The Qwertyrash Blogs

You ever told anyone to “look it up on Google”? Or told someone “there’s heaps more stuff about it on Google”? (as I did which prompted this.

I think we’re all doing that. It’s become like Google is the internet. I wonder if in years to come everyone will call just call it google all the time.

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It’s funny how life unfolds. Last week I got asked to redesign and redevelop one of the local school’s websites. This could have a flow on effect, with other schools possibly being interested if I do a good job.
This has all happened with me even looking. Life just unfolded for me.
And somehow, somewhere, I’ve got […]

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I wrote a reply to a piece on David Alison’s blog that I’d like to share the gist of. David was discussing how some people are resistant to technology.
This reminds me of 20 years ago when I was working for the police and we introduced computers to police stations. We made it optional to use them. So […]

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Just repeating what I wrote on The Google Cache about Adobe Flash and using it to make websites:
I used to hate Flash-based websites. Hmmm? Actually, I still do. I’d never seen a Flash-based site that made me want to make one. Instead, they all turned me off Flash. They all seem to be about showing […]

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After much resistance, finally upgraded my Mac’s RAM from 1GB to 3GB. The difference is amazing.
I needed it because I run Windows (in Parallels), Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Safari and Firefox all at the same time. Plus a few others like Mail and Pastor. Not surprisingly that was killing my machine.
Now it flies! Well, it’s not […]

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Have finally seen the light and started using del.icio.us (although I hate the spelling). I kick myself for not using it years ago. So often I’ve visted pages and then nebver been able to find them again.
I’m using it now though because I want to access my bookmarks at home and school.
However, visually, it’s rather […]

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I rarely see one that catches my eye, but this one sure did. It is Visual Thesaurus.Doesn’t sound catchy yet.

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Joined Facebook today coz everyone - especially Robert Scoble - www.scobleizer.com - keeps talking about it…. Admittedly, that was friends already on Facebook.Then it proposes other ways to make friends on Facebook, such as networking.

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Have spent the last three days trying to get my student edition of Adobe Creative Suite registered. Five emails from two different email accounts with relevant documentation attached failed to arrive at Adobe.Eventually it seems the problem might be Adobe limiting emails with attachments.

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Stumbled across this recent interview, Disposing with Disposability, on Utne which really struck a chord. It’s worth a read.

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