Hopefully you haven't missed it. June 17th is the official Firefox 3 download day. They are trying to set a record for the most number of downloads in a single day. While it got off to a slow start (servers weren't able to handle all of the traffic), it got much better. Many people like Firefox because it is faster than most other browsers. While there are a few sites which will only work with Internet Explorer, any standards compliant web application will work probably better in … [Read more...]
posted on May 28, 2008 by
Treat your past customers carefully
Image via WikipediaAdobe Dreamweaver is a tool used to design and develop web pages. I've used Dreamweaver for several versions, starting back in Version 4, when it was owned by Macromedia. Version 10 was just released to public beta yesterday. I didn't upgrade to the previous version (V.9) because Dreamweaver didn't add all of the value I was wanting or needing, and as I've posted about before, there were some issues regarding how effective it was for me given the more complex types of … [Read more...]
posted on May 19, 2008 by
Google fills out your search forms
Occasionally I have found sites that on their home page you would have to select a company or product from a drop down box, and then enter the site from that information. Until now, Google could not access those pages without being provided direct links. Sites with these types of pages were often called the "Deep Web" or the "Invisible Web", because search engines could not access them. Google has said in the past that they believe that 80% or more of web pages are "hidden" to them because … [Read more...]
posted on May 11, 2008 by
Happy Mother’s Day
I have to admit, I like odd holiday days. I've said hi to both Pi Day (3/14) and RSS Day (5/1). But today isn't as odd. It mother's day (in case you didn't know). So happy mother's day to all the mother's out there. I've been lucky to have a great mom, and marry a great wife who has been a great mom to our two sons. … [Read more...]
posted on May 5, 2008 by
Web 2.0 – Understanding Wikis
Image via WikipediaBlogs work great in some circumstances. For example, they work well with a singular person pushing out information and getting feedback. However, the person leaving feed back cannot change the original posting. And there are times when parts of a page need to be edited, and/or new content pages added. Wiki's are a good Web 2.0 method of solving this problem. Wiki - Hawaiian for Quick, although I know not how that relates allows anyone (within reason) to modify, add, … [Read more...]
posted on May 1, 2008 by
May 1st – RSS Day
I've waited to post the next article as this news falls so in line with keeping up with Keeping up with other’s blogs. I mentioned using RSS feeds to watch other people's blogs easier. Well someone liked RSS so much, they wanted to promote its use more. Thus RSS Day was born. I have always provided and RSS feed for people to subscribe to if they want. Additionally, you can also get the same information via e-mail if you don't have an RSS feed reader. Just use the bright orange icons … [Read more...]
posted on April 21, 2008 by
Keeping up with other’s blogs
As blogs make it easier to publish more information, the process of finding information becomes more difficult. This makes keeping up with the Blogs harder than keeping up with the Jones! Consider one of two options to keeping up with the feeds: Check and read every blog/web site of interest to you all the time (daily), wasting all of your time and energy doing so. Ignore the blogs and use a search engine when ever you need information - but now you don't keep up with things … [Read more...]
posted on April 20, 2008 by
Blog Examples in a Website
In the last article, we looked at why you would want to use a blog on your web site. We mentioned that people can either use a blog as their web site, or simply add it in addition to their web site. We even used GM's Fastlane blog as an example of a corporate blog that you may not expect. Obviously GM, a manufacture of cars, is not the technology work horse you would expect when you think of other companies which might blog (like IBM, Microsoft, Google, and others). Obviously, the amount of … [Read more...]
posted on April 15, 2008 by
Why use a blog on your website?
Image via WikipediaWhat makes blogs interesting and the most often used form of Web 2.0? Because they are self contained, and allow for existing pages to be edited without knowing (X)HTML, once a theme is created and applied, it can be easy for a non-technical small business owner to work with. You wouldn't buy a new work vehicle without know how it was going to be used! Likewise, it is important to know how you will use your blog. Will it be as a traditional blog, for internal use, for … [Read more...]