Manon, Alice and Eliza climbing in the recently-trimmed hedges in Jesus Green.
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XHTML/web instead of PowerPoint[r]
Aug 7, ’05
6:52 PM
S5: A Simple Standards-Based Slide Show System
This is great and much better than the ‘save as HTML’ option in PowerPoint[r].
It’s a bit too difficult to simply replace the ease and ubiquty of *.ppt but I could see this being added to applications that export to ppt (eg the mindmapping software NovaMind for the Mac has great export to text, ppt and Keynote: I’m sure that these applications could manage the CSS and bits of javascript that’d just be too tricky for the rest of us – especially while cranking the ppt handle in the run-up to a presentation…
Ready-reckoner for setting your price as a freelancer..
Aug 7, ’05
1:25 PM
Pricing is guesswork – but here’s a ready-reckoner… 
Having been self-employed some years ago, and now working on ‘new business’ activities, one of the hardest aspects of new products or service is the pricing level. A “cost plus” approach isn’t ideal when either the cost is simply your time or when there’s an absolute limit to your earning due to a scarce resource (hours in the day).
Most people initially try and cover the mortgage (ie mortgage x2 /working days available), but the problem arises from success: if you’re fortunate enough to be fully billable then you’ll only ever make 2xmortage!
Anil’s suggestion is an enlightening one:
Anil Dash: Pay By The Hour
If you think this is just for laughs, consider the impact on an existing client when you suggest doubling your rate