Discussion Archive: August 2005

26 Aug 2005 - 10:13am
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Dan Saffer
2003

Font Choice (was Google Talk, continued)

On Aug 26, 2005, at 5:17 AM, Jason Keirstead wrote:

> Personally I find Arie much easier on the eyes vs. Vernada. From my
> experiece the difference between the various sans-serif fonts is
> mostly
> based on personal preference.

This isn't necessarily true. Even though I think it's an ugly, flawed
font, I've had to use Arial on occasion because the letters widths
are tighter than Verdana (a much much better font, esp. for screen
resolution), which makes it easier to fit words into dense tables
when presenting a lot of information.

25 Aug 2005 - 2:29pm
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7 years ago
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Chad Thornton
2005

Google Talk, continued

> The mail wasnt meant as an commercial advertisement, it was meant as
> news/ raw-material for creating food for thought.. Any inconvenience
> caused is regretted.

With the same disclaimer in mind, I'll pitch in. I'm the designer for
Google Talk. I always like it when you can actually pester the designer
about some of the decisions they made, so if anyone has any comments,
questions, or suggestions, fire away. Can't promise I'll answer
everything -- tons and tons to do on Talk -- but I'll do what I can.

- Chad

25 Aug 2005 - 10:41am
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Becubed
2004

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The duration and terms of this contract are negotiable, although we
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24 Aug 2005 - 2:51pm
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7 years ago
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Abhishek Thakkar
2004

People, I invite you to make up your own minds about the products you use

Hmm, Ok... I admit I should have added some thought on GTalk on it,
we're behind an Institute firewall and it wasnt connecting at times
so couldnt form an informed opinion on it . yet the mail was to
initiate a download of an alternate way of doing something which most
of us do daily, so all the people are on the same plan and can
Discuss. I am a silent reader of the list most of the time and "feed"
on what people have to say.

24 Aug 2005 - 8:39am
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Dave Malouf
2005

IxDG @ IDSA in DC this Friday evening at 7p (please RSVP)

Hello everyone,

If you are the IDSA conference OR just happen to live in the greater DC area
and are interested in meeting together for dinner on Friday the 26th (this
Friday) @ 7P. Please let me know. (please RSVP again if you already let me
know once, so I can tell the restaurant an accurate tally.

Myself and Robert Reimann (both current steering committee members of IxDG)
are speaking at IDSA on Saturday and thought that it would be fun to use our
travel opportunity to meet fellow IxDGers.

I look forward to getting people's RSVPs.

Just so people know we will be going to Mama Ayesha's.

24 Aug 2005 - 1:57am
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Abhishek Thakkar
2004

People, I invite you to try Google Talk.

Tired of the Yahoo MSN messenger upgrade wars ... try the latest deal
from our beloved Google..

23 Aug 2005 - 5:55pm
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David Texidor
2004

FW: CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: Presenters wanted for the2005AWF conference

I just wrote:
> Although the conference time is listed in this email, does anyone >
else find it amusing that the actual dates do not appear anywhere > on
http://www.aboutwithandfor.com ??
>
> Hmmm....

Wait! I was wrong. The conference date is mentioned once...on the
homepage...in the lower left corner of the screen.

23 Aug 2005 - 5:45pm
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Challis Hodge
2003

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23 Aug 2005 - 5:42pm
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David Texidor
2004

FW: CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: Presenters wanted for the 2005AWF conference

>From David Heller's first email to the list:
> The conference will be held at Navy Pier, Chicago, on October 28-29.

Although the conference time is listed in this email, does anyone else
find it amusing that the actual dates do not appear anywhere on
http://www.aboutwithandfor.com ??

Hmmm....

23 Aug 2005 - 5:21pm
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Dave Malouf
2005

FW: CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: Presenters wanted for the 2005 AWF conference

I'm forwarding this along ... I think that there are a few people from this
list who went last year and can speak to the conference if they so wish.
I've heard wonderful things about it in the past.

-- dave

WORK | PLAY

Does work have to be work? People work. People play. Are they independent
aspects of life or can play facilitate work? The 2005 AWF conference is
looking for people who would like to give a presentation or lead a workshop
centered on this year's theme: work & play.