Archive for February, 2009

Safari 4 Beta: A Review

February 27, 2009
By Mike
Safari 4 Beta:  A Review

The news that has the tech and Mac communities all abuzz this week is Apple’s release of the public beta of Safari 4.  I’m not one to run beta software on my machine, especially software so critical as a web browser.  However, since I’m looking at replacing this computer real soon, I figured it...
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Addition Through Subtraction

February 18, 2009
By Mike
Addition Through Subtraction

Craig Strachan has an excellent post on his site titled, “You will never fit everything in.”  In it, he stresses the importance of limiting the content to what’s appropriate for the audience and the time allotted.   You can have the greatest slides in the world, but if you have so much content that you...
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Site Redesign

February 18, 2009
By Mike

OK, I didn’t do the designing myself, but I did choose what I hope will be a better theme for the site.  My goal was to change the visual emphasis of the site.  The previous design was too focused on me and seemed to minimize the content, which is what this site is all...
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Kick-starting Creativity

February 15, 2009
By Mike
Kick-starting Creativity

We’ve all had those moments where, creatively, we hit a wall. We’re thinking about this one slide and no matter how hard we try, we either have difficulty thinking of a design that works or everything we come up with just isn’t good enough. Well, one of my passions is photography and the only...
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Dealing With Nerves

February 6, 2009
By Mike
Dealing With Nerves

We’ve all heard that Americans fear public speaking more than death.  There was even that line from “Seinfeld,” “According to most studies, people’s number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that sound right? This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you’re better...
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