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I came across this post, regarding SaaS (Software as a Service) and enjoyed the reading and the explanation of benefits. Question is, what does the writer recommend?

I like this model, for small and large organizations, allowing shared work and cutting costs, especially now, when economy is hurting and organizations are cutting back.

But when it comes to networks, why would an organization outsource its most personal information to external services?

Learning, reading and researching now, hopefully will come out with some good examples for SaaS use.

* This document was originally created as a cheat sheet/handout for a PowerPoint Office XP workshop. Some ideas are relevant to all versions.

• When you create a presentation, be sure to use the Task Pane: (View -> Task Pane).
• Create an Outline for your presentation. Think about what you’re trying to communicate and have a strong structure:
  • Opening slide
  • Overview
  • Content
  • Closure
• Choose a template
• From the Task Pane, click the little arrow.
  • Choose Slide Design
  • Pick a template
• Add slides by clicking Ctrl+M
• Add title, text and images for each slide
  • Remember — slides should not be too crowded:
    • 5X5 rule – 5 words a sentence, 5 sentences a slide.
  • Use scanned images or clip art.
• Go over your presentation.Does it support your verbal presentation?
  • Does it keep your original structure?
  • Are the images relevant to the slides?
  • Are the colors clear and easy to read?
• Add Animation to your slides, but remember:
  • The animation is there to help YOU control the rhythm of the presentation. Your content matters, do not let it take over.
  • Less is more. Flashy animation distracts the audience.
• To add animation, choose the Custom Animation menu from the Task Pane arrow. Pick an object and apply an animation for it.
• When you are done, go over the presentation.
  • Rehearse – does it fill your whole presentation time? Is it too long? Too short?
  • Print an outline (File -> Print -> Outline) and keep it to help you track your presentation.
• Print an outline by clicking on File -> Print and choose “Outline View”.
• Print handouts by choosing Handouts. Pick 3 slides per page in order to have notes space next to each slide.

It’s a Friday afternoon, office is stuffy and my right hand is bothering me. Doc says it’s “like tennis elbow, yes?”, and that without proper rest all we can try is anti-inflammatory non-steroid medication. It’s been 4 days since I started taking the medication and there’s no improvement. So it goes.

For tomorrow I have to finish reading 2 chapters of “Nemesis” by Chalmers Johnson. I also must read through acts 3, 4 and 5 of “Titus Andronicus” and summarize approximately 5 articles that deal with US foreign policy. preferably ones discussing US military presence in foreign countries. I should have done that in the course of the past 4 weeks but was low on motivation and discouraged by the lack of interest i have in these topics. Tomorrow we will also view a few more scenes from the movie “Titus” that appalled me last week. So it goes.

I’ve been researching blogs and implementation of multi user blogging systems, testing it in one of my domains, registrations are now open in: www.write22.net/MU

Target audience is aspiring writers (ones who can spell better than I do), but all are welcome.

So it went, and is going a whole lot better.

This weekend I’ll be driving down to San Diego, to a children’s books fair of some sort.