Cool Software
Restore document/workspace on re-start - With a tick IE7 will restore open tabs next time you use it. Why can't all other applications offer the same for their files? Close Delete a document - W...
Cloud Computing
For the last few months I've been using the Tech Preview of Microsoft Live Mesh to help create this blog. What is Live Mesh? I'll leave the detailed technical explanation to others who do it bet...
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I thought I better check out all the recent activity in the browser world. There's nothing better to test them with than your own site so here are mine in Microsoft IE8 beta and Google Chrome. I'll re...
Top Gear now have an official channel on YouTube, and you can subscribe, and they can (unlike other Beeb stuff) be embedded. So cool it will require an extension to the cool wall http://www.yout...
Cool Software
I took the “about” page from my blog and pasted it into Wordle - http://wordle.net/ . It creates a “word cloud” based on the frequency of use and I must admit some of the results surprised me!
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It’s the text from this post , made into a world cloud with www.wordle.net found via www.ted.com
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Michael Scherotter created the impressive illustration, and functional demo, below with Microsoft’s Silverlight Epression tools. His post details the creation process, how it’s hosted and shared. It’s...
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I do LinkedIn but I don’t Facebook. However, thanks to this post on LinkedIn Vs Facebook I found out LinkedIn have added a personal RSS feed to the startup page. That’s cool! Log into LinkedIn and...
Cool Software
It’s the year of the Ribbon, but why? Jensen Harris, of the Microsoft Office User Experience Team, has posted a recording (and PowerPoint) of his awesome presentation at MIX. He tells the story of...
Cool Software
Jimmy Bergmark posted a useful tip for anyone who, like me, spends time arrangng desktop icons just so – only to have a resolution change or similar mix them up again. Now it’s just right-click Restor...
AutoCAD
Autodesk have announced their “2009” product releases including AutoCAD, AutoCAD Architecture/MEP and Revit Architecture/MEP. While there is a lot to see in these products some of the announcements ma...
"Nobody needs ActiveWords, until they use it. Then you can't use a PC without it!" (Me)