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Fresh takes on news delivery

Saturday, March 7, 2009

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Steve Rubel describes three ways newspapers are experimenting with delivery: rich, searchable email editions; hyper-vertical navigation (ability to drill down to more and more specific pages of information), and innovative mobile apps. Nice idea to track new developments in this crucial area.

Ctrl + 5 adds strikethrough to highlighted text

Thursday, March 5, 2009

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Ctrl + 5 to add strikethough to highlighted text in Microsoft Office apps. Repeat to remove strikethrough.

NZ online ad spend up 22%

Thursday, February 26, 2009

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The Interactive Advertising Bureau says online ad spend was up sharply in the fourth quarter, and total internet spending for 2008 up a whopping 43% year-on-year to $193 million. But there’s a spike in the tail: spending in the fourth quarter was 3% down over the immediatlely proceeding period.

Twitter raises $35m

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

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Twitter has raised $35m in new financing. “The round valued Twitter at slightly more than $250 million, according to a source familiar with the situation. Twitter co-founder Biz Stone announced the funding on the company’s blog. “With … this new funding, we are in a position to move more confidently toward our vision for a [...]

Tip #2: F4 to repeat an action

Friday, February 6, 2009

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F4… repeats the last action in Microsoft Office programs. Say you want to insert five rows in a table. Insert one row then hit F4 four times.

Tip #1: F5 to start a PowerPoint presentation

Thursday, February 5, 2009

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F5… to start a PowerPoint presentation from the beginning Shift F5… to start the presentation from a selected slide

You know you’re middle aged when… you remember standing for God Save the Queen

Saturday, January 31, 2009

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You know you’re middle-aged… when you remember standing to sing God Save the Queen before the matinee started.

Elementary, said he

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

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‘Excellent,’ I cried. ‘Elementary,’ said he. —Arthur Conan Doyle; origin of the misquotation, ‘Elementary, my dear Watson’. www.askoxford.com

Go online to know online

Monday, January 19, 2009

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You have to go online to know online

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