Year: 2007
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Fix for Windows Live Writer bug
My post the other day about Windows Live Writer attracted a notable comment from Shannon Whitley with the solution to a show-stopping bug in using this excellent offline blog editor with WordPress (and maybe other platforms, too). The bug in question arises if…
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The Second Life hype cycle
It seems that you can’t pick up a magazine or newspaper these days without seeing lengthy articles that focus on the negative side of Second Life. The latest comes from Time magazine in a feature last week. Reality is catching…
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The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #266: August 13, 2007
Content summary: Recording with Callburner; Joseph Jaffe’s new marketing experiment; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; newspapers easier to read online: survey; forcing health on employees; UK print media ‘not dead’; Apple introduces widgets; company bloggers can help put out…
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The case for DRM
A disturbing but far from surprising trend reported by Reuters: Children in Europe are aware of the risks of illegal downloading, but often rationalize their act by saying that everyone — including their parents — is doing it, according to…
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Windows Live Writer is a winner
Having upgraded this site to the latest WordPress version, I’m now able to use Windows Live Writer to write posts offline and then publish. The latest beta version, out since the end of May, wouldn’t work with the pre 2.1…