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MOSSCON 2013 was lots of fun

I had a great time attending and presenting at moscon. http://mosscon.org/ May 18 – 19, 2013 | University of Louisville | Louisville, Kentucky I know it was a lot of work for the people who set it up, but you did a great job and I look forward to attending again in another year. (if I present again next time, my slides will be more readable, I promise…)

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Windows + Linux guy, switching to OSX

I have recently switched to Mac full-time, coming from a Windows/Linux background. Here are some general (easy to install/use) applications you might find useful. (advanced notice might come out in a bit) ——————————————————— Jing – free / can pay for extra features (multi-platform) <ul> <li> Take Screenshots: Capture an image of what you see on your computer screen </li> <li> Record Screencasts: Record up to 5 minutes of onscreen video + audio </li> </ul> <div> <a href="http://www.

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I’m just Git’ting it

Everyone and their mom have been using Git and GitHub for a while, but I’m just breaking down and using it… I have been slow to adopt because SVN worked for me fine (until I had to merge branches) and I don’t like to pay for storage space. But I continue to be impressed by it’s functionality and ease of use, so I’m going to move our work repositories over (needing a Large account probably) but I think it will be worth it.

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Google Profiles now with content

Alan’s Google Profile, now updated with Buzz activity, searchable, and pulling content from various feeds, including flickr, facebook, twitter, etc… If you don’t see this as “competition” for Facebook (et. al.) then you’re not seeing the same thing I am. I personally love it, esp. the publicly searchable aspects and the integration into the gmail interface but I might stop using it if other people don’t or if it can’t work two-way with facebook….

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Google Apps removes support for IE6

http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2010/01/modern-browsers-for-modern-applications.html Many other companies have already stopped supporting older browsers like Internet Explorer 6.0 as well as browsers that are not supported by their own manufacturers. We’re also going to begin phasing out our support, starting with Google Docs and Google Sites. As a result you may find that from March 1 key functionality within these products — as well as new Docs and Sites features — won’t work properly in older browsers.