The Subtle Art of Documentation Advertising

The screenshot below is from a case study article of Microsoft's MSDN developer site. In a great example of how to advertise #Metro over iOS without shouting "Metro kicks ass!", the article describes all the steps the authors/developers took to convert an iPad app to Metro. At the same time, every single part of the interface was improved (thanks to #Microsoft and amazing new ideas like #SemanticZoom !)

With a little warning then if you are highly devoted #iOS developer, enjoy reading (it is actually a good introduction for people looking into developing for Metro) :) http://bit.ly/NKTJle

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Download: Windows Metro Icon Collection

Here is http://bit.ly/PI0JkX a collection of 690 #icons in the visual style of #Windows 8 (also known as #Metro ). The collection comes with 
- Separate PNG files 26×26 pixels for each icon, ready to use
- Single EPS source file so you can scale the icons in any vector image editor
Many thanks to the kind people of VisualPharm.com!!

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Nature as art

Awesome data #visualization by +NASA 
You don't need to look much further for inspiration, just look around you :) 

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Build a Conference Site with Drupal

Check below a video from Acquia and guest presenter, Energy Action Coalition, as they discuss how the #Drupal Conference Organizing Distribution (COD) empowers organizations to promote and execute powerful, engaging events. 

It includes a real-world example showing how to:
* Streamline conference on-boarding and registration processes
* Facilitate better communication with speakers and attendees
* Automate sponsorship sales and collect feedback

This is a #webinar recording, so be prepared, it's 47 minutes long :) 

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Thank you 80legs

for making me waste two hours from my Sunday fighting your crawler bot. It's now blocked although about 30% of attempts on the server are still from it (down from 55%, and weekends are busy for this site). I understand, dear 80legs, that you have a service to sell to your clients, but unfortunately we need our site to be up... :)

Apologies to Bad Robot for the terrible use of their logo :)

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You are the product even if you pay for the product

Shameful tactics by CISCO... 

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Don't buy a Cisco router. Don't buy a Linksys router either; they're the same company. Why?

Because they now lock you out of your own bought-for router unless you join their online service. A service that gives them the right to use your data, shut down your connection and to unilaterally change these terms at their whim.

Now, you may think that nah, they're not really going to do evil stuff like that. But they already did — you want to bet your money and your privacy that they won't again? There's lots of makers out there, so why take the chance?

Just stay away from Cisco and Linksys.

#Cisco #linksys #fail  

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Cisco locks customers out of their own routers, only lets them back in if they agree to being spied upon and monetized
Owners of Cisco/Linksys home routers got a nasty shock this week, when their devices automatically downloaded a new operating system, which locked out device owners. After the update, the only way to ...

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