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Diigo Bookmarks 11/24/2009
<p class=‘diigo-description’> Quick reference guides for Office, Windows, Adobe, Mac, Lotus Notes, ECDL, Quickbooks, Firefox </p> <p class=‘diigo-tags’> <a style=‘color:#000 !important;text-decoration:none !important;’ href=‘http://www.diigo.com/cloud/knightnet'>tags</a>: <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/reference'>reference</a>, <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/office'>office</a> </p>
Diigo Bookmarks 11/23/2009
<p class=‘diigo-description’> A partition and disk cloning tools (similar to Ghost but free). Works with MANY file systems. </p> <p class=‘diigo-tags’> <a style=‘color:#000 !important;text-decoration:none !important;’ href=‘http://www.diigo.com/cloud/knightnet'>tags</a>: <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/freeware'>freeware</a>, <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/software'>software</a>, <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/windows'>windows</a>, <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/linux'>linux</a>, <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/macintosh'>macintosh</a>, <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/backup'>backup</a> </p>
Diigo Bookmarks 11/21/2009
<p class=‘diigo-description’> A method for calculating approximate effort in software engineering based on function point analysis. </p> <p class=‘diigo-tags’> <a style=‘color:#000 !important;text-decoration:none !important;’ href=‘http://www.diigo.com/cloud/knightnet'>tags</a>: <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/development'>development</a>, <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/reference'>reference</a> </p> <p class=‘diigo-description’> Useful list of UML modelling tools. </p> <p class=‘diigo-tags’> <a style=‘color:#000 !important;text-decoration:none !important;’ href=‘http://www.diigo.com/cloud/knightnet'>tags</a>: <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/development'>development</a> </p> <p class=‘diigo-description’> Online Javascript-based games of Solitaire. Nice! Includes my favourite Tri-Peaks. Don’t know which browsers this works with but it certainly works with Google Chrome.
Diigo Bookmarks 11/19/2009
<p class=‘diigo-description’> Low cost ASP/SharePoint hosting from USD4.99 per month. </p> <p class=‘diigo-tags’> <a style=‘color:#000 !important;text-decoration:none !important;’ href=‘http://www.diigo.com/cloud/knightnet'>tags</a>: <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/web'>web</a>, <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/hosting'>hosting</a> </p>
Diigo Bookmarks 11/18/2009
<p class=‘diigo-description’> Clean the registry, tweak settings, check for some forms of malware. Good all-round cleanup and tweak tool. Free and advanced payware versions. </p> <p class=‘diigo-tags’> <a style=‘color:#000 !important;text-decoration:none !important;’ href=‘http://www.diigo.com/cloud/knightnet'>tags</a>: <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/software'>software</a>, <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/windows'>windows</a>, <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/security'>security</a>, <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/freeware'>freeware</a>, <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/payware'>payware</a> </p> <p class=‘diigo-description’> Free for home use. Loads of features and well reviewed. Portable version also available </p> <p class=‘diigo-tags’> <a style=‘color:#000 !important;text-decoration:none !important;’ href=‘http://www.diigo.com/cloud/knightnet'>tags</a>: <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/software'>software</a>, <a href=‘http://www.
Diigo Bookmarks 11/16/2009
<p class=‘diigo-description’> Interesting, online noticeboard that you can post sticky notes on. Tagable and dateable. Can be used for collaborative ideas generation and planning.. Free and paid versions available. </p> <p class=‘diigo-tags’> <a style=‘color:#000 !important;text-decoration:none !important;’ href=‘http://www.diigo.com/cloud/knightnet'>tags</a>: <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/web'>web</a>, <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/collaboration'>collaboration</a>, <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/project-management'>project-management</a> </p>
Diigo Bookmarks 11/13/2009
<p class=‘diigo-description’> How-to develop new or changed Excel 2007 ribbon bars. </p> <p class=‘diigo-tags’> <a style=‘color:#000 !important;text-decoration:none !important;’ href=‘http://www.diigo.com/cloud/knightnet'>tags</a>: <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/development'>development</a>, <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/excel'>excel</a>, <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/vbs'>vbs</a> </p> <p class=‘diigo-description’> “simulates human vision during the first 5 seconds of exposure to visuals” </p> <p class=‘diigo-tags’> <a style=‘color:#000 !important;text-decoration:none !important;’ href=‘http://www.diigo.com/cloud/knightnet'>tags</a>: <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/web'>web</a>, <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/development'>development</a>, <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/html'>html</a> </p> <ul class=‘diigo-comments’> <li> <span class=‘diigo-post-by’> – post by <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/pierro">pierro</a></span> </li> </ul> <p class=‘diigo-tags’> <a style=‘color:#000 !
Diigo Bookmarks 11/11/2009
<p class=‘diigo-description’> Low cost SSL certificates </p> <p class=‘diigo-tags’> <a style=‘color:#000 !important;text-decoration:none !important;’ href=‘http://www.diigo.com/cloud/knightnet'>tags</a>: <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/security'>security</a>, <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/web'>web</a>, <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/development'>development</a> </p> <p class=‘diigo-description’> Create am SSL based VPN – similar to Hamachi (the free version of LogMeIn). Windows only. </p> <p class=‘diigo-tags’> <a style=‘color:#000 !important;text-decoration:none !important;’ href=‘http://www.diigo.com/cloud/knightnet'>tags</a>: <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/software'>software</a>, <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/windows'>windows</a>, <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/freeware'>freeware</a> </p> <p class=‘diigo-description’> USD20 </p> <p class=‘diigo-tags’> <a style=‘color:#000 !important;text-decoration:none !important;’ href=‘http://www.diigo.com/cloud/knightnet'>tags</a>: <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/software'>software</a>, <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/windows'>windows</a>, <a href=‘http://www.
Diigo Bookmarks 11/10/2009
<p class=‘diigo-description’> Online checker for web-page headers. You can also download the code and use locally.<br /> It highlights common issues and suggests improvements.<br /> There is also a bookmarklet to make things easier. </p> <p class=‘diigo-tags’> <a style=‘color:#000 !important;text-decoration:none !important;’ href=‘http://www.diigo.com/cloud/knightnet'>tags</a>: <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/development'>development</a>, <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/web'>web</a>, <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/html'>html</a> </p> <p class=‘diigo-description’> How to use JQuery (or other libraries) in a bookmarklet! With an example of making textarea’s resizeable.<br /> Chris Adams provides a template for creating your own bookmarklet and explains some of the reasons you might want to use this technique for development and testing.
Diigo Bookmarks 11/09/2009
<p class=‘diigo-description’> Ensemble is used by CSC and various NHS Trusts to link information systems together. Ensemble TIE is the service offered via CSC. </p> <p class=‘diigo-tags’> <a style=‘color:#000 !important;text-decoration:none !important;’ href=‘http://www.diigo.com/cloud/knightnet'>tags</a>: <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/work'>work</a>, <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/nhs'>nhs</a>, <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/development'>development</a>, <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/database'>database</a> </p>
Diigo Bookmarks 11/06/2009
<p class=‘diigo-tags’> <a style=‘color:#000 !important;text-decoration:none !important;’ href=‘http://www.diigo.com/cloud/knightnet'>tags</a>: <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/no_tag'>no_tag</a> </p> <ul class=‘diigo-highlights’> <li> <div class="diigoContent"> <div class="diigoContentInner"> Automation Analyst </div> </div> <ul class=‘diigo-sticky-notes’> <li> <span class=‘diigo-post-by’> – post by <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet">knightnet</a></span> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p class=‘diigo-tags’> <a style=‘color:#000 !important;text-decoration:none !important;’ href=‘http://www.diigo.com/cloud/knightnet'>tags</a>: <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/no_tag'>no_tag</a> </p> <ul class=‘diigo-highlights’> <li> <div class="diigoContent"> <div class="diigoContentInner"> VBA Developer, Access, Excel, Front Office </div> </div> <ul class=‘diigo-sticky-notes’> <li> <span class=‘diigo-post-by’> – post by <a href="http://www.
Diigo Bookmarks 11/04/2009
<p class=‘diigo-description’> Follow-on discussion about developments in IdM as a service </p> <p class=‘diigo-tags’> <a style=‘color:#000 !important;text-decoration:none !important;’ href=‘http://www.diigo.com/cloud/knightnet'>tags</a>: <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/IdM'>IdM</a> </p> <p class=‘diigo-description’> Interesting discussion on the development of IdM services. </p> <p class=‘diigo-tags’> <a style=‘color:#000 !important;text-decoration:none !important;’ href=‘http://www.diigo.com/cloud/knightnet'>tags</a>: <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/IdM'>IdM</a> </p>
NewIT 11/04/2009 (a.m.)
<p class=‘diigo-description’> Follow-on discussion about developments in IdM as a service </p> <p class=‘diigo-tags’> <a style=‘color:#000 !important;text-decoration:none !important;’ href=‘http://www.diigo.com/cloud/knightnet'>tags</a>: <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/IdM'>IdM</a> </p> <p class=‘diigo-description’> Interesting discussion on the development of IdM services. </p> <p class=‘diigo-tags’> <a style=‘color:#000 !important;text-decoration:none !important;’ href=‘http://www.diigo.com/cloud/knightnet'>tags</a>: <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/IdM'>IdM</a> </p>
NewIT 11/03/2009 (a.m.)
<p class=‘diigo-description’> Public, Private and Privileged methods and variables </p> <p class=‘diigo-tags’> <a style=‘color:#000 !important;text-decoration:none !important;’ href=‘http://www.diigo.com/cloud/knightnet'>tags</a>: <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/javascript'>javascript</a>, <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/development'>development</a> </p> <ul class=‘diigo-comments’> <li> <span class=‘diigo-post-by’> – post by <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/eliazar">eliazar</a></span> </li> </ul> <p class=‘diigo-description’> Nikon official codec for RAW (NEF) images. Allows Windows (Win 7, Vista, XP) </p> <p class=‘diigo-tags’> <a style=‘color:#000 !important;text-decoration:none !important;’ href=‘http://www.diigo.com/cloud/knightnet'>tags</a>: <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/photography'>photography</a>, <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/software'>software</a>, <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/freeware'>freeware</a>, <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/windows'>windows</a> </p> <p class=‘diigo-description’> An alternative to the Google provided content cache that provides a CDN for common JavaScript libraries such as JQuery.
NewIT 11/02/2009 (p.m.)
<p class=‘diigo-tags’> <a style=‘color:#000 !important;text-decoration:none !important;’ href=‘http://www.diigo.com/cloud/knightnet'>tags</a>: <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/photography'>photography</a>, <a href=‘http://www.diigo.com/user/knightnet/reference'>reference</a> </p>
