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- My Language Choice Conundrum Deepens
- Can "elegant" be "harmful"?The more exposure I have to working with a large team, the more I can see why verbose, less "efficient" languages seem to rule the business world. Is this a wave that should be surfed or a trend that should be bucked?J.JaYou knowI have to say that...
- Discussion threads 2007-02-19
- Remedying three common resume errors
- Kevin Donlin owns and runs Guaranteed Resumes, a resume and cover letter writing service that also provides job search assistance. Each month, he’ll critique a CIO resume, providing suggestions and advice. Members can download the edited version of the resume and compare it to their own. If you’d like Kevin...
- Technical articles 2003-03-31
- Use these VB tips when performance is critical
- With a sound design, performance can usually take care of itself. There are times, though, when you need some quick enhancements to ensure optimum performance. Check out these five tips and share some of your own.While Visual Basic will likely never attain the blinding performance of C++ or Delphi, it's...
- Technical articles 2002-03-06
- Words of advice on writing for the Web
- It might seem like a no-brainer to slap together a Web site to promote your consulting business. But without applying the rules of good writing, your site won't have much of an impact.How do people read on the Web? They don’t.That’s the finding of a study conducted by former Sun...
- Technical articles 2000-09-07
- ProPrompter 1.3 (Mobile)
- Made by professional teleprompter manufacturer Bodelin Technologies, ProPrompter software allows you to use your iPhone or iPod touch as a smooth scrolling professional teleprompter. Scripts can be loaded via email copy/paste (OS3) or via the FREE ProPrompter Producer site for unlimited script management and greater security than email or local...
- Software downloads 2010-02-01
- Readability Redux 1.1.2 (Windows)
- Give your browsing an edge! Readability is a tool designed by arc90. In their words: "Readability is a simple tool that makes reading on the Web more enjoyable by removing the cluter around what you're reading."
- Software downloads 2010-03-16
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- Add more white space to long Access reports for better readability
- Excellent Tip!Thanks. I am slowly generating a Task Recorder as I am the primary Tech Support and IT Admin poing of contact for our office. I have used Access to build a form with check boxes, radio buttons, drop down selections and free form text entry. The hardest...
- Discussion threads 2007-09-19
- Dynamic XML document construction with the PHP DOM
- This article is also available as a TechRepublic download, which includes the example code listings in a more manageable text file format.When working with XML-basedapplications, developers often find themselves facing the requirement togenerate XML-encoded data structures on the fly. Examples of this include anXML order template based on user input...
- Technical articles 2006-12-06
- Follow the three Rs to get your resume noticed
- Kevin Donlin owns and runs Guaranteed Resumes, a resume and cover letter writing service that also provides job search assistance. He fields questions from TechRepublic members and offers advice based on his experience and expertise.QuestionI have been mostly out of work since March 2001 when the company I worked for,...
- Technical articles 2003-03-07
- Talking Shop: Keep users in mind when creating documentation
- Tips for making documentation more user friendlyIf you've ever wondered why consulting the manual is the last resort for 99 percent of users who need help, then wonder no more. It’s because the same people that write the software or create the hardware often write the manual—often without the user...
- Technical articles 2001-08-15
- Train users to follow best practices when writing VBA code
- If you train users to do a little coding on their own, they may not hit you up with as many development requests. I think that teaching users Visual Basic for Applications VBA is a good place to start because it's easy to learn. VBA lets you automate tasks and...
- Blog posts 2008-02-01
- How do I... Calculate a conditional running total in Excel?
- Adding a column vs More complicated formulaWithout adding the extra column with the concatenation, the more complex formula =if(and(month(A3)=month(A2),year(A3)=year(A2)),D2+C3,C3) will do the trick.This however underlines the constant balancing between comlexity and readability on the one hand vs extra columnsDeonAnother way to do itwould be to hide the extra columns or...
- Discussion threads 2008-01-10
- Putting XML in the fast lane
- Putting XML in the fast lanearticle rootHow would you boost XML?A debate is under way on whether over whether a change in XML format will improve performance or promote incompatibility. Do you think adopting a binary XML format, which compresses XML transmissions, will help or hinder XML transactions?Will format change...
- Discussion threads 2005-01-13
- Unleash the power of macros in ABAP
- As programs grow larger and larger, it becomes more difficult for programmers to enhance and debug source code. Luckily, computer languages make developers' lives easier by offering various modularization methods, making program code meaningful and easily understandable.ABAP, SAP's programming language, is no exception. It leverages various modularization options, each having...
- Technical articles 2003-07-10
- 10+ e-mail best practices to share with your users
- This article is also available as a PDF download.These days, e-mail is used by just about everyone. Unfortunately,a lot of users out there don't use it right,flirting with security risks, consuming excessive bandwidth, and practicing lousyetiquette. Here are some basic e-mail usage guidelines to help your usershandle their e-mail responsibly...
- Technical articles 2007-02-23
- Reviewing new IT systems
- I am managing the development and installation of a new corporate purchasing system in my company. The system is being developed by a third party and will have to integrate with a number of systems, and fit with our corporate data model, with as little impact as possible. To...
- Discussion threads 2007-05-06
- Web Design: Implement and manage a simple news ticker
- While redeveloping part of a Web site I wanted to add a simple and easy to manage news ticker, so after some research looking at various news ticker scripts—some in JavaScript and some in Java—I settled on the DHTML News Ticker from ScriptOcean.However, one of the main things I was...
- Technical articles 2003-12-04
- A pragmatic approach to training programmers, part three
- For the last two weeks, I have been describing a pragmatic approach to training programmers (A pragmatic approach to training programmers, part one and A pragmatic approach to training programmers, part two). In those two posts, I laid out a fundamental course guide. After a lot of reader feedback, I realized that...
- Blog posts 2007-08-06
- Basic and complex SQL joins made easy
- If you think SQL JOIN statements are beyond your reach, think again. This quick review of basic concepts makes joins easy by explaining each type and showing you how to use them.If you’re new to SQL, joins can be a daunting concept. There are many different types of joins and...
- Technical articles 2002-07-08
- Designing e-commerce for the (older) masses
- Research tells us that the fastest growing online population is the baby boomer generation. Here are some usability tips to help you ensure that your site appeals to older adults so you can tap into this huge market.Earlier this year, Inc magazine asked dozens of CEOs, venture capitalists, and technologists...
- Technical articles 2002-05-10
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