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| Why Do We Celebrate Columbus Day? |
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| Scott Manning | October 11, 2008 |
| In order to understand why we celebrate Columbus Day, we must look at the extraordinary life of Europe's greatest navigator.... |
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| Why Bill Parcells Retired from Dallas |
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| Scott Manning | January 22, 2007 |
| Bill Parcells retired from the Dallas Cowboys today. Everyone has their reasons as to why he threw in the towel, but Scott boils it down to the basics that would drive any... |
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| Peace in the Middle East: The Impossible Dream |
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| Bob Hart | July 20, 2006 |
| Just as pondering the vast infinity of the universe can send one mad, so too can pondering the seemingly impossible dream of resolving the conflicts that have plagued the Middle East for... |
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| The Real Best Movies of 2005 |
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| Scott Manning | March 6, 2006 |
| While the Academy Awards nominated a bunch of socially concious films focusing on gays, racists, and rewriting history, Scott picks out the truly best films of the year.... |
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| The Inmates are Running the Asylum |
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| Scott Manning | July 30, 2005 |
| When software projects go bad, it does feel like the inmates are in control. Alan Cooper answers the reasons why and offers a new hope to creating successful applications.... |
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| Interview: Sandy Collora |
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| Scott Manning | December 6, 2003 |
| Sandy Collora has been in the movie industry for decades. This past summer he set a new standard for independent films with his short movie, Batman: Dead End. We had the privilege... |
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| Luke Skywalker the Whiny Farmboy |
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| Scott Manning | October 8, 2003 |
| Let's face it, people: Luke Skywalker is the dumbest character in the original Star Wars Trilogy. While we're waiting on the DVDs to be released, the fans can start a movement to... |
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| 5 Client Tips Revisited |
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| Scott Manning | August 15, 2003 |
| For the past year, I have written about five tips in dealing with clients. These tips were created through a combination of experience, discussions with other professionals, and discussions with a few... |
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| RIAA and MPAA Form SWASTIKA |
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| Maurice Reeves | July 30, 2003 |
| Today in Hollywood, the RIAA and the MPAA announced the formation of a Joint Task Force to fight the scourge of piracy. The "Special Weapons Against Sharing Technologies, Installations, Knowledge, and Applications",... |
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| Where Does My CD Money Go? |
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| Maurice Reeves | July 2, 2003 |
| The RIAA Expense Report is in and Maurice Reeves has the inside of scoop of where our 16 to 19 bucks a CD actually goes.... |
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| RIP: Joe Pealstrom |
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| Scott Manning | May 30, 2003 |
| I found out on Wednesday that two of my friends from High School were in a serious car accident somewhere near Yuma, AZ. Although in critical condition, the doctors say Bobby is... |
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| 100% Pure Flash - What Can Flash Achieve Alone? |
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| Scott Manning | April 29, 2003 |
| What can Flash achieve on its own? And what tasks does it require ancillary technologies to accomplish? Scott reveals all in this tour of Flash's capabilities.... |
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| The Upside-Down Industry |
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| Maurice Reeves | April 28, 2003 |
| There is a disease eating away at the IT Industry, and has for many years now. It has only gotten fatter because of the dot-com boom. It affects every project, and every... |
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| Client Tip #5: Assign a Single Point of Contact |
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| Scott Manning | April 7, 2003 |
| One of the many factors that can quickly turn a job into the project from hell is by having different people give direction on the same subject. I've been involved in several... |
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| Carbon copying fiends |
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| Scott Manning | March 8, 2003 |
| It could be your co-worker, a friend, or even a family member, but you know at least one person who feels the need to CC people in every email they send. Sometimes... |
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| Professional PHP4 Multimedia Programming |
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| Scott Manning | January 20, 2003 |
| One of the many bonuses of using PHP is that it's open source. There are plenty of developers who have found new and creative ways to extend PHP past its previous 'limitations'.... |
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| Damn Flash Pop-ups |
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| Scott Manning | December 16, 2002 |
| I've tried to give the wife the best computer experience possible with my budget. No matter how hard I try, some crazy problem always comes up that I didn't anticipate. I'll do... |
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| Flash: The Future |
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| Scott Manning | December 2, 2002 |
| Jon Warren Lentz, the lead co-author of Flash 5 Bible, has teamed up with several other authors to bring us Flash: The Future - an extensive book on developing Flash for every... |
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| 21 Dog Years : Doing Time @ Amazon.com |
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| Scott Manning | November 28, 2002 |
| Mike Daisey has a unique story to tell. Having joined the ranks of Amazon in the height of the dotcom boom, he spent two years working in three different departments just trying... |
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| Client Tip #4: Stay in touch |
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| Scott Manning | October 29, 2002 |
| One of the biggest misconceptions held by freelancers and work-at-home businesses is that they're going to get one really big job that will set them for life. All other jobs are merely... |
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| Client Tip #3: Save ALL correspondence |
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| Scott Manning | September 16, 2002 |
| It is absolutely imperative to save all emails and keep notes of any other forms of communications between you and your clients. You never know when something will come up that was... |
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| Client Tip #2: Always get a down payment |
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| Scott Manning | September 2, 2002 |
| There are plenty of horror stories out there of freelancers doing weeks - even months - worth of work and never getting paid a cent. The client either ran off with the... |
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| Client Tip #1: Always have a contract |
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| Scott Manning | August 26, 2002 |
| A contract is the most important part any project. The contract not only protects a freelancer and a client legally, but it also clearly defines deadlines and payments.... |
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| Homepage Usability |
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| Scott Manning | August 25, 2002 |
| In the follow-up to his successful book Designing Web Usability, Jakob Nielsen teams up with Marie Tahir to bring us Homepage Usability.... |
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| 1984 |
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| Scott Manning | July 28, 2002 |
| I was a little hesitant to read or even review this book because it is considered a 'classic'. It's always hard to read an older book that is revered by so many... |
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| Interview: Wildform's Jonathan Blank |
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| Scott Manning | June 26, 2002 |
| Scottmanning.com was able to talk to Jonathan Blank, the CEO of Wildform, about Flix's position in the Flash video market, competition with Sorenson's Squeeze for Flash MX, and what's in the future... |
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| Things to think about after seeing Minority Report |
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| Scott Manning | June 24, 2002 |
| After seeing Minority Report, I had a lot of thoughts that ran through my mind. Many of the topics covered in Minority Report are in high debate and discussion right now.... |
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| Interview: Sorenson's Ammen Harper |
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| Scott Manning | June 24, 2002 |
| Scottmanning.com was able to talk to Ammen Harper, a product director for Sorenson, about Squeeze's acceptance in the Flash community, competition with Wildform's Flix, and what's in the future for Squeeze.... |
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| WWF is fake? So is Lord of the Rings. |
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| Scott Manning | March 7, 2002 |
| Ever notice how people feel the need to point out that wrestling is fake? You may be one of them. Anytime I have had someone over to watch WWF, they have to... |
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| Why we all need to see Rambo III one more time |
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| Scott Manning | January 20, 2002 |
| This trilogy starring Sylvester Stallone features a one-man army taking on anyone and anything in any part of the world. The one thing that sets Rambo III apart from the other Rambo's... |
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| Patton on Leadership |
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| Scott Manning | January 20, 2002 |
| Being a Patton fan, I was really disappointed when I finally read this, mainly due to the whole set up of the book.... |
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| Iacocca: An Autobiography |
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| Scott Manning | January 19, 2002 |
| Iacocca became the owner of his x-boss's failing competitor, pulled it out of bankruptcy in less than three years, made it the leading seller in the industry, and then threatened to buy... |
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| Designing Web Usability |
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| Scott Manning | January 16, 2002 |
| A website is only great to the point that people are able to use it. This book starts from the very beginnings of laying out a plan for a website and gives... |
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| Idiot's Guide to Starting a Home Business |
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| Scott Manning | January 11, 2002 |
| The first thing I think when I see those "Idiot's guides" is "Why am I going to buy a book that insults me right off the bat?" Well, as insulting as the... |
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| How much does a website cost? |
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| Scott Manning | January 5, 2002 |
| If you've been in the web developing business for a decent amount of time, then you know this scenario all too well: You're sitting there talking with a friend or a potential... |
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| Potential Client Scams |
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| Scott Manning | October 30, 2001 |
| When dealing with people in business - especially over the Internet - you have to watch out for those who are trying to scam you. As an independent developer, I have had... |
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| A Cry for Email Standards |
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| Scott Manning | September 20, 2001 |
| Email is one of those things that, until recently, people didn't know they needed. Although email is seen as a communication time saver, in other ways it is a time eater.... |
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