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Creating a QR code for multiple contacts

Posted on July 28, 2023July 28, 2023 by Nasri Messarra

The task: Problems: Solution: BEGIN:VCARDVERSION:2.1ORG:Internal Security Forces (ISF)ADR:;;;;;;LebanonTEL:112EMAIL;INTERNET:isf@isf.gov.lbURL:https://www.isf.gov.lb/N:Lebanon;Police;;;FN:Police LebanonEND:VCARD where FN represents the “First Name”, Org the “Organization”, Tel the phone number, Cell the mobile, etc. BEGIN:VCARDVERSION:2.1N:;Emergency Numbers Lebanon;;;FN:Emergency Numbers LebanonTEL;ISF:112TEL;Red cross:140TEL;Civil Defense:125END:VCARD Special thanks to Aya Chamseddine for helping out with the concept!

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Fresh Website 2023, LinkedIn and Instagram Badges

Posted on May 7, 2023May 7, 2023 by Nasri Messarra

After almost 30 years in the business of web development and hosting, I finally terminated my last hosting server and moved my own WordPress blog to shared hosting. I decided to start the website from scratch, just copying the wp_posts table from the old server to the new one. I had to recreate some of…

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Smart Govs III: How Political Players Sway Public Opinion

Posted on May 29, 2021May 6, 2023 by N.A.M.

My input at the “Who investigates the crime?” webinar of the Forum for Memory and Future in partnership with the Institute of Political Science of the Saint-Joseph University Introduction The following work is a collection of tweets analysis (more than half a million tweets) that took place between 2015 and 2021. Discussions take several different…

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Converting DVD with VLC

Posted on December 31, 2020May 6, 2023 by N.A.M.

A friend recently asked me how to convert a DVD into MP4 or any other format (AVI, MOV, etc.) quick, free and easy. This is the process of converting DVD chapters or films into MP4 with VideoLan (a.k.a. VLC), a free and open source video player you can download from https://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html Step 1: Open VLC…

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27 Video Formats and Styles to Inspire You

Posted on June 27, 2020May 6, 2023 by N.A.M.

A collection of video styles to inspire your next post or campaign on social media or traditional media. 1. Narrator Video An invisible narrator is telling the story creating distance between you and the subject which can – depending on the story – give a feel of fantasy, romance, wonder, or expertise (if the voice…

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Combining Multiple Twitter Searches in NodeXL

Posted on June 6, 2020May 6, 2023 by N.A.M.

There are two reasons you may need to combine different Twitter imports in NodeXL: You want to import tweets for the same search for a longer period than a week (Twitter’s limit) by re-importing the results for the same search every few days for the period you want to cover You want to add several…

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MS Project and Visio handouts

Posted on November 22, 2018May 6, 2023 by N.A.M.

cours visio 2016 en cours ms project 2

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Using LostCircles’ Graphml files with NodeXL

Posted on October 1, 2018May 6, 2023 by N.A.M.

LostCircles (https://lostcircles.com/) uses a proprietary format that NodeXL fails to open and use. Below is a workaround for this problem and a step by step approach to charting your Facebook network of friends: Open the “Graphml (No Pics)” file downloaded from LostCircles Find the <node id=”n0″> tag and delete all the text that precedes it Copy…

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Visio Organization Chart Sample Data

Posted on September 27, 2018May 6, 2023 by N.A.M.

Steps: Add two employees under Maya (customer relations) in Excel Add a “salary”, a recruitment year and a “seniority” column using =DATEDIF(F2,NOW(),”y”) Run the organization chart wizard in Visio Download Sample Data Here  

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Showing Bridging Nodes Only in NodeXL

Posted on September 17, 2018May 6, 2023 by N.A.M.

Bridges (edges) and bridging nodes (vertices) in a network are essential in connecting cliques, moderating the debate and introducing new ideas and innovations and filling structural holes in a network (ref. Ronald S. Burt).   When you separate vertices in groups in NodeXL (figure), several columns are added to your “edges” sheet, mainly “Vertex 1…

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