After cleaning up the CSS here at marksimon.de i sure would like to try out such refined techniques as CSS Sprites. Although there might be no actual purpose to it and, from an aesthetic point of view, i still prefer a graphics-free approach to writing stylesheets. But that’s just my personal taste, i guess.
I tried out a tool for scheduled shutdowns on my Ubuntu machine yesterday. Firefox was still running in the background, and after the shutdown it turns out that my whole profile (bookmarks, add-ons, etc.) was lost. To make matters worse, Firefox would randomly crash at every second click, be it on the toolbar or on a link. Removing and reinstalling the packages didn’t help, but fortunately i found a solution here. So if this happens to you, all you have to do is a) duplicating the Firefox profile folder and b) editing the path to it in the profile.ini – see the first answer for a detailed description.
Working in such informal fields as Communications and/or Knowledge Management is always open to criticism of legitimacy. How can your actions and strategies be made valid and valuable for your organization? Especially in times of crisis this is an important question that needs to be addressed. In this regard, the InfoWissWiki (sorry, german only) is a useful resource to give your work a scientifc and proven foundation. There’s even an accompanying blog that covers a broad range of topics related to Information Studies.
Maybe i’m late with that, but New Scientist has published a gallery of mesmerizing deep space photographs in commemoration of the 100 Hours of Astronomy-event, which took place from April 02 til 05. I only wish these pictures had a higher resolution, they would look great on my desktop. Right now, thinking about it, they would look even better rasterbated and put up on my living room wall.
Word just got out that Prezi, a really great online tool that allows you to create stunning flash presentations, went public. I tried it some time ago and it is just wonderful. If you want people to be blown away by your presentation, you absolutely have to give it a try.
There is no defending myself against the accusation that this blog is getting too much SharePoint-centric. My only excuse is that calculated columns are way, way underused in SharePoint and are a mighty tool for various purposes. These sites compile almost all (i am joking, of course, i can only scratch the surface in this regard) there is to know about calculated columns:
- SharePoint Formulas and Functions at MS [Link]
- Examples of Common Formulas at MS [Link]
- Also make sure to take a look at the ‘Taming the Elusive Calculated Column’-series at EndUserSharePoint, great stuff [Link]
Two small things: First some examples of really smart uses of the Content Editor Web Part available to end users in SharePoint. You can freely add JavaScript (or even CSS-overrides) to the CEWP, so this web part can be a mighty tool for end users and administrators alike. Check out the examples here.
And this April Fools Joke can clearly be filed under ‘How to not use your Intranet’. Although i could raise some valid questions about authenticity and transparency and how these concepts relate to digital communication, the reality leaves me baffled.