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OrganizationsTax Tips for Tech Comm ContractorsFor those of you who have decided to venture out on your own: congratulations. Now that the celebrations are over, it’s back to reality. Although you have crawled out from under the thumb of a boss, you’ve also given up that comfortable bi-weekly paycheck to become an independent contractor. Having taken this big step a few years ago, I offer a few words of advice on how to keep the clutches of the tax man from grabbing too much of your earnings. I’ll give it to you straight: no weasel words here. Betler, Scott
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Retrieving Data on a SQL Anywhere Server Using AJAXThe article shows how an AJAX call can be made to a resource on the SQL Anywhere Server using stored procedures and web services. Krishnswamy, Jayaram
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Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Anywhere 11 IntegrationDescribes how Panorma (now SQL Anywhere 11) is installed as well as the integration features with .NET Framework. Krishnaswamy, Jayaram
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Tax Tips for Tech Comm ContractorsFor those of you who have decided to venture out on your own: congratulations. Now that the celebrations are over, it’s back to reality. Although you have crawled out from under the thumb of a boss, you’ve also given up that comfortable bi-weekly paycheck to become an independent contractor. Having taken this big step a few years ago, I offer a few words of advice on how to keep the clutches of the tax man from grabbing too much of your earnings. I’ll give it to you straight: no weasel words here. Betler, Scott
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Tooling Around: Favorite Web SitesHere are a few of my favorite Web sites (a baker’s dozen). What are some of your favorites? McConnell, Gloria
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The Economics of MembershipMembers often ask what advantages they receive for their membership dollars. The answer is so obvious we sometimes fail to see it. With apologies to the kind souls at MasterCard, a few thoughts on the value of your STC membership. Hart, Geoffrey J.S.
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Basics for Communicating ClearlyLike the pronouns I, he, she, we, and they, the pronoun who is used as the subject of a verb. Shacklock, Linda
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Deduct Your STC DuesSince you pay taxes in the United States, keep in mind that STC dues are tax deductible. Please note, however, that dues must be deducted from the tax return filed for the year in which they were paid. In other words, dues paid in 2005 may be deducted only from 2005 tax returns. Therefore, if you paid your 2006 dues on or before December 31, 2005, these dues can be deducted only from your 2005 return.
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Herding Chickens: Innovative Techniques for Project ManagementHerding Chickens: Innovative Techniques for Project Management is a different take on managing people and projects. Although the authors do pay homage to The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), published by the Project Management Institute, you will not in any way confuse their ideas and tips with the approach you find in the PMBOK. Lockwood, Deb
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STC Alamo Job ResourcesThis is a list of jobs currently available in the San Antonio region, provided by the STC Alamo Chapter.
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Case Study: Discovering Plone Content Management System (Part 1)DISCOVER Magazine, one of the most widely read science mags in the US, had out grown its dated Web Content Management infrastructure for www.discovermagazine.com. Times were changing, multi-media was big and in general Web and CMS technology had moved forward significantly.
After analyzing current needs and taking stock of the Web CMS landscape DISCOVER ultimately selected the open source Plone platform. This is a two-part series where we look at the CMS features which convinced DISCOVER to chose Plone. Paley, Scott
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Technical CommunicationTechnical communication is the process of conveying usable information through writing or speech about a specific domain to an intended audience. Information is usable if the intended audience is able to perform an action or make a decision based on its contents. Technical communicators often work collaboratively to create products (deliverables) for various media, including paper, video, and the Internet. Deliverables include online help user manuals, technical manuals, specifications, process and procedure manuals, reference cards, training, business papers and reports.
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Constructing the Bicycle in IsometricThis bicycle drawing will be constructed over an orthographic primitive. The scale will be 1 to 1 and you will be able to work in all three axes using the primitive for placement.
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Drawing a C-47 SkytrainIn the following tutorials you will be learning how to use a series of points in space to create an illustration. The work will be based on creating a WWII aircraft, the C-47 Skytrain.
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Type HistoryEvery subject, from dentistry to dog handling has its own vocabulary — terms that are peculiar (unique) to it. Typography is no exception. Learning the lingua franca (lingo) of type will make typography that much more accessible; and that will, in turn, lead to greater understanding, and hopefully a greater appreciation for all things 'type.'
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Arial Versus Helvetica. How To Tell Them Apart. Is Arial Just a Poor Copy?Today we’re going to de-robe two popular typefaces, namely Arial and Helvetica — faces that are often confused, and often the subjects of mistaken identity.
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Fifteen Great Examples of Web Typography. Part 2What better way to start the year than with a little typographic inspiration. Last year I published 15 Excellent Examples of Web Typography, and owing to its popularity and people’s sateless appetite for lists, here are another 15.
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Fifteen Excellent Examples of Web Typography. Part 1I have spent the last month searching, stumbling, noting, bookmarking and analysing in a quest to find 15 Excellent examples of Web Typography. I’ve chosen them because they make excellent use of type. Some of the examples mimic the typography of print, while others actually leverage web technology, smart CSS and delicious HTML to make their pages not only aesthetically pleasing, but legible, user-friendly and easily navigable.
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Typoholism. An Addict's Taletypoholism. noun. A disorder characterized by the excessive consumption of and dependence on type, leading to physical and psychological harm and impaired social and vocational functioning. Also called typographical abuse, font dependence.
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Who Shot the Serif? Typograpy Termslearning just a little about the terminology will help you to have a greater appreciation for type; it will also help you to identify different typefaces and fonts — and that in turn will help you make better, more informed choices about the fonts you use. Oh, and lastly, you’ll learn what fish scales and serifs have in common.
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