Monthly Archives: November 2007

Tightrope Chat

Update: Chat has a better URL: http://chat.trms.com Tightrope has a litany of support options, and we just added a new one: live chat!  An the nice thing is, you don’t need to install any weird browser plugins to use it.  If you have quick questions, or just want to say hi, head on over and [...]
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My Holiday to Europe

Hallo/Hello!  I am currently visiting my sister in Maastricht, The Netherlands.  Our first trip out of Maastrict was to Paris, which was fantastic, wonderful, amazing. . . (enough adjectives?)!  Today I roamed Maastricht on my own and didn’t even put a dent in my “to see” list, so I am going to continue my Maastricht [...]
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Call for Beta Testers: Carousel 5.1

We’re wrapping up development on the newest version of Carousel (5.1), and we’re about ready to start a public beta test.  Jennifer has the full details on her blog, so head on over, check it out, and let us know if you’re interested.
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Calling all Carousel Beta Testers

We are excited to announce that our development team is just wrapping up Carousel 5.1!  We will be moving into Beta soon, therefore, we are looking for some vanguard users that are geared up to take the maiden voyage through 5.1.  Carousel 5.1 Features Enhanced housekeeping features allow you to delete bulletins in bulk by [...]
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Who is Jennifer?

As the newest member of the development team, I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself.  My name is Jennifer McCleary and I entered into the Tightrope family in February of 2007.  Prior to working at Tightrope I lived in Stowe,Vermont for five years.  In Stowe, I tested software for a company that [...]
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unrendered

I recently dug up an old "movie" I made in high school with some friends. It was the final project for a film studies class in which we spent most of our time goofing around, until it became apparent that yes, the final project was in fact required, so we had better get started.  Back [...]
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TRMS Desktop Wallpaper

More TRMS wallpaper to come… Sizes: 1280×720
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POSH Web Design

There’s yet another technology buzzword floating around the internet these days: POSH (Plain Old Semantic HTML).   It rather nicely encapsulates the idea of writing HTML that is valid, well-structured, semantic, and accessible, all into a cute little acronym. Over the past couple of weeks, Amber and I have taken on the task of redesigning the [...]
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About Me

I got my start in Access TV in 1997, when I started volunteering for Tom Ringdal over at Bloomington Educational Cable Television.  I started running cameras for the local high school Football and Hockey games, concerts and school board meetings.  Over time, I developed and interest in engineering, and was eventually hired as a part [...]
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Q&A – Managing Bulletins in Carousel

This one’s from Salem, MA Q – I wonder if you can tell me if more recent versions of Carousel are doing a better job of allowing the user to change the order in which the pages run.  It seems to me that managing my pages would be a lot easier with a drag and [...]
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