How to take a graph from Excel and save it as a jpg
You'd think this would be easy to do, but it's not... If you want to take a graph from an Excel spreadsheet, and then save it as an image, here's a few easy steps to make it work on most PCs: Microsoft doesn't make it very easy to take a graph from Excel and then save it into a graphic. Here's one way to do this, however, using the Paint program, that comes with all PCs... 1. In Excel, view the graph at 100%. Press ALT-PRTSC (Alt-Print Screen) 2. Open up an image editing program. Photoshop is probably the best, but Paint also works, and comes with all PCs. 3. In Paint, open a new window (File --> New) 4. Paste in the image with Ctrl-V (Paste) 5. Use the rectangular select tool to select the area of the graph you want to have saved as an image. 6. Right click and select "Cut" 7. Open a new file, and press paste (Ctrl-V) 8. Go to File --> Save As --> save as type jpg I'm sure there are other ways, too...
posted by Jeff Finkelstein @ 11:35 AM
Google Voice is a joke...
I received an invitation to sign up for Google Voice. Great concept - one phone number that can ring all of your numbers, have integrated voicemail that will transcribe it into text. The big problem? The phone number I selected doesn't work. Each time I try to call it, I get a message that says, "We're sorry. Your call cannot be completed at this time. Please hang up and try your call again later." When it comes to reliability, this service has a long, long way to go. I tried sending feedback, but unfortunately there is nobody to talk to and my question has gone unanswered for more than 24 hours. I'm sure they'll get it together soon. But for now, Google Voice is a pass. I also just tried to create a new calendar in Google's Calendar system. After typing in all of the information, I got a message: "Oops, we couldn't save changes, please try again in a few minutes." (UPDATE / Note: I later closed my browser, and restarted it, and the errors for Google Calendar seemed to go away).What is up with Google today?
posted by Jeff Finkelstein @ 11:47 AM
One Earth Future Site Launches
We're thrilled to have launched a new website for One Earth Future, and be part of the solution for world peace... Here's more information on them: The One Earth Future (OEF) foundation’s vision is to achieve a world beyond war within one hundred years, by creating and implementing more effective systems of global governance. The current system of global governance, with only nation-states as legitimate actors in international relations, clearly no longer works effectively. OEF intends to create new architectures of global governance that include business societies and civil societies in addition to nation states in the decision-making process. OEF believes that these inclusive structures will be more effective and efficient at solving global problems. more OEF intends to focus particularly on bringing business to the global governance table. In order to bring in business as partners, OEF will show, through active multi-stakeholder projects and case studies, how business societies benefit from reliable and effective governance architectures. OEF will then encourage them to use a portion of that benefit to support the creation of such systems, resulting in systems that are not only inclusive, effective, and efficient, but also replicable and self-sustaining. more Visit the One Earth Future site -- click here >>
posted by Jeff Finkelstein @ 8:48 AM
Web 3.0 Semantic Web - RDF Conversations Going Back and Forth
One of the things I try to become involved in is looking forward to the future of what's next on the Web and what we need to start laying the foundation for 3-4 years from now in the future. I'm involved in conversations on RDF (Resource Description Framework) language that essentially is a family of World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) specifications designed as a metadata model using XML but has evolved to be used as a general method of modeling knowledge, through a variety of syntax formats. Here's the article thread for those interested in joining in... http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/semantic-web/2009Jun/0222.htmlThanks, -- Jeff
posted by Jeff Finkelstein @ 2:26 PM
New Combined Calendar for Boulder Jewish Events in Boulder, Colorado
We recently took the calendars from five different Jewish organizations here in Boulder, Colorado, and created a combined calendar, so Jewish people in Boulder, CO can view all of the events from the different congregations. Not everyone is on it yet, but it's a fun way to keep everyone on the same page. Check out the combined Jewish Events Calendar in Boulder, CO: http://www.adventurerabbi.org/boulder/
posted by Jeff Finkelstein @ 9:48 AM
ComScore: Bing is Still Going Strong
 Right after Microsoft launched Bing, we already saw some indications that users were quickly warming up to this new search engine. Just a few days after its launch, Bing had already passed Yahoo as the #2 search engine in the U.S. according to StatCounter. On StatCounter, Bing is now back in the #3 position, though with almost double the market share that Microsoft's Live Search ever had. According to the latest data from comScore, however, Bing's daily 'searcher penetration' has slowly moved up in the last three weeks since the launch and is now at 16.7%.
In addition, comScore found that Bing's share of search results pages in the U.S., which it sees as a proxy for overall search intensity, climbed to 12.1%, up from 9.1% from where Live Search was just before Bing launched. When Bing moved up quickly in the rankings just after launch, we wondered if this was due to a lot of interest in the launch, but it looks like Bing can stand on its own and that Microsoft is doing a good job at retaining new users. Of course, Microsoft's multi-million dollar advertising campaign is surely helping here as well, but the general quality of the search results on Bing is quite impressive. In most cases, it rivals what users can find on Google.
posted by Jeff Finkelstein @ 3:59 PM
New Multilingual Site Launches
We've just launched a new multi-lingual site for our client, CTI Inks ( http://www.ctiinks.com/). The site is in both English and Spanish... with a Mandarin version coming soon... This is using our PageDirector content management system to keep everything organized.
posted by Jeff Finkelstein @ 2:50 PM
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