http://www.lenashore.com Business Tips, Tutorials, and other handy stuff Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:17:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.lenashore.com/2010/03/what-is-the-difference-between-outlook-and-outlook-express/ http://www.lenashore.com/2010/03/what-is-the-difference-between-outlook-and-outlook-express/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:14:23 +0000 Lena http://www.lenashore.com/?p=1666
Question I’m currently using Outlook and not Outlook express.  What are the differences between the two and do you think I should switch to Outlook Express? Answer Outlook Express is the free version of Outlook. Outlook Express probably came on your computer. Outlook comes with Microsoft Office. Outlook Express supports SMTP, POP3, and IMAP and allows you to get [...]]]> http://www.lenashore.com/2010/03/what-is-the-difference-between-outlook-and-outlook-express/feed/ 0 http://www.lenashore.com/2010/03/design-contests-the-ugly-truth/ http://www.lenashore.com/2010/03/design-contests-the-ugly-truth/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:30:07 +0000 Lena http://www.lenashore.com/?p=1581
Will Work for Cash Let’s say you have a successful company and want to do a little updating. You’ve decided that old logo is looking dated, and head to a design agency you know and trust for something new. They quote you $1,000 for a design, tell you that they’ll be researching your business and market [...]]]> http://www.lenashore.com/2010/03/design-contests-the-ugly-truth/feed/ 0 http://www.lenashore.com/2010/03/qr-codes-what-are-they-and-how-can-i-use-them/ http://www.lenashore.com/2010/03/qr-codes-what-are-they-and-how-can-i-use-them/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:39:35 +0000 Lena http://www.lenashore.com/?p=1567 What are they? QR Codes (Quick Read Codes) are two-dimensional bar codes that hold information. They are built in such a way to be easily and quickly read by a scanner. It was the brain child of the Japanese corporation, Denso-Wave. They are very common in Japan and are the most common type of two-dimensional code [...]]]> http://www.lenashore.com/2010/03/qr-codes-what-are-they-and-how-can-i-use-them/feed/ 0 http://www.lenashore.com/2010/02/loupe-a-color-picker-for-your-iphone/ http://www.lenashore.com/2010/02/loupe-a-color-picker-for-your-iphone/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:43:43 +0000 Lena http://www.lenashore.com/?p=1561
Have you ever been out and about and seen a color or color combination you really loved? Did you think it would be great for your bedroom or design project? You can easily capture colors with this neat little program I happened upon today called “Loupe”. You can find it at http://loupeapp.com. And, bonus, it’s on [...]]]> http://www.lenashore.com/2010/02/loupe-a-color-picker-for-your-iphone/feed/ 0 http://www.lenashore.com/2010/02/wordpress-basic-styling-and-formatting-tutorial/ http://www.lenashore.com/2010/02/wordpress-basic-styling-and-formatting-tutorial/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:34:48 +0000 Lena http://www.lenashore.com/?p=1569
This is a tutorial that will explain how to do some basic styling and formatting with Wordpress. ]]> http://www.lenashore.com/2010/02/wordpress-basic-styling-and-formatting-tutorial/feed/ 0 http://www.lenashore.com/2010/02/what-are-iphone-safari-databases/ http://www.lenashore.com/2010/02/what-are-iphone-safari-databases/#comments Sun, 14 Feb 2010 17:48:13 +0000 Lena http://www.lenashore.com/?p=1534
Question Recently, I was poking around under my Safari Settings (Settings –> Safari) on my iPhone and came across an entry for databases. What are these? Answer iPhone Safari supports HTML 5’s client-side storage structure just as your desktop version of Safari (Safari –> Preferences –> Security –> Show Databases). It is useful for developing off-line capabilities for [...]]]> http://www.lenashore.com/2010/02/what-are-iphone-safari-databases/feed/ 0 http://www.lenashore.com/2010/02/passwords-how-do-yours-stack-up/ http://www.lenashore.com/2010/02/passwords-how-do-yours-stack-up/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:07:32 +0000 Lena http://www.lenashore.com/?p=1494
How many passwords do you have? With so much business on the internet now from banking to social events, most of us have a lot of passwords. But, how good are your passwords? Are they secure? Or easy to guess? Or worse, do you have a single password for all of your accounts? Top 10 [...]]]> http://www.lenashore.com/2010/02/passwords-how-do-yours-stack-up/feed/ 2 http://www.lenashore.com/2010/01/faster-loading-pdfs-with-indesign/ http://www.lenashore.com/2010/01/faster-loading-pdfs-with-indesign/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:31:47 +0000 Lena http://www.lenashore.com/?p=1257
Question Is there a special way to save PDFs from Indesign so they load faster on the internet. My client has their pdf brochures online and it takes forever to load. Answer Yes there is! When you export your PDF from InDesign, make sure you choose the Adobe PDF Preset “Smallest File Size” and check the box “Optimize for Fast Web [...]]]> http://www.lenashore.com/2010/01/faster-loading-pdfs-with-indesign/feed/ 0 http://www.lenashore.com/2010/01/what-if-a-major-corporation-was-designing-the-stop-sign/ http://www.lenashore.com/2010/01/what-if-a-major-corporation-was-designing-the-stop-sign/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:25:21 +0000 Lena http://www.lenashore.com/?p=1248
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Question I have a website I’d like to open automatically every morning. Is there a way to do this on my Macintosh? Answer Yes! You can do this with iCal. Here’s how: First, open your browser and go to the web page you’d like to open automatically. Click and drag the favicon to the desktop… …and will create a Web [...]]]> http://www.lenashore.com/2010/01/open-a-web-page-automatically-with-ical/feed/ 0