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Entries from June 24th, 2009

Automated post signature in WordPress

June 24th, 2009 · No Comments · Site, Syndication

Recently I noticed that my colleague, Steve Todd, has adopted a consistent signature to his blog posts. This seems like a good idea, especially as one who’s been “syndicated” elsewhere without my approval. While he’s a TypePad guy, I favor WordPress. Fortunately, WordPress has rich plugin ecosystem, and there are already plugins that support automated [...]

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Subject To Change

June 3rd, 2009 · 2 Comments · Books, Non-fiction, Reading, Technology

I recently finished reading Subject To Change: Creating Great Products & Services for an Uncertain World, and I can recommend this book to anyone who wants, for example, to build software that resonates with its users. Here are a list of thoughts and quotes this read produced: Empathy is an understanding of a person or [...]

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Inoculating a Reply All plague

June 1st, 2009 · 2 Comments · Content management, Lessons, Technology

The “Reply All” feature of most email programs like Outlook is a convenience ripe for abuse. Unfortunately such abuse seems to occur about once a quarter or so where I work. Folks add an alias to their message (To or Cc) that ends up involving a multitude of folks who could care less about the [...]

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