WebTech
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Twittering: Who, What, and Why
Shortly after I posted my recent entry on Twitter, I sent notes to various e-list groups I read regularly, asking if any of the members use Twitter. A former co-worker replied thusly to my inquiry: Haven’t used Twitter… I think these services are kinda silly. Who cares what I had for lunch today?? Well, that… Continue reading
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Do You Twitter?
I’ve started using Twitter. Twitter is a social networking service. Twitter is microblogging. Twitter is realtime updates for you, your friends, and the people you follow, in 140 characters or less. Continue reading
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JavaScript: The World’s Most Misunderstood Programming Language
Douglas Crackford writes about why JavaScript is actually a much better programming language than most people think. Continue reading
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Automatic Weblog Posting
I produce two weekly memes (writing prompts): …in other words… (a quote prompt) and Word Beads. Both are updated automated by background tasks. I wanted people who play to be able to leave comments or links to their weblogs. Continue reading
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Narrowband Connectivity
The US has fallen to 19th overall in household broadband penetration, and is in danger of being passed by Slovenia in early 2007. Continue reading
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More Communication Sources
A new blog is created every second and the phenomenon has grown 60 times larger than it was three years ago, Continue reading
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Excluding Categories in Movable Type
We wanted to be able to post “draft” weblog articles, accessible for review by a selected audience but not publicly available to the world yet. Continue reading
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Sending Web Form Data by Email
In response to a request for a CGI “for taking a simple web form (name, address, phone, email, etc.) and sending the data to a specific email destination…” Continue reading
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We Are The Web
Ten years ago, Netscape went public, bringing the WWW to the attention of Wall Street and the masses. The masses took the Web as their own. Kevin Kelly published an excellent article on the Web phenomenon of the decade in the August issue of Wired magazine. My own comments, on both the Wired article and… Continue reading
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