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Comment on 80 Best Guerrilla Marketing Ideas by Making our marketing more effective with Guerilla Tactics

Making our marketing more effective with Guerilla Tactics — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 21:32:34 +0000

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Comment on Web typography for accessibility by jacobleverett

jacobleverett — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:46:12 +0000

In the same kind of area, a BBC magazine article about typography.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-10689931

Comment on Create a Wifi hotspot for events by Jason Slack

Jason Slack — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 10:44:58 +0000

You can just use an android phone running 2.2

Comment on Create a Wifi hotspot for events by evilc

evilc — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:52:13 +0000

I suspect what’s going on is that they’re using port security on the switch, and its set to block when it sees multiple MAC addresses (multiple devices) present on a single port.

You may find that using a wireless ethernet-to-ethernet/cable router which supports MAC spoofing will allow you to connect multiple devices while only presenting a single MAC to the University network, thus avoiding a locked out port…

Comment on Web typography for accessibility by Jamie Freeman

Jamie Freeman — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:29:17 +0000

So glad you appreciated the work we did; a survey that size was quite an undertaking so it’s excellent when it hits home.

Comment on Create a Wifi hotspot for events by Chris

Chris — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 22:10:46 +0000

Surely it should be possible (in theory) to get an ethernet feed(s) from a nearby building and have switches in the tents and run network cabling alongside the electrics which run around the perimeter of the tents to each stand that wants/needs a network connection?

Stick the feeder cables from building in a long protector sheath on the floor, or string from the branches in trees high enough to keep away from people wanting to pull it down. Not the most elegant of solutions but at least it provides a stable, high speed network connection most people want at Freshers’ fayre.

Comment on Create a Wifi hotspot for events by tomworman

tomworman — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:22:35 +0000

The problem with that Alex… is that IS have a wonderful ability now to automatically detect the router and block that port. By the end of Freshers Fayre every port around Ravelin Park will be blocked!

Comment on Create a Wifi hotspot for events by Alex

Alex — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:16:55 +0000

It works, but something like a cheap wireless access point – generally tiny, discreet, hide-able – would be much more reliable and give a powerful signal.

Plus, you won’t have to worry about leaving a laptop alone when you go to the bar…

Comment on Facebook Symbols by mikecooter

mikecooter — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 10:01:30 +0000

...but how do you add symbols to your Facebook posts? You can either copy-and-paste from the examples above, or find them on your own computer. On a PC, go to Start > Run > Charmap to launch 'Character Map'. On a Mac, use 'Font Book' from the applications folder. (You may have to use Edit > Special Characters) You'll find that each font has additional characters that you don't normally see. Select the symbol you want, copy it, then paste in your post. And notice the 'keystroke' label in Charmap. If you do a lot of DTP, or like your emails to be grammatically perfect, it helps to learn a few of the more common special characters by their code alone. For instance, the 'E Acute' symbol (as used in café) has the value ALT + 130 - just hold down the ALT key and type in the numbers 130 on the right hand numeric section of your keyboard. And - especially useful if you are writing an email in an overseas cybercafé - the '£' symbol is ALT + 0163. If you want to go further, there are special fonts like Dingbats and Wingdings are composed entirely of shapes and symbols. And for the truly geeky - learn how to do hexadecimal conversions and unleash the power of Unicode on-the-fly! See this useful answer for a deeper explanation, or these Wikihow or Webmonkey pages for a list of codes.

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Annual Survey Action: #1 Site Errors « UPSU Marketing — Mon, 31 May 2010 10:02:39 +0000

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