Unhandled Perception

Blogger has decided to shut down the FTP publishing service they provided. This allowed Veign to use the blogger service but house the blog assets on my server. This is no more.

This is the kick I needed to move me to WordPress. I use WordPress for all my clients but never had the energy to move Veign. Keeping the same URLs for over 2500 posts seemed like a daunting task.

This blog will stay live but no new posts will come until the move is completed. I am hoping to be back up and running by next weekend. The template will look different – this is something that will be fixed in time.

Stay Tuned as WordPress will give me the ability to do more.

All you have to do:

1. Download a trial a Camtasia Studio 7 and check it out
2. Goto the Veign Facebook page and become a fan
3. Leave a comment of what you like about Camtasia Studio 7 on the event page.

Event page:
http://www.facebook.com/VeignLLC…

Felt I had no choice so I could properly develop mobile websites. So far so good and know I’m hunting for some good, and useful, free apps. So far I have Facebook and Skype.

Any other free iPhone Apps I should look at?

Providing a single format for restaurant menus so they can be easily shared, searched and used. Finally, a standard for restaurant menus.

Link:
http://www.openmenu.com/

Link:
http://www.SweetOliveFarm.com/

Note-It: Enhanced desktop notes that; persist windows sessions, give you control of the look and feel, allow you to save and open notes, provides special notes that provide updated information, drag text to and from any application, and even email the notes or just a selection of the note. Notes on your desktop have never been easier and with Note-It you get all the power you will ever need in note application.

Cfont Pro: Cfont Pro was developed as a way to manage fonts; to include system, printer, and currently uninstalled fonts. Cfont Pro lets you view installed system fonts, printer fonts, and a special mode where you select a directory, CD, or network drive and preview the fonts. Preview All mode will let you view all of your installed fonts in a single view with printing capabilites. Also, be sure to check out the SlideShow mode where the application will cycle thorugh each font at an interval determined by you.

Enjoy!

Interesting but not sure how useful it would be – have to keep a browser window open. Personally I think using Note-It makes more sense where the notes can be on top of all open applications is much more useful.

Link:
http://listhings.com/

Until yesterday, signing up for a Google Voice account required you to pick a new phone number — not a pleasant option for those who have kept the same digits for years. Now Google has enabled users to keep their existing phone numbers and get (most of) the features Google Voice offers, including Google’s excellent voicemail service.

I have been using Google Voice for a couple of months now and now its powerful but I just haven’t switched to the phone number yet. Still trying to decide exactly what to use my Google Voice number for. Veign’s business number?

Link:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/…

DonationCoder has taken steps to allow its members the ability to highlight their Plarker maps. Each member can add their Plarker username to their profile, which provides a quick link to their Plarker map through an icon under their member username on the forum.

This a big step for Plarker as DonationCoder is a very popular tech forum. This forum is unlike most. The civility for an online forum is amazing at DC. Stop by and let them know that Veign recommended it.

DonationCoder Forum:
http://www.donationcoder.com/Forums/bb/index.php

Plarker:
http://www.plarker.com/

Some new things that have been added to Plarker:

• You can now add a place just by copying and pasting an address
• Markers tell you how many places are in the area
• When marker bubbles close the map now reverts back to the view you were looking at
• New Share on Facebook link was added to all user’s maps
• New quick menu added to your base map

Check out my map:
http://www.plarker.com/map/chris

Get your own:
http://www.plarker.com/

Veign often posts news and information on Facebook that will not appear in the blog. Follow Veign and get access to even more things – in the future we will be offering giveaways only through Facebook and follower will get advanced notice.

Veign on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Columbia-SC/Veign/5980723881

Plarker™ is a way discover new places to visit. You add places to your map. Your friends add places to theirs. Then share your maps. The places on your map and your friends map are overlayed onto a single map.

This is a personal project of mine that I am excited to release.

Link:
http://plarker.com

We are in the process of moving this blog to a template that better matches the branding of Veign. During this time, while we publish the new template, you may see some things out of whack.

So excuse the mess, if you see one.

After a complete overhaul, the PAD Database manager makes it even easier to interface with the PAD Database.

Still haven’t released this to the wild. If I get enough interest I may consider releasing it.

Whether you’re an expert or just getting started, building standards-based Web sites is faster and easier with Microsoft® Expression® Web 3. Expression Web contains flexible support for a wide range of essential technologies: PHP, HTML/XHTML, XML/XSLT, CSS, JavaScript, ASP.NET and ASP.NET AJAX, Silverlight, Flash, Photoshop files, and video/audio for webcasting.

This is a great opportunity to get a free license for an up-coming-player in the web design application market. EW is hot the heals of Dreamweaver and is already converting many users. I have been using and testing EW since the first releases and each one moves it closer to a serious player in the web design game – still needs better support for PHP for my liking but I’m sure that’s coming.

Just download the trial to check it out.

To enter leave a comment that either contains your email address or a link to your profile which contains your email address and say something that lets me know you want it. Thats it. Winner will be choosen at random in 24 hours.

Link to Expression Web:
http://www.microsoft.com/expression/products/Web_Overview.aspx