Archives

Windows 7 Ultimate in Europe: if you do, buy it in the UK

By John Garner on Sunday, August 23, 2009

I just came across Windows 7 Professional at Â£149.98 on Amazon whereas across the channel in France Windows 7 Professionnel E costs â‚¬ 284,90 According to xe.com today this gives you: 149.98 GBP = 172.710 EUR So currently on Amazon France and Amazon UK the difference between the same flavour of Windows 7 is â‚¬284,9 […]

Change Keyboard from English to French at Login screen on Windows 7

By John Garner on Sunday, July 12, 2009

I had a problem the other day trying to get a Windows 7 operating system, that is in English to work with a French keyboard. Of course, I hadn't set it up myself, but was asked to change the system after the fact. It initially had an English QWERTY keyboard and then my friend started […]

The history of wireframes etc.

By John Garner on Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Just came across a great post over on the Made by Many blog that provides an insightful history of wireframes and how designing webpages has evolved over the years to see the convergence of information/experience architect and designer 'savoir-faire' and far better wireframes in the process 😉 Yes the article is called the future of […]

Living the blogging life; ups and downs

By John Garner on Thursday, June 11, 2009

I just came across a post on Jeff Atwoods 'Coding horror' site (can't even remember how I ended up there), and a post about blogging, more specifically the reactions you can get from irate people. I'm not sure his recommendation to ignore people is 'the' solution but it's an interesting point of view and account […]

Client and vendor relationships played out in the real world

By John Garner on Monday, June 1, 2009

Carrying across the types of situations that occur between clients and vendors (in the B2B world) to real world, everyday situations, now that could lead to some funny situations, couldn't it! I was perusing my dear Mr Marks blog and came across a link to Mr Potter's blog where I found the below video. What […]

Funny .Tel domain name advert

By John Garner on Monday, June 1, 2009

Just came across this advert for the .tel domain name. Even though it is not new I'd never seen it and I find it quite funny. Especially when you view it on Youtube a little banner at the bottom that invites you to buy the song on iTunes, "Sweet about Me" by Gabriella Climi...

« Previous 1 … 10 11 12 13 14 … 46 Next »