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Use shortcuts to increase productivity. Here’s a link to download Visio shortcuts from the Microsoft website. Print it out and stick it near your work station.

While you can create macros, make sure download these really useful Visio macros. The Macros include basic functionality most of which should have been included as default in Visio. The macros include: Duplicating a page Fixing the print settings of all pages Setting the zoom factor of all pages to ‘fit to page’ Paste as…

This stuff is really cool. It’s got it all covered- rich diagrams, entity relationships, mind maps. Real awesome. Link via Bipul at work. Check out the Periodic Table of Visualization Methods.

Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the propensity to dream, the urge to make dreams come true and the tendency to miss lunch. Tim Berners Less, Inventor, The World Wide Web

The Semantic Web is not a separate Web but an extension of the current one, in which information is given well-defined meaning, better enabling computers and people to work in cooperation. Tim Berners Lee, Inventor, The World Wide Web

Designers would know Exupery by the following quote below, if not through “The Little Prince” or “Wind, Sand and Stars”. Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them. Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince, 1943

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., October 9, 2006 – Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced today that it has agreed to acquire YouTube, the consumer media company for people to watch and share original videos through a Web experience, for $1.65 billion in a stock-for-stock transaction. Following the acquisition, YouTube will operate independently to preserve its successful brand…

I’m always on the lookout for accessible open source CMS’s. Here’s a list of some which are 508 compliant. TYPO3– 508 compliant by using an extension(s) I think? But one big issue before you use it. I almost decided to use it once for a client website whose target audience included mostly novice computer users…

UX Magazine has been in its beta stage for quite a few months now. It looks sophisticated and fabulous offering a good total user experience. However, I do think that the ‘Open in New Window” checkbox located in the footer on the right is not going to be a feature that increases usability, not because…