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	<title>Blackstone Blog &#187; Ralph Severson</title>
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		<title>Utility for Converting VB.NET to C#</title>
		<link>http://www.blackstonemedia.net/blog/index.php/2009/12/29/utility-for-converting-vb-net-to-c/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:57:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph Severson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Simply paste in your VB.NET code below, and this free utility will automatically convert it to its equivalent in C#. http://www.developerfusion.com/tools/convert/vb-to-csharp/
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		<title>Short Tips on Optimization</title>
		<link>http://www.blackstonemedia.net/blog/index.php/2009/08/03/short_tips_on_optimization/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:23:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph Severson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Optimizing Web Graphics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkDxpegFeEw

Optimizing the order of scripts and styles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWF7ZzPyagE
Optional HTML tags.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSJxhm26lH4
Improving website performance with Page Speed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-9pCfyYPdQ
This one is good.
Should I include my logo using ‘alt’ or CSS?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-9pCfyYPdQ
Are CSS-based layouts better than tables for SEO?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL_GZwoC2uQ
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		<title>Text Tricks: Drop Caps</title>
		<link>http://www.blackstonemedia.net/blog/index.php/2009/05/22/text-tricks-drop-caps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 12:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph Severson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[drop caps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fonts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Kaki Drop Cap; This is a drop cap with a khaki background, white text, and a dark khaki border. I&#8217;ve added some lipsum text to illustrate how text wraps. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nam luctus eleifend sapien sit amet congue. Vestibulum lobortis dui auctor odio congue in mollis ante eleifend. Donec [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pagination</title>
		<link>http://www.blackstonemedia.net/blog/index.php/2009/05/21/pagination/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 12:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph Severson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[navigation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pagination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[usability]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I came across this last night and really liked how it functioned.


More navigation options become available to the visitor once the “…” button is clicked.
Chris, think this is something you can figure out?   
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		<title>Sign-up Forms</title>
		<link>http://www.blackstonemedia.net/blog/index.php/2009/05/20/sign-up-forms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 12:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph Severson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tutorials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sign-up forms]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The sign-up form is potentially one of the biggest barriers between you and potential customers. The longer the form, the more effort your visitors will have to make before becoming members of your website or, perhaps, paying customers. To speed up the process you need to minimize the barriers. This means removing all optional elements [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lightboxes</title>
		<link>http://www.blackstonemedia.net/blog/index.php/2009/05/19/lightboxes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 12:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph Severson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[gallery]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I saw in a message that I was copied on where a client asked what a lightbox was. Put simply, some applications include a lot of images that users may want to browse. Displaying every image on its own page may not be the most efficient way to do it — both for your visitors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Web Aplications with Keyboard Shortcuts</title>
		<link>http://www.blackstonemedia.net/blog/index.php/2009/05/18/web-aplications-with-keyboard-shortcuts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 11:22:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph Severson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tutorials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[navigation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shortcut keys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[user interface]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I discovered this on the site Boston.com and thought, &#8220;Wow, talk about offering users more responsive and interactive user interfaces, this is sure one cool technique.&#8221; Just as with classic applications, this little feature of integration of keyboard shortcuts for navigation can significantly improve the work flow for users and make it easier for them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fitts&#8217; Law</title>
		<link>http://www.blackstonemedia.net/blog/index.php/2009/05/15/fitts-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 10:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph Severson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tutorials]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I found this little tid-bit interesting. Published by Paul Fitts in 1954, Fitts’ law is a model of human movement which predicts the time required to rapidly move to a target area, as a function of the distance to the target and the size of the target. This law can be applied to the movement [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can Visitors Search Your Site?</title>
		<link>http://www.blackstonemedia.net/blog/index.php/2009/05/14/can-visitors-search-your-site/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 12:12:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph Severson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tutorials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[search]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A lot of people start looking for a search box as soon as they land on your website. Perhaps they know exactly what they are looking for and don&#8217;t want to spend time navigating around. These people are search-dominant users. Useit.com conducted a study:
Our usability studies show that more than half of all users are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Did you know… There are installed code samples within Visual Studio?</title>
		<link>http://www.blackstonemedia.net/blog/index.php/2009/05/13/did-you-know%e2%80%a6-there-are-installed-code-samples-within-visual-studio/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 12:56:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph Severson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tutorials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[.NET]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASP.NET]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This tip is specific for Visual Studio 2008.
You can easily find the samples that have been installed for Visual Studio by going to Help-Samples. Then in the browser, click on the local Samples folder link.


As the message box states, the samples are in a .zip file, so you’ll need to extract these files before you [...]]]></description>
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