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Great minds

The Editor — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 08:05:10 +0000

Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Source: http://www.quotedb.com/quotes/146

Using WordPress for a large website

The Editor — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:04:32 +0000

Source: http://www.wptavern.com/how-emusic-transitioned-from-clunky-cms-to-wordpress

Social Media Policy

The Editor — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 19:48:12 +0000

Edit your Youtube videos

The Editor — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 20:07:54 +0000

Steve Job Quotes

The Editor — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 20:26:04 +0000

To mark Steve Jobs retirement, here is one of his famous quotes:

Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world?
Steve Jobs to John Sculley

This Wired article has many more: All-time greatest Steve Jobs quotes

Man in the Arena

The Editor — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 20:38:24 +0000

A friend sent me this quote by Theodore Roosevelt:

It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.

Theodore Roosevelt
Source: Man in the Arena, Citizenship in a Republic, Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910

One to remember.

Steve Jobs Presents to the Cupertino City Council

The Editor — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 09:28:13 +0000

Google Chromebook: an easier way to get online?

The Editor — Thu, 12 May 2011 19:13:00 +0000

Google are preparing to launch their new laptop the Google Chromebook.

What is it?

Bascially, it’s a browser in a laptop and nothing much else. All content is stored in Google’s cloud (internet).

Why would I want that?

Well, many people will not like that – fair enough! However, others may see some advantages especially if they spend a lot of time on the internet:

Less hassle – forget about running anti-virus, installing programs, configuring the operating system. Switch it on and away you go.
Less worries – all your data is in the Google cloud and can be accessed from any computer or internet enabled device. If it doesn’t need AV then surely it’s a safer way to browse the web?

Here’s the pitch from Google:

Question

Is this simpler approach, with less technical barriers, a good device to get more people online?

Personally, I think it is.

Firefox Add-Ons for Web Designers

The Editor — Wed, 04 May 2011 19:36:38 +0000

Mashable have posted their top 10 Firefox add-ons for web designers.

Web Developer (favourite)
Firebug (favourite)
MeasureIt
Colorzilla
CSS Usage
Page Speed
HTML Validator
IE Tab 2
Screengrab
SEO Doctor (never used it)

Others listed in the post comments:

YSlow - testing page speed
Dust Me Selectors - finding unused CSS selectors
Shooter – screenshots
Fireshot – screenshots

Speckyboy have also posted a similar list titled 20 Essential Firefox 4 Addons/Extensions for Web Developers. (Not too much overlap)

Are there any other relevant and useful addons missing from these lists?

Google in the Early Days

The Editor — Tue, 03 May 2011 19:26:53 +0000

I imagine a lot of these people are now every rich and good luck to them.