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My latest collection of Photoshop tips, tricks and tutorials - including a link to a collection of some common misconceptions and facts about JPEG images. (posted by Jennifer Apple)

I watched the "Using Photoshop in fantasy art" episode and it was wonderful. (posted by Jennifer Apple)

Read Daguerreotypes - The Louis Daguerre Effect — a sample recipe from the Photoshop Digital Studio Cookbooks, courtesy of O'Reilly Media. (posted by Jennifer Apple)

Altia have just released a new commercial plug-in for Photoshop and joined the Adobe Solutions Network. The product, Altia PhotoProto, is a tool that automatically turns Photoshop artwork into a working, interactive prototype that can be packaged, emailed and run on a Mac or PC. (posted by Jennifer Apple)

Ask.com has truly differentiated itself with the "Smart Answers" it returns for thousands of queries, offering facts, images and targeted links that respond directly to a searcher's information need.

Does information really want to be free? If so, how can traditional information publishers and aggregators deal with shifting value propositions and revenue models of premium content and survive in the era of free web content?

How can traditional information industry companies survive in the world of free web content? How can they appeal to

Links to the week's topics from search engine forums across the web: Google To Acquire YouTube for $1.65 Billion - Yahoo PPC Management Crash - SEO: What Skills Are Crucial? - Hired An SEO Company & Now Feel Ripped Off - When Are SEO Firms Going To Offer Link Baiting Services? and more.

Featured posts from the Search Engine Watch blog, as well as our customary headlines from around the web.

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I am attempting to create a simple RSS Reader for my website. I would like to display several different industry specific RSS feeds on

What are the drawbacks of the solution wherein java objects are marshalled as byte arrays and sent as the body of the SOAP message? Is this a bad

I am unfamiliar with WSIF and come from a JAX-WS background.

I am looking for any articles or posts that compare and position WSIF with

Below is a table of some of the potential new graphics which may be used in the next major release of Lotus Notes*. ? I think they look fantastic!

	New Meeting Invitation		Meeting		From Invitee to Chair
	Accept		Appointment		From Invitee to Delegate
	Decline		Anniversary		Meeting Draft
	Counter Proposal		All Day Event		Meeting Update
	Meeting Cancelled		Reminder		Reschedule
	Meeting Confirmed		Tentatively Accept

* This post contains information about a future version of Lotus Notes. ?The information discussed here may change in any way (or even be removed) between now and the shipping product.

Whew ! One day, 20 tracks !! My Microsoft AJAX talk materials can be found here. http://www.joeon.net/downloads/TulsaTechFest.zip Read More... Share this post: Email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit!...(read more)

Sorry for forgetting to post these sooner. Here are the demos and PowerPoint from my How-Do-I webcast on Roles & Membership. http://www.joeon.net/downloads/LFR-Membership.zip Read More... Share this post: Email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit!...(read more)

Wednesday, October 18 at 1pm EST/10am PT, Ann Rockley, CEO of T he Rockley Group ,will join a panel of

In part 1 of this post, I exposed the differences between the closure and the prototype patterns to define JavaScript classes. In this post, I'll show the shortest path to convert an existing class built using Atlas and closures to a prototype-based class. I'll also show a few caveats that you need to be aware of.Here's an example of a class built using the July CTP of Atlas:Custom.Color = function(r, g, b) { Custom.Color.initializeBase(this); var _r = r || 0; var _g = g || 0; var _b = b || 0; this.get_red = function() { return _r; } this.set_red = function(value) { _r = value; } this.get_green = function() { return _g; } this.set_green = function(value) { _g = value; } this.get_blue = function() { return _b; } this.set_blue = function(value)...(read more)

One of the most popular features in ASP.NET 2.0 was the introduction of the "provider model" for the built-in ASP.NET Application Service APIs. The provider model ensures that the storage/implementation for services like Membership, Roles, Profiles, Health Monitoring, Session State, and Site Navigation is extensible, and it allows a developer to easily plug-in alternative implementations if they want. Earlier this year I blogged about how we shipped the source code for the built-in ASP.NET 2.0 Providers on MSDN, and published 130+ pages of really good documentation that walksthrough their implementation and behavior. If you are looking to adapt the existing providers (which are pretty feature rich and in-depth), then you'll find these whitepapers...(read more)

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