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Civility in critiquing the ideas of others is no vice. Rudeness in defending your own ideas is no virtue.


Fri 13 Aug 2010, 10:35 AM
In the world of Lotus Notes/Domino, a star attraction is IdeaJam, a site that allows people to suggest ways that the product could work better, and vote those ideas up or down.  Despite that, I have not been on the site for months.  Craig Wiseman had a post on his blog today that explains it best:


Please visit Craig's blog post on wasted ideas and take a bit of time reading through the ideas and what has become of them.  It is a fascinating and depressing list, and I wanted to be sure to thank Craig for taking the time to go through the ideas and compile them.

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Fri 9 Jul 2010, 12:04 AM
The Genii Software website is undergoing some construction, and will be a bit muddled today and tomorrow.  (Though hardly as muddled as its owner.)

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Wed 30 Jun 2010, 11:32 AM
Hurricane Alex is coming, and so the obligatory "hurricane preparedness" bulletins are out.  No worries, just recycle one.  A simple Find/Replace and you're set, right?  Well, maybe, but don't forget to proofread.  I guess this was taken from a previous Hurricane Bill alert.



all denominations and small Alexs

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Mon 28 Jun 2010, 08:25 PM
I wondered how people did it so easily, but then I realized I was simply missing a key which must come with some keyboards:


Flame key

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Thu 10 Jun 2010, 11:58 PM

cookie monster

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Thu 3 Jun 2010, 07:35 AM

Silver Moon, Bloody Bullets anthologyFor the contest surrounding the launch of our new @Midas Lookups, I thought I'd try a different sort of prize.  As many of you may know, I have been published in a number of magazines, e-zines and such, most recently for science fiction and horror.  For example, Silver Moon, Bloody Bullets, an anthology of werewolf stories, just went to print with my story, Without Remorse.  The young woman who has the leading role is Gabriella, named for Gabriella Davis.  She may or may not die, you'll have to read to find out, but Tim Davis is in a story I am writing now, and I just wrote his heroic, but grisly, death scene yesterday.

Here is your chance.  For the @Midas Lookups contest, there will be three prizes.

Grand Prize: Signed copy of Silver Moon, Bloody Bullets sent to you, anywhere in the world, plus a grisly death in a future anthology or magazine which will also be sent to you.  You may have a small say in whether your death is heroic, meaningless or just plain nasty.  Plus a free 50-user license of Midas Rich Text LSX for your company with maintenance for a year ($1500 value).

Second Prize: Signed copy of Silver Moon, Bloody Bullets sent to you, anywhere in the world, plus a grisly death in a future anthology or magazine which will also be sent to you.  You may have a small say in whether your death is heroic, meaningless or just plain nasty.

Third Prize: Signed copy of Silver Moon, Bloody Bullets sent to you, anywhere in the world.  You'll have to write your own ending.

Depending on both your name and your preferences, I may not use your name exactly.  If I am likely to vary it, I'll ask for something memorable about you to include so that you can point to prove it is you.




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