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	<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:21:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Cool Text Generator for Mockups, Controls, Themes or Layouts</title>
		<link>http://howtoforward.com/2008/08/11/cool-text-generator-for-mockups-controls-themes-or-layouts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:21:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Not that anyone would understand my Latin, but I'm tired of that as a text-filler none the less. ... But if you're simply doing a web mockup, and/or have no Quark or desire to crank it up, then simply go to this nifty find at Malevol - Text Generator Very simple, very sweet, very appreciated.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.malevole.com/mv/misc/text/"><img style="float:right; margin-left:10px;" src="http://howtoforward.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/malevole-text-generator.jpg" alt="malevole - Text Generator.jpg" width="303" height="229" /></a>I&#8217;m not sure about you, but if I had to, I could probably recite &#8220;Lorem Ipsum&#8230;&#8221; from scratch. Not that anyone would understand my Latin, but I&#8217;m tired of that as a text-filler none the less.</p>
<p>If your day has you toiling in Quark, then you and everyone is by now is aware of Jabberwocky.</p>
<p>But if you&#8217;re simply doing a web mockup, and/or have no Quark or desire to crank it up, then simply go to this nifty find at <a href="http://www.malevole.com/mv/misc/text/">Malevol - Text Generator</a></p>
<p>Very simple, very sweet, very appreciated.</p>
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		<title>In case you&#8217;re curious about your refund&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://howtoforward.com/2008/03/21/in-case-youre-curious-about-your-refund/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:29:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Whilst filing my daughter&#8217;s taxes through Intuit, i found this nifty &#8220;eFile&#8221; document at the IRS
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Whilst filing my daughter&#8217;s taxes through Intuit, i found this <a target="_blank" href="http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p2043.pdf">nifty &#8220;eFile&#8221; document</a> at the IRS</p>
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		<title>What a great idea.</title>
		<link>http://howtoforward.com/2008/03/05/what-a-great-idea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:05:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Dang-it, that was a heavy rock. (in my best Napolean imitation)
How long have I been under that rock anyway? I just today found out about &#8220;Fundable&#8220;.
What a great idea this is.
Really.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.sxc.hu/pic/m/d/db/dbyall/95481_shattered_rock.jpg" alt="What a big rock this is." align="right" border="0" height="224" width="300" />Dang-it, that was a heavy rock. (in my best <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;ct=res&amp;cd=1&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0374900%2F&amp;ei=oMPOR5_9KYXOeOHisQo&amp;usg=AFQjCNHGiSiWnZc05HldrAiQBevbdS2V-Q&amp;sig2=AAB2R7WP7vX4QefOmVgFgw">Napolean</a> imitation)</p>
<p>How long have I been under that rock anyway? I just today found out about &#8220;<a href="http://www.fundable.com" title="Do you have something you'd like to do, but don't have the necessary funds?" target="_blank">Fundable</a>&#8220;.</p>
<p>What a great idea this is.</p>
<p>Really.</p>
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		<title>The First Thyme&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://howtoforward.com/2007/10/27/the-first-thyme/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 22:47:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[On a previous blog read at one of my favorite blog sites, there was an article by the author about the reason some of his greatest ideas failed.
In a nutshell: because that&#8217;s all they ever became. If you don&#8217;t act on your ideas, they wither and shrink away.
It used to be that, getting a simple [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://cajebo.com/muse/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/thyme.gif" alt="thyme.gif" align="left" border="0" height="148" width="150" />On a previous blog read at one of my favorite blog sites, there was an article by the author about the reason some of his greatest ideas failed.</p>
<p><em>In a nutshell:</em> because that&#8217;s all they ever became. If you don&#8217;t act on your ideas, they wither and shrink away.</p>
<p>It <em><strong>used to be</strong></em> that, getting a simple t-shirt idea out of the brain, or even off the drawing board, required a great deal of capital. Not any more.<br />
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<p>In this post, I&#8217;ll simply note my &#8220;idea&#8221; for a humorous T-Shirt took nothing more an:</p>
<ul>
<li>The Idea</li>
<li>The Sketch</li>
<li>The trip to Illustrator</li>
<li>The trip to Photoshop</li>
<li>The trip to Firefox</li>
</ul>
<p>All told, no monies spent, and about an hour or two of musing and sketching and fiddling.</p>
<p>An now, all i need do is decide witch of my favorite online T-Shirt Partners with whom I wish to launch.<br />
<em>(update on 10.28.07&#8211; the t-shirt design, with about an hour or so more time invested, is now on all four of my favorite tShirt websites.)</em></p>
<p>There&#8217;s four on my list, all well established, and all with very easy registration and procedure.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>http://www.threadless.com </strong></li>
<li><strong>http://www.redbubble.com/</strong></li>
<li><strong>http://www.zazzle.com/</strong></li>
<li><strong>http://www.cafepress.com/</strong></li>
</ul>
<p>If you&#8217;re an artist, a doodler, a designer or even a hobbyist with ideas for t-shirts, then take a little thyme now and check those above sites for ideas, or even extra income.</p>
<p>And before I forget, here&#8217;s my new &#8220;idea&#8221; <img src='http://howtoforward.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><a href="http://www.threadless.com/submission/139204/The_First_Thyme?streetteam=cajebo" title="Threadless Thyme">On Threadless</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.cafepress.com/so_wearit.38598579" title="CafePress Thyme" target="_blank">On Cafe Press</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/cajebo/clothing/302160-1-the-first-thyme" title="Red Bubble Thyme" target="_blank">On Red Bubble</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/cajebo/product/235508640351599130" title="Zazzle Thyme" target="_blank">On Zazzle</a></p>
<p>You&#8217;ll soon notice that although similar, each of the online &#8220;shops&#8221; offers not only interfaces that are somewhere between the ever-respected &#8220;thoughtless&#8221; and the &#8220;oh-yeah, that&#8217;s how i&#8217;m supposed to do that&#8221;, but give different ways in which the artwork is/can-be displayed on the shirt.</p>
<p>They also offer varying opportunities for profit&#8211; from user-set dollar mark-up, user-set percentage mark-up, and simply a percentage.</p>
<p>Go check them out, and let me know what you think of my design (heck, buy one!), and what you think about the site&#8217;s offerings to the user.</p>
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		<title>Have you had your skype lately?</title>
		<link>http://howtoforward.com/2007/08/15/have-you-had-your-skype-lately/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Skype is great!
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		<title>yet ANOTHER cool tool for webHeads</title>
		<link>http://howtoforward.com/2007/08/01/yet-another-cool-tool-for-webheads/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This just in: xray!
Very very nifty &#8216;bookmarklet&#8217; that allows you to see the underpinnings of a web-page on the fly.
I found out about it of course from the fine folks at Digital Web Magazine. You can read their post here.  Or you can grab it here
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This just in: xray!</p>
<p>Very very nifty &#8216;bookmarklet&#8217; that allows you to see the underpinnings of a web-page on the fly.</p>
<p>I found out about it of course from the fine folks at Digital Web Magazine. You can read their post <a href="http://www.digital-web.com/news/2007/07/xray_from_westciv/" title="xRay reference" target="_blank">here</a>.  Or you can grab it <a href="http://westciv.com/xray/" title="xray grab">here</a></p>
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		<title>the megaPixel Myth</title>
		<link>http://howtoforward.com/2007/06/29/the-megapixel-myth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:50:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ The myth that the more megapixels a camera has, the better the pictures, is a big fat lie.
As I&#8217;m in search of a replacement for a camera recently passed, I was fortunate to have come across this article by one of my favorite bloggers, Mr. David Pogue.
Have a read here 
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p> The myth that the more megapixels a camera has, the better the pictures, is a big fat lie.</p></blockquote>
<p>As I&#8217;m in search of a replacement for a camera recently passed, I was fortunate to have come across this article by one of my favorite bloggers, Mr. David Pogue.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/08/technology/08pogue.html?ex=157680000&amp;en=344fe057d238e5c9&amp;ei=5124&amp;partner=permalink&amp;exprod=permalink" title="Breaking the Myth of Megapixels." target="_blank">Have a read here </a></p>
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		<title>A quick note about Pando&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://howtoforward.com/2007/06/25/a-quick-link-test-from-pando/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[With the constant hassle of both attachment restrictions and clients&#8217; inability to embrace FTP, you just might find Pando.com a source of headache relief.
And, the best part? It&#8217;s free.
Email, and IM sharing of files could really not get much simpler.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With the constant hassle of both attachment restrictions and clients&#8217; inability to embrace FTP, you just might find <strong><a href="http://www.pando.com" title="Large file transfers get an easy solution." target="_blank">Pando.com</a></strong> a source of headache relief.</p>
<p>And, the best part? It&#8217;s free.</p>
<p>Email, and IM sharing of files could really not get much simpler.</p>
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		<title>Are you keeping a fresh creative mind?</title>
		<link>http://howtoforward.com/2007/06/12/are-you-keeping-a-fresh-creative-mind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:39:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;How do you stay responsible to your team, your business and your new less-creative responsibilities while at the same time keep a fresh creative mind?&#8221;
You just may find out here.
This is an excellent read that covers design creativity basics, from the obvious, to the profound.
 GraphicDefined 
D. Keith Robinson of BlueFlavor 
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p><span class="teaser_desc">&#8220;How do you stay responsible to your team, your business and your new less-creative responsibilities while at the same time keep a fresh creative mind?&#8221;</span></p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://http://www.graphicdefine.org/issue2/stayingcreative" title="Are you keeping a fresh creative mind?" target="_blank">You just may find out here.</a></p>
<p>This is an excellent read that covers design creativity basics, from the obvious, to the profound.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.graphicdefine.org" title="Graphic Define website" target="_blank"> GraphicDefined </a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.blueflavor.com/" title="Blue Favor Website" target="_blank">D. Keith Robinson of BlueFlavor </a></p>
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		<title>Spiekermann gives insight for budding and established designers</title>
		<link>http://howtoforward.com/2007/06/12/spiekermann-gives-insight-for-budding-and-established-designers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:23:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[If you had access, this is the exact type of interview you&#8217;d probably conduct to learn what moves the very successfully accomplished designer Erik Spiekermann.

SpiekermannPartners
ideasonideas blog

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you had access, this is the <a href="http://www.ideasonideas.com/2007/06/spiekermann-business/" title="Erik Spiekermann interview from ideasonideas blog" target="_blank">exact type of interview</a> you&#8217;d probably conduct to learn what moves the very successfully accomplished designer Erik Spiekermann.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.spiekermannpartners.com/e_index.html" title="Spiekermann Partners website" target="_blank">SpiekermannPartners</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ideasonideas.com" title="ideasonideas blog" target="_blank">ideasonideas blog</a></li>
</ul>
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