Fifteen or more years ago developing a website was a bit of a black art. It still can be. Not so much the composing of the text and pictures because that can be done in Word. But its sending it to a website that can cause trouble, and take time. But you’re already familiar with [...]
Archive for June, 2010
Constructing a Website
Posted in Uncategorized on June 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
SLOW STARTING COMPUTERS
Posted in Uncategorized on June 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
If you are experiencing a delay of several minutes between turning on your computer and being able to start working on it, you might like to know why. Its because the operating system and programs need to load from the local hard disc, then your profile needs to load from the server. Profiles include all [...]
Taking Files Home
Posted in Uncategorized on June 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We all seem to have multiple computers these days, and its becoming worse now that phones also receive emails and have stores of pictures, written documents, and so on. So, which computer did I leave the file on, and if I made a copy to take with me on CD or memory stick, which is [...]
VECTOR DRAWING
Posted in Uncategorized on June 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Many people like to transfer 2D CAD drawings to another program for colouring room zones or site plan. Usually they look to use Photoshop, but its very expensive. There is little to choose between any of these bit-map and vector-drawing packages since all have far more features than could possibly be used. So choose whatever [...]
PDF MARKUP
Posted in Uncategorized on June 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Receiving a PDF format drawing by email often means marking it with comments and modifications before returning it to sender. This software does that without having to print out the drawing or have to rescan it. It opens PDF files including large-format drawings, and allows them to be marked up on screen with ‘highligher pens’ [...]
Reading AutoCAD Drawings
Posted in Uncategorized on June 3, 2010 | 1 Comment »
If you receive an AutoCAD drawing that can’t be read because its the wrong version, new or old, there is an easy answer. Download a free copy of DoubleCAD. This is capable of reading lots of formats so should cope with viewing and editing the drawing, and then saving it in a different generation of [...]
VIDEO CONFERENCING
Posted in Uncategorized on June 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
With interest increasing in reducing the costs, a new version of Skype is worth looking at for face to face meetings without the travel. Skype permits high quality free phone calls. It has also been allowing several participants, (audio conferencing) for some time. Skype video calling has been exceptionally good for many years and they [...]
iPad News
Posted in Uncategorized on June 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
You can’t have missed the iPad fuss and bother. It rivals the Second Coming. Where does it fit? Its a large iPod Touch, able to browse the Internet, deal with emails, write notes, and run some of the thousands of little programs (called Apps) that are so popular. It is portable, has a ten-hour battery, [...]
