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Monday, January 24, 2005 3:14 PM

How to Win a Cheese Contest

Those of you who follow Robert Scoble know that I won the award for best cheese at Scoble’s 40 th birthday party this weekend. For those who just might be interested in duplicating such an envious feat, I thought I’d share a few secrets. These, then,

Posted by Rick Schaut | 2 Comments

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Wednesday, January 12, 2005 12:08 AM

The Case of the Missing Tab

One of the things we noticed when we first started doing some rigorous usability studies with Word is the way people used the tab key. It’s a holdover from typewriter days: you want to indent a line of text, so you hit the tab key a few times. It’s one

Posted by Rick Schaut | 14 Comments

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Saturday, January 08, 2005 6:15 PM

Scoble's Getting Cheesy

Robert Scoble is having a cheesy birthday party . Supposedly the party is full, but one can always send cheese . Might I recommend large quantities of cheese curds , though someone might want to send a couple of bags of prunes as well. Cheese can be sent

Posted by Rick Schaut | 4 Comments

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Sunday, January 02, 2005 12:08 PM

Aceh Aid at IDEP

I blogged about the Aceh Aid Bucket Brigade and some of their technology needs. Since then, I’ve been in touch with some people who are working on this. There might still be some pieces to add to this, so, if you’re interested, don’t hesitate to contact