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August 2007 Archives

By Jason Sherrill
Posted on Aug 30, 2007

Google satellite view of Traverse CityI'd like to establish an InetSolution presence in Traverse City. Can you help?

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By Jason Sherrill
Posted on Aug 29, 2007

How important is pork seasoning to an Orthodox Jew? While I'm not Jewish, my guess is that it probably doesn't appear high on the grocery list of most Jewish families. So I wondered why a company would use a pig to try to sell a kosher product?

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By Jason Sherrill
Posted on Aug 29, 2007

If you haven't already heard or seen the term BACN, you will soon. So, what is BACN and why should email marketers care?

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By Jason Sherrill
Posted on Aug 14, 2007

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Most of you who read this blog regularly know me through our work together, but you probably know little about me outside of work. Here are a few random facts that you may not already know.

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By Jason Sherrill
Posted on Aug 13, 2007

Roughly 40 to 60 legitimate emails establish residency in my inbox every business day. About 25% of them require me to perform some type of follow up action, like replying or completing a task. Combine those emails with the 10 to 30 phone calls I receive, plus my own prioritized To Do list that I create each day, and it would be easy for a few emails that require action to slip through the cracks. But Outlook 2003 offers a handy two-click method to easily track these emails so they don't end up in inbox oblivion.

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By Jason Sherrill
Posted on Aug 7, 2007

Last week, I told you how to setup a Subversion server on Windows to help manage your software source code. Subversion makes it easy to go back in time to see what has changed in your code between versions; you can even roll back to a previous version with a few simple clicks. But software source code isn't the only data that Subversion can help you manage; here are a few ways that everyday people (i.e., non-programmer types) can Subversion to make computing safer and easier.

Continue reading "A Few Unconventional Uses for Subversion" »

By Donovan Myers
Posted on Aug 5, 2007

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From time to time, I manage to impress our clients, as well as Jason, by using a simple technique in Adobe Photoshop to add rounded corners to a photo. I came up with my own method of rounding corners when I was first learning Photoshop over 8 years ago. Over the years I have simplified and improved my method.

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By Jason Sherrill
Posted on Aug 2, 2007

The second most common question that managers at banks, credit unions and other financial institutions have asked me over the past year is, "What is the best way to secure our online forms, such as loan applications and contact us forms?" Here are a few simple guidelines your development team should follow when creating your online applications.

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By Jason Sherrill
Posted on Aug 1, 2007

Ever needed a quick way to resize one or 100 pictures without a lot of effort? Here's one way free and easy way to do it.

Continue reading "How to Resize Hundreds of Pictures (or even just one) with Two Clicks Using Windows XP Powertoys Image Resizer" »

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