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While you can create macros, make sure download these really useful Visio macros. The Macros include basic functionality most of which should have been included as default in Visio. The macros include: If you’d like to contribute some macros of your own that you think are really helpful, email Martijn and do so. Else, you…

Anyone who slaps a ‘this page is best viewed with Browser X’ label on a Web page appears to be yearning for the bad old days, before the Web, when you had very little chance of reading a document written on another computer, another word processor, or another network. Tim Berners Lee, Inventor of the…

This stuff is really cool. It’s got it all covered- rich diagrams, entity relationships, mind maps. Real awesome. Check out the Periodic Table of Visualization Methods.

Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the propensity to dream, the urge to make dreams come true and the tendency to miss lunch. Tim Berners Less, Inventor, The World Wide Web

The Semantic Web is not a separate Web but an extension of the current one, in which information is given well-defined meaning, better enabling computers and people to work in cooperation. Tim Berners Lee, Inventor, The World Wide Web

The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect. Tim Berners Lee, W3C Director & Inventor, The World Wide Web

Designers would know Exupery by the following quote below, if not through “The Little Prince” or “Wind, Sand and Stars”. Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them. Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince, 1943

Defining the upper limits of large-format photography, digital scanning and image processing, custom-built Gigapxl™ cameras capture images with unprecedented resolution. It would take a video wall of 10,000 television screens or 600 prints from a professional digital SLR camera to capture as much information as that contained in a single Gigapxl™ exposure. The Project’s near-term…

Catptcha is the small image you have to look at and type in when you’re leaving a comment at someone’s blog. This prevents bots from doing what we humans don’t want them to do- add spam. Captcha’s are a good solution for dealing with spam (accessibility is a consideration if you don’t have an audio…