We’ve just bought a total of six Mac Minis and Macbooks to switch Foliovision over to being primarily an Apple company. Here’s why.
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Windows 7 Licensing or How Microsoft Lost Our Business
We spent ten man hours just clarifying what Windows 7 licenses were available and which would work for us. A good reason to divorce Microsoft.
Code is poetry: Researching HTML Code and Pre Tags at the W3
When to use the code tag and when to use the pre tag. Recommendations for writing about code with a WYSIWYG editor from the authors of Foliopress WYSIWYG.
How to Choose a Hosting Company
For business hosting the following five issues are the big issues: speed, reliability, tech support, competency, clean IP’s for search engines.
Mirror, mirror what is the best FTP client of them all?
The world’s best FTP client? It turns out to be Open Source and free. Read on about how Filezilla stomps on CuteFTP and other paid clients.
How to create multiple page secure forms inside WordPress (or other PHP CMS)
Session continuation in form systems that start through HTTP and carry over to HTTPS. Practical solution.
How to get HTTPD and FTP to play well together or SEO image management nirvana
How to solve the server side permissions issues between HTTPD and FTP. Making KFM play nice with FTP.
Ever make a mistake and sent the wrong message in Skype to a client? You can erase pending Skype messages. Here’s how.
How to delete accidental messages in Skype before your client (or girlfriend) gets them.
The Backup Manifesto
Is it enough just to pair up some hard drives? No more. I’ve just been through cleaning up duplicate backups and came up with some principles for backup.
Mobile Internet, Skype and Mac OS X
How to get Vodafone mobile internet working successfully under Mac OS X. No more crashes or dropped connections.
Outsourcing in Europe
The very high euro – which seems to be carrying the local currencies with it – does make European outsourcing pretty much a local sport at this point.
How to Convert a Clone CD Image to ISO
Converting a Clone CD Image to ISO format is almost impossible on Mac OS X. But there is a way.
Monitor Size and Productivity: Many Small Monitors or One Big Monitor
What is better for productivity? A single 30″ monitor or a multitude of smaller monitors? Ask someone who’s tried both…
In search of a good CSS Editor with FTP editing on Windows: BBedit Equivalent?
Looking for a CSS Editor for Windows with server side editing via FTP and XHTML highlighting as well? I’ve found a good one free…
Detoxing a Windows Box: Getting Rid of Autorun Entries, Cleaning the System Tray
Detoxing a Windows Box – a systematic approach. Start by emptying the System Tray and then get rid of all the auto run entries.
Losing Mail with Google Apps
My client wasn’t getting all the completed applications that were going into the database. It turns out that Google Apps/Mail were deleting quotations (even though they were coming from his own domain).
Dual Internet Connections: How to Swap ISP’s Smoothly on a Mixed Platform Network
Even a single day with internet down for a whole day would cost a company three times more in lost productivity than the cost of the second high speed connection for the year – how to load balance two internet connections.
Web Tools We Use to run Foliovision
Online applications are the primary tools in our kit, allowing people to work from different computers & new staff to get up to speed more quickly
Firefox Quickfind: Hard to Type an Apostrophe
Can’t type an apostrophe in Firefox? Always getting the Find Box. Here’s your solution to the Quick Find bug.
How to Build a Powerful Silent Computer
Working on quiet computers increases the productivity. Learn how to build powerful yet silent workstation step by step.
