]
Dancing Barefoot
April 15th, 2004 | Tags: Books, other, Reviews

Yes, I saw Stand by Me. Yes, I watched “Star Trek: The Next Generation” (STNG), which premiered the season I started dating my husband then boyfriend, a fan of the old series who liked “Deep Space Nine” better. He introduced me to the show and it was responsible for one date every week except during [...]
Attn Dallas Area Hiring Managers
April 15th, 2004 | Tags: Tech

Looking for a person with strong management skills and technical knowledge in the areas of hardware, networking, facilities, tech and desktop support, and project management? A person who has a sense of humor and is well-liked by those who work for him? I’ve got just the guy for you and he is rarin’ to go. [...]
Corporate Blogging
April 13th, 2004 |

Nick Wreden’s 10 Rules for Corporate Blogs and Wikis points to Blogging in Corporate America, which provides a download of Michael Angeles‘ presentation on using weblogs on the intranet and how to make them useful for knowledge management. It also includes a brief history of Web publishing. I believe my team would benefit greatly from a [...]
Stylin’ and Accessible Forms
April 12th, 2004 |

The Man in Blue uses the same code in his form templates and changes the style using CSS. See how it works here. On this page is the basic form without style. Click on a Vertical Form, Columnar Form, Horizontal Form, Margin Form, and Fieldset Layout to see these styles applied to the basic form. [...]
Punctuation Nazi Comes to the USA
April 10th, 2004 | Tags: Writing

I read about Eats, Shoots & Leaves in an article last year and look forward to reading it. The book is available for sale in the US beginning on Monday. The Punctuation Nazi states the author is not “an uppity British twit.” Just a person who is serious when it comes to punctuation. Sounds like [...]
Plain English Campaign
April 8th, 2004 | Tags: Writing

The Plain English Campaign is “are an independent organisation fighting for crystal-clear language and against jargon, gobbledygook and other confusing language.” Its campaign is targeting public information, such as forms, leaflets, agreements and contracts. The site has free guides on how to write plain English, dealing with specific issues, and A to Z glossaries, one of [...]
Correction… Correction…
April 7th, 2004 | Tags: Writing

PR Opinions found a great newspaper correction to a correction. I guarantee you’ll smile or laugh. Thanks for a much needed chuckle, Trevor and Tom.
Ready to Be an IT Manager?
April 6th, 2004 | Tags: Links

Paul is staying in management shape with Intel IT Manager Game. It comes with everything expected of an IT manager - underappreciation, low paid salary, tight budgets, and bored employees. Oh, Maalox or Pepto Bismol is not included. You’ll have to bring that with you.
Computer Languages History
April 5th, 2004 | Tags: Tech

Computer Languages History is a chart of 50 computer languages. Not enough? Try The Language List that contains around 2500 languages.