First off, if you’re still trying to figure out what blogging is, go here. This post was inspired by one of my readers, Erick. Why should anyone in his/her right mind want to blog? There’s no simple answer to this. I suppose any answer to this question will fall into one of these broad reasons: […]
[Continue reading…]How to Download Flash Movies and Games, and Youtube Videos
March 18, 2007 by 2 Comments
Have you ever come across a real nice flash movie or game that you wished you could download and display proudly on your desktop? I have. We all have, I bet. The problem is, its not very easy extracting flash objects off of web pages. In fact, I have had the problem for years – […]
[Continue reading…]Can you take the (web 2.0) Heat?
March 16, 2007 by Leave a Comment
This post concludes the web 2.0 series. Other Posts in this Series:So, you want to go web 2.0?web 1.0Web 2.0: All the rage?Back to basics & the Golden RuleIn with the New. In a nutshell, web 2.0 is: the golden rule giving rise to democracy, powered by AJAX. It’s got people talking and the moneymen […]
[Continue reading…]In with the New
March 15, 2007 by 2 Comments
Web 2.0 is not a tangible, PS3-type, ‘new’ release of the www. No one directs or controls it; it arose simply because it is the simplest and most efficient way of using and doing business on the internet. However, there exists internet champions who realized the golden rule and used it to precipitate, in some […]
[Continue reading…]Back to Basics & the Golden Rule
March 14, 2007 by 2 Comments
The internet and by extension the www was meant to be a place of freedom, freedom to share information and ideas in a totally unprohibited manner. This means that a website – any website – exists to primarily provide information and/or a useful service. Then, much later, the website may make money as a consequence […]
[Continue reading…]Web 2.0: All the rage?
March 14, 2007 by 1 Comment
The dotcom crash taught us something, even if we vehemently deny it. After the dotcom crash dust had settled the only writing on the wall was: ‘It is all about the user’. No matter what you want to gain from your website, or the web, you have to realize that you need to take care […]
[Continue reading…]Web 1.0
March 13, 2007 by Leave a Comment
The World Wide Web (www) is that part of the internet in which web pages can be found. On a typical web page, there are often links (hyperlinks) to other web pages, pictures, audio or whatever. On the www, one page links to another, which in turn links onwards to other pages, each of which […]
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