Author Archives: Kathy Bragg

Optional Directions

I’ve just been sent a copy of the contact list for our major client. Listed within are instructions as to how to navigate the automated switchboard to reach various people. As some of you may know, I’m in the throes of redesigning the software our company uses to manage its contracts/contacts/operations and stuff. What didn’t [...]

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skills for the modern world

Human beings have always sought to make sense of their environment by labelling things (even if it was just different shades of “ugg” for a while). The modern (don’t make me say Web 2.0) web projects are popular, mainly because they give us a chance to label things for ourselves. Everyone’s understanding is different, and [...]

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leaning towards learning

As a precocious (their words, not mine) 10/11 year old, I used to be given the books of my peers to check spelling tests, and was assigned as mentor to a couple of the less able members of my class. I wonder how Daniel is getting on these days.. I also have some memories of [...]

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Entering NULL into table using Enterprise Manager

For those occasions when you are manually editing data and need to replace what you are removing with a NULL. The keystroke is control-0 The number of times I’ve googled for that, as I can never remember it..

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