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Re: Should The Government Start Twittering?

thinkstorm — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:09:22 -0000

Boy-oh-boy did I get angry and confused emails about the last paragraph about recycling and investing - at least more than usual ;) No, I'm NOT against investing into "green energy" (whatever that is).

All I didn't say but wanted to say was: There was a time where investments were things done by corporations, millionaires, and other "rich" people. As this was less than 1% of the population, the general message was very personal: reuse, repurpose, recycle. With the shift in who invests and how we invest, the message shifted, too. The idea is to pool money for development to achieve more good than a single person could achieve. So far, so good. But especially the last presidential campaign showed that every single individual can make a difference. So *please* don't forget to "reuse, repurpose, recycle." :)

Re: Text-To-Font Wordpress Plugin

thinkstorm — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:58:22 -0000

you will have to edit the search.php template of your theme accordingly - I can help you with it if you want to, just send it to me via email as .txt attachment.

Re: Text-To-Font Wordpress Plugin

thinkstorm — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:38:05 -0000

I don't know exactly what you mean: do you want the image to link to the permalink? I would suggest to alter your Wordpress theme accordingly instead of using the Text-To-Font build-in automatic captions. I'll shoot you an email about it...

Re: Text-To-Font Wordpress Plugin

christian — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 22:59:42 -0000

An other problem with the search field : when i want to find the title of one of my post, the result is ok but there is no displaying of title, so you can't click on it to read it ! Annoying…

Thanks again

Re: Text-To-Font Wordpress Plugin

christian — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 22:46:46 -0000

Great ! Great Job ! I finally have this plug in functionning for me, without any coding ! Thank you very much.
I still have one question, do you know how is it possible to have my post title as a permalink, like this blog here : http://neojaponisme.com or here : http://ilovetypography.com/2008/11/28/the-week-...

thank again keep up the good work !
Christian

Re: Airport Websites - A Missed Mobile Opportunity

thinkstorm — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:39:33 -0000

A quick update: There is actually a regulation regarding the wording for disabled or "phyiscally challenged" website access for airports (sic!), and a liability if you offer content in another language and make a mistake in translation or have outdated content... go figure...

Re: Over-The-Top Video And Telecom’s Dumb Pipe

Online Video Advertising — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 06:14:16 -0000

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Re: What are the key characteristics or competencies of a great innovator?

Clark — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 15:13:10 -0000

Introducing new ideas, to be creative and new in thinking.
That is, something new to address need, or some new way of doing better (easier, cheaper to open to mass market) something that existed already.
Example of 1: First cell phone
Example of 2: Ford model T, iPod.
Competency: irrelevant. Any competency will do, as long as there is one.
Ciao
Clark

Re: Firefox’s Answer To Chrome’s “Create Application”

thinkstorm — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:20:42 -0000

Hello Mark, thanks for the tip - I updated the article accordingly...

Re: Firefox’s Answer To Chrome’s “Create Application”

Mark — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:53:40 -0000

Great post! Is there any way to make Firefox's add-ons work when the 'application' is launched? I want to use it for my Gmail and I have a few Gmail specific Firefox add-ons that I can't live without...

Re: Project Management, Where Are Thou?

thinkstorm — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:45:57 -0000

True, but here's the caveat: I've seen seven technology consultancies in the past two months, trying to sell me on their technology engineering know-how in the "new media" industry. When I asked about their processes, methodologies, project management, reporting, staffing, sourcing, risk managment, etc., their answer was something along the lines: "we're not *that* kind of consultants who will try and rip you off with useless overhead. We're getting things done."

Which shows me that in some industries consultants have such a bad reputation that selling project or program management even seems to be something *bad*, something unprofessional. While many telecoms might not understand or grasp the reach and impact of "new media", many of technology-centric companies should be able to understand the terror and anger when you would pickup the phone and you have no dial tone (Hello Twitter).

Re: Project Management, Where Are Thou?

PM Hut — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:36:23 -0000

I have been involved myself in the Telecom industry and I can also tell you that one of the biggest time wasters was the roaming (especially in small operations, where resources are multi-tasking).

Selling Project Management to the client is an excellent idea, the whole thing is about presenting proposals professionally.

Re: No More Job Website Invites, Please!

thinkstorm — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 06:55:11 -0000

Great website! Thanks for sharing - the only thing I'm missing is a description of the source of the data, let's me wonder about the data quality... Cheers, Thorsten

Re: No More Job Website Invites, Please!

Same feeling — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:50:43 -0000

I couldn't agree you more and still like website with old fashion way. A few clicks. If I like it, continue. I don't have to the time to input every detail of my personal life. This is the reason I like another new salary website, JPSData.com. Just a few mouse click and get what you want.

Re: Project Status Reporting In Small Projects

MC — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:48:45 -0000

Fantastic reference! Great looking report and extremely helpful information on the site!

Thanks so much -- great job!

Cheers,
MC

Re: Project Management: What’s Critical?

Netflix Work Environment — Sat, 03 May 2008 11:45:51 -0000

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