In my line of work I need to have a solid grasp of all commonly-used applications, their idiosyncrasies and their affordances.  This includes software I really don’t care to use from time to time (can you say “LMS”).  So with Release Candidate 1 (RC1) of IE8 having just been released I’ve opted to install the browser and then take it for a brief – and I mean BRIEF – spin around the block.
In the interests of sharing the experience, here are a slew of screenshots I took depicting the installation …

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A post today by Alan Levine on his “Secret Blogging Strategy” has really go me thinking. His suggestion is as follows:
“There are googles of sites telling you how to blog, but I’ve not come across a secret strategy I have been hesitant to share, and I was actually mostly unaware of it until recently.
This tip will not make you rich or famous, but maybe it will keep you in focus – read a blog you can’t stand.
His logic is that such material can act as …