Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Congratulations! You have a website! Now that you have one, you also have the responsibility of taking care of one. Website optimization is not always easy, but it can be with basic knowledge of how they work. One tool you can use to optimize your website is an .htaccess file. Web servers that use Apache [...]
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
[Note: This article was written for BlogHer and refers to that. It was originally posted on BlogHer.] This is the tale of how two women – one from an engineering background and one from a restaurant background – came together to create a new business that helps women in male-dominated professions advance. Katie Snapp and [...]
Themeefy looks great for instructors (and students who have to do a presentation). Read more about it at Digital Inspiration, where you can look at Amit’s sample about Steve Jobs. Here’s an example from the Themeefy site. It’s free. Sign up with a Twitter or Facebook login.
Redbox has testing the idea of video game rentals for several months and concluded that it’s a go. Soon almost all the Redbox kiosks will include popular video games for rental. The price for a video game will be $2 per day. There should be between 22 and 28 video game titles to choose from [...]
One thing that many people do not think about when they choose a domain name is whether it is search engine friendly. However, if you are starting a business then you will need to ensure that your website is easy enough to find. After all, the easier the site is to find the more potential [...]
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
My granddaughter’s hard drive had to be replaced. When she opened up iTunes on the new hard drive, she was dismayed to discover that her music wasn’t already there. I remember saying to her, “Your music isn’t in the cloud. It’s only on your hard drive.” Things are changing. The grandkid’s music can be in [...]
product World Wide Mind: The Coming Integration of Humanity, Machines, and the Internet by Michael Chorost is published by Free Press (2011). The title of this book is a good summary of what it’s about. It’s not about web design or web education, it’s about how the human brain could connect with other human minds [...]
Monday, February 21, 2011
For the modern American college student, having easy access to the Internet is a necessity for both your studies and social activities. However, many American students live off campus where a university computer network is not readily available. Therefore, acquiring Internet access from a service provider is crucial. Here are some options: Types of Internet [...]
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
2010 was a fascinating and fast-paced year for tech. Some trends that have been around for a while reached the tipping point this year, and some new trends are emerging that will dominate 2011. eBooks and eBook readers The price for an eBook reader dropped significantly this year. The number of device choices expanded. And [...]
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