Mr. McCain’s idea of postponing the Friday night debate was another wild gesture from a candidate entirely too prone to them.
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The official date for the launch of Firefox 3 is June 17, 2008 and they are trying to get Guinness to create a most downloaded in one day category and win it for 2008. I think it's a great way to draw even more attention to this most successful open-source project and a great product. Consider signing up and definitely upgrade.
Make writing out a Prep Card an integral part of your preparation for every meeting. It’s a great habit to get into so never walk leave home without a Prep Card:
Take a 3” x 5” index card and write down 3 key points you want to mention in simple clear language, nouns and verbs.
At the bottom, give yourself 2 reminders to avoid your bad habits.
Here's an example:—
- Bill got a raise in half the time, with an inferior track record.
- We will match our competitor’s best bid.
- You’d agreed to a 10% discount over the phone.
- Sit up straight.
- Talk slowly and take a full breath after every sentence.
That’s it. In any discussion, you’re almost certainly not going to have time to process and deliver more than 3 important points. In The Elements of Style, E.B. White writes, “The act of
composition, or creation, disciplines the mind; writing is one way to
go about thinking, and the practice and habit of writing not only drain
the mind but supply it, too.”
Exact Editions makes magazines, books and other printed documents accessible,
searchable and usable on the web. The Exact Editions system processes PDF files
supplied by the publisher and stores images and text in a database. The goal of
this content management process is that the web version of the printed title should
look exactly the same as the printed version. The Exact Editions system also
offers publishers a variety of distribution options: titles can be freely sampled
by any web user, or individual subscription can be sold, or 'controlled'
circulation accounts provided to registered individuals. Exact Editions also now
supports institutional access through IP-address-based accounts sold on subscription.Within the Exact Editions system each print page becomes a web page, so printed
pages can be bookmarked, cited and referenced by other users or web applications.
The platform also delivers a range of useful enhancements to the printed page:
email addresses and urls are rendered as clickable links, ISBNs and
telephone numbers (provided that they are in international format) are rendered clickable,
and Tables of Contents and Indices are also enriched with live links.
Wow - take 20 minutes now and watch this presentation by Larry Lessig. He 'pins down the key shortcomings of our dusty, pre-digital intellectual property laws, and reveals how bad laws beget bad code. Then, in an homage to cutting-edge artistry, he throws in some of the most hilarious remixes you've ever seen.'
Great intro to the free culture, creative commons arena as well as a superb demonstration of masterful presentation -no animated powerpoint bulleting here.
It will help to keep this quote from Henry Ford in the back of your mind while moving forward with all of this:
If I’d asked my customers what they wanted, they would’ve said a faster horse.
Take it to the next level.
| Biased Opinions Here!! | Spring MVC, Struts | Spring WebFlow | GWT | JSF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Management | None beside HTTP Session, best for almost stateless app. | Server based, can be in db | State is ALL client-side, RPC-style async service calls. State dependency mgmt. is hard | HTTP Session-based |
| Navigation Handling | limited, low-level req-resp | Excellent | ? | Integrates well with Spring WebFlow |
| Event Handling | Req.-Resp. oriented, low-level | Excellent, requires session state | Elegant, all in Java | Very Good |
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