John Ziebro

Print and web designer extraordinaire

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Displaying Availability Online (Part 1)

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

Have you ever had the need to post your availability online without a complex calendar system? Need it to updated daily, but don’t want to move a finger to do it? Well if you are using a recent version of OS X, then you are in luck. iCal & Automator makes this task a snap. […]

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Project Management with Active Collab

Thursday, December 7th, 2006

I just installed ActiveCollab for use with freelance graphic and web design work. It is a great project management tool. For those of you who are familiar with Basecamp by 37Signals, ActiveCollab is an open source version that can be run on your own server. The installation was simple, but it does require PHP5 and […]

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Linotype FontExplorer X

Thursday, October 5th, 2006

I happened across a reference to Linotype’s FontExplorer X in a forum today so I decided to check it out. The initial draw was that it is free. A free font management tool? Can it really compete with the likes of Extensis Suitcase? Well my short answer is yes.
The user interface is very much […]

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