We all come across situations where a URL is just a little bit too long.  OK, that may not be true, but anyone who has used Twitter (follow me on Twitter!) knows that every character counts, so being able to shorten a 73 character URL into a 25 character URL is essential.  The most popular [...]

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Twitter is great.  Hahlo is great.  And, FireFox is great.  And when you combine the three, wow.  There’s been a rush of late with people puttin iPhone versions of sites into their FireFox Sidebar.  it’s a great idea as iPhone sites are typically formatted in such a way that allows them to fit neatly into [...]

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Starting a new blog is always a difficult process. There are so many things that can go wrong, and if you put a step wrong at this point, it’s likely to haunt you well into your first year. The best way to counter these risks is to plan meticulously. When launching the [...]

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Usability should be a key requirement of any website, regardless of it’s purpose. As someone who deals in web app usability every day, it’s easy to look down at blogging. After all, many of the complex user interactions associated with fully fledged web apps, such as GMail, aren’t really found on blogs. [...]

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In years gone by, keeping your home life and your work life separate was easy.  At the end of day you left the office behind and went home to relax.  Even in recent times, with the proliferation of telecommuting, it was possible to close the door to your home office and leave the work behind.  [...]

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Mac OSX has some fantastic accessibility features built in, from high contrast and large type to keyboard mousing. There are, however, some fantastically inventive features available that all users can take advantage of. The key to really getting the most out of these features is to tailor them to your needs. Sometimes [...]

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FireFox is a powerfull tool. With the amount of extensions available for it, you can tailor it for almost any need. There are, however, some fantastic pieces of functionality built right into FireFox that can be hugely beneficial, even if they need a bit of setting up first. In this post I’ll [...]

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Expose is a great feature in Apple OSX.  it lets you easily and quickly switch between windows and crucially, unlike command - tab lets you see the content of each window while you are switching.  There are times however, when you want to see each window in a bit more detail than the shrunk version [...]

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