Miles Associates LLC » Advanced http://www.miles-assoc.com Jim Miles - Information Technology & IT Security Consultant Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:08:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Your Complete Guide to Facebook Timeline http://www.miles-assoc.com/2012/your-complete-guide-to-facebook-timeline/ http://www.miles-assoc.com/2012/your-complete-guide-to-facebook-timeline/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:08:16 +0000 jmiles http://www.miles-assoc.com/?p=551 Facebook has been rolling out Timeline slowly since December, after first introducing it at its F8 developer conference in September. The project is one of Facebooks most ambitious and significant redesigns to date, as it seeks to become your digital … Continue reading →
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]]> http://www.miles-assoc.com/2012/your-complete-guide-to-facebook-timeline/feed/ 0 Reduce Friction, Increase Happiness http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/reduce-friction-increase-happiness/ http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/reduce-friction-increase-happiness/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:36:13 +0000 jmiles http://www.miles-assoc.com/?p=529 Brenden Mulligan, entrepreneur: There has been a reoccurring theme on my mind recently… It revolves around the goal of reducing friction. Reduced friction in a product leads to less user frustration, high conversion, and overall user happiness. I’d like to … Continue reading →
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]]> http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/reduce-friction-increase-happiness/feed/ 0 Faster than light? http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/faster-than-light/ http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/faster-than-light/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 13:38:15 +0000 jmiles http://www.miles-assoc.com/?p=516 A meeting at Cern, the world’s largest physics lab, has addressed results that suggest subatomic particles have gone faster than the speed of light. The team has published its work so other scientists can determine if the approach contains any … Continue reading →
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]]> http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/google-vs-bing-the-fallacy-of-the-superior-search-engine/feed/ 1 Keyboard Shortcuts: The Ribbon, Microsoft Word and IE http://www.miles-assoc.com/2010/keyboard-shortcuts-the-ribbon-microsoft-word-and-ie/ http://www.miles-assoc.com/2010/keyboard-shortcuts-the-ribbon-microsoft-word-and-ie/#comments Thu, 16 Dec 2010 19:58:06 +0000 jmiles http://www.miles-assoc.com/?p=428 Here are some lesser-known keyboard shortcuts in Office and Internet Explorer to free you from all that mousing and clicking. via Keyboard Shortcuts: The Ribbon, Microsoft Word and IE | CIO. Related posts: Microsoft Security Advisory: Vuln in MS Word … Continue reading →
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]]> http://www.miles-assoc.com/2009/microsoft-is-fighting-back/feed/ 0 Life after Google – alternative search engines – Forbes http://www.miles-assoc.com/2009/life-after-google-alternative-search-engines-forbes/ http://www.miles-assoc.com/2009/life-after-google-alternative-search-engines-forbes/#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:57:55 +0000 jmiles http://www.miles-assoc.com/2009/life-after-google-alternative-search-engines-forbes/ An interesting compilation of new types of searches… Forbes.com – Magazine Article There is life after Google–though the increasing number of search alternatives popping up around the U.S. are careful not to take the search giant head-on. With three-quarters of … Continue reading →
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