I did not intend my post about docx conversions to really be a sarcastic discussion on the virtuous Microsoft corporation, rather I was just pointing out a trick I learned when I needed some quick off-hours help. A very positive comment was about the value of ZamZar in doing the conversion I needed. [...]

I have a client who sent me a .docx file the other night for a project that had a next day delivery deadline. I’m not a Microsoft Office user, I stick with OpenOffice. The file I needed only had an image in it that I needed to complete the project. Don’t ask why he [...]

It is surely fun having a large group of worker bees to do my mundane tasks for me.  At least that is what I am discovering since I started using Amazon’s Mechanical Turk.  I won’t bore you with the meaning behind turks, mturks, etc, as they are covered admirably by Andrew Wee and 45n5.  The [...]