Term: Web 2.0 What is Web 2.0? Web 2.0 is a term used to describe a new generation of Web services and applications with an increasing emphasis on human collaboration. Initially gaining popularity from 2004, web 2.0 related content provides a level of user interaction that was not readily available online. Are there any examples? There are Read More…
Monday Blues, Ep. 4
The earthquake that struck Chile this past weekend was extremely unfortunate. It was rather shocking that with Haiti’s earthquake still fresh in everyone’s minds that now the world experiences another major catastrophe. My heart and prayers go out to everyone affected by this natural disaster. With the events that occurred this weekend, we’re reminded of how powerful Read More…
Tech Term Tuesday, Issue 3
Term: Private Browsing What is Private Browsing? Private browsing is the ability to navigate to any website without having any information about that website being saved. This is specifically cookies, address URL history and downloaded temporary website content. Are there any examples? An ideal situation where private browsing may be warranted is when one wishes to browse Read More…
Monday Blues, Ep. 3
As a member of a local Atlanta Web Developer Meetup group, I recently received an interesting email from another member through the group’s mailing list. Below is the email in its entirety: I met a guy in this club in a VIP section last year. To my surprise, he turned out to be a web Read More…
Tech Term Tuesday, Issue 2
Term: Cookie What is a cookie? A cookie is a small piece of information usually stored in a text file that is stored on a user’s computer while browsing a web site. This information is later retrieved if one were to revisit that web site at a later date. Cookies are designed to enhance a user’s Read More…
Monday Blues, Ep. 2
Thinking about Valentine’s Day yesterday brought back memories of the ILOVEYOU virus from 2000. Anyone remember this virus? For those not familiar with this virus, the ILOVEYOU virus originated in the Philippines in May 2000 by two Filipino college students and affected close to 50 million computers. This virus, was spread via email and had the subject line, Read More…
Tech Term Tuesday, Issue 1
Term: Emoticon What is an emoticon? An emoticon consists of a combination of keyboard characters that are typed together. They are mostly utilized to express moods, feelings or emotions. According to Wikipedia, emoticons appear to have originated from the 19th century as a form of a casual or humorous writing communication style. Emoticons first appeared on the Read More…
Monday Blues, Ep. 1
Super Bowl XLIV is now over and its fair to say that we all had a treat of a game. For the avid NFL fans, we enjoyed the Colts 1st quarter explosion, the Saints 2nd quarter response, the Saints 3rd quarter onside kick and the Colts 4th quarter meltdown. Some look forward to watching the Read More…
Do I need a Twitter Account?
This question has surely passed through the minds of each of us at some point. Constantly we hear and see the words “Follow us on Twitter” or “Stay updated with us through Twitter”. After a while one is bound to want to know more about this term Twitter. Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service. It Read More…