On Monday 21st February, I’m giving a live demo to some local entrepreneurs and academics to show how, for me, Windows Live Writer has revolutionised blogging. Some of the topics I’ll cover and expand upon during the demo are: My Approach to Blogging Visual appeal trumps content (but the content must...
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I’ve had a miserable experience with RSS feeds in Outlook. There are feeds (suc as those from teh Stack Overflow Trilogy sites) that I just know should update at least every few minutes, yet Outlook often takes an hour or more to show any changes. Today after an email exchange with Jeff Atwood (@CodingHorror...
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LinkedIn has a handy profile widget that enables pop-up LinkedIn profiles to be inserted in blogs and other web content. Example: Tim Long I got this working in my Community Server blog without directly modifying and HTML content, as follows. First, go to your blog’s control panel, select the Configure...
In a recent article I described how Windows can prevent certain types of files from being launched, particularly Help (.chm) files which are essentially HTML and therefore can contain script and so are potentially harmful. Several people have commented to me that they either don’t see or can’t find the...
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This is a common problem that occurs with Windows Help (.chm) files that have been downloaded from the Internet. Ever seen this? Most people assume there is a problem with the help file, since the Help application opens, the Table of Contents is visible and can be navigated, but none of the content displays...
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I’m experimenting with social networking at the moment and in particular, LinkedIn . Light bulbs are starting to turn on. One of the pieces in the jigsaw is a service that picks up my blog RSS feeds and automatically creates a tweet for me on Twitter ( follow me on Twitter ). This in turn feeds back...
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Silverlight 2.0 is going to change the web so much. I've just completed an experimental blog theme for Community Server that uses a Silverlight masthead. You can view the finished result over at Grace's blog . The Silverlight masthead was created using Expression Design, Expression Blend 2.5...