tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28235878527544130252012-02-16T01:19:55.382-08:00Snapshot of new and interesting IT-Related topics discussed in class as well as my thoughts on various issues.UGA MIT Grad Studenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07700515412787470905noreply@blogger.comBlogger201100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2823587852754413025.post-86961811643236053272010-11-13T16:17:00.000-08:002010-11-18T12:59:18.982-08:00

 So, Jay Cornelius [of coffeecup.com] stopped by to talk about new fronts HTML5 & CSS are conquering.  Why are web standards important?  He did bring some points home for me.  One thing he mentioned was that web standards are important because they aid in machine readability, SEO, portability [mobile accessibility] and for users who are impeded [e.g. blind and/or deaf people], web standards

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Nod to Sophia Petrillo Question begs to be asked – What does a Golden Girl have to do with Luke Wroblewski & Web Design and Usability? Picture this: Atlanta – the year 2010. Find yourself at a Web Conference on Usability. You got there at the crack of dawn and are as hungry as a lark. You along with some guys are carrying on a discussion. Some guy is hogging the conversation and you're

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Color on the Web Color has the ability to evoke moods, excite or energize, calm or sooth.  Though mostly thought of when it comes to art and/or interior design, color is an integral design component in web design.  Bing, Google & Mozilla have incorporated wallpapers to their search Engine page.  A close examination of any wall paper or picture reveals a large amount of color combinations ...

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John Allsopp stopped by last week for a 'passionate' talk about the importance of web standards.  I really enjoyed the talk and learned a lot from it hence this blog. ......Are you in need of a vacation from your life - where a beach, a cabana and a cold drink in your hand felt more like a necessity? Say you were to surf for vacay spots. You then decide on Tuvalu or Timbuktu [stay with me].

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Ever visited a website whose eyeball appeal was magnetic and made you go WOW? Whose hypnotic design invited you to 'enter' and stay a while - and while you stayed [hopefully not on Ceasar's time], you glided smoothly from page to page finding what you were looking for without much trouble? Though I have yet to spend a red cent on their products, one such website - in my opinion is - is The

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A visit to any website reveals that all cyberspaces – good or bad – contain text. Think of any horrible ones? Click on the link to see some Web Pages That Suck. Properly designed and organized text generates eyeball appeal. Words tie the whole website together – be it image tags or paragraphs. What constitutes good web writing? A balance between user needs and business goals: Knowing what

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Just when you think the coining of Tech terms might have finally ebbed away, here comes another one! Enterprise 2.0. The question then is - What is Enterprise 2.0? As Andrew McAfee put it, it is "the use of emergent social software platforms within companies, or between companies and their partners or customers". A better definition is from AIIM which defines it as "a system of web based

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For class this week, we had a debate on whether Net Neutrality regulation is necessary. As passionate as one may be (in this case me) about the issue, we had to leave our opinions aside and focus on the resolution that "Net Neutrality Regulation was unnecessary". I was on the pro side (and we won!). The debate not only added to my know-what of the whole issue, but also from the dangers of

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Search Engine Optimization: Organic:SEO Organic SEO is based on the site content and structure who links to it and who does not which is 70% of traffic to most websites. Sponsored Clicks: Every time someone clicks on your add, kaching! Every time does a query, there is a micro auction. Pay-per-click means "you pay to play". There is a high correlation btwn sponsored clicks and organic

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Best practices for producing and distributing video on the Web: Say there is a company that has produced a great how-to-video on making widgets. The next thing they need to think about is how they are going to publish or distribute this video on the web. When posting videos online there are a couple of things to consider. First what is the goal of posting it? Is it to start a viral marketing

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Just finished submitting my term paper on Scribd. I actually enjoyed doing the research. I am intrigued by the fact that data on a website can be mined and the depth to which it can be drilled down to. The more I learn about web development, the more appealing a career choice it appears. On another note, makes you wonder what else goes on behind the scenes as you crawl about the internet.

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Tried out some cool websites that demonstrate how information can be made rich. A quick glance at a few examples in the books by Edward Tufte effectively showed how to go about making your data visual, meaningful and appealing. I was going back and forth on whether to buy the Adobe suite for my new laptop. The class demonstrated the importance of learning how to incorporate flash objects in

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I have as yet to ascribe to the idea of social networking so this was a first for me. I also doubt I will be following anybody much less be followed but here is what I came up with. Thou Shall Nots: Impersonate, use violent language, copyright infringe, have serial accounts, spam other "tweeple" send tweets greater than 140 characters, post pornographic material, voice your opinions (twitter

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Age: 15 years & Counting What it is: Web browser & Internet suite. Market share: 2.4% according to W3C. However, has stronger market share among mobile devices and is being utilized in games such as Nintendo DS & the Wii. Cost: Free for PCs and Mobile phones. Not free for Enterprise use. Surprise fact: Opera integrated Bit Torrent in their browser. THE MOLLY HOLZSCHLAG VISIT Interesting

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Being a self proclaimed foodie, I searched for a food I loved and one where the wiki police were not making constant patrols. I searched for Samboosas a.k.a samosas. There were a couple of changes that I felt the article lacked and amazingly making changes was pretty easy. I did not have to create an account or log in and the changes appeared instantly. Ofcourse, there is the usual disclaimer

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And the caffeine came crushing down.....after a long night of HTML coding and operating on a few hours sleep, Colombian cafe kept me going for most of the class but then came the crash and man was it fast and hard...i.e. until Chuck Hudson walked in. Very interesting topic and his delivery of "you can do it if you put your mind to it" presentation was really good. I got to learn that apps can

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Porter's 5 Forces Analysis was interesting to learn.  The validity of the sixth model makes sense and should be mentioned.  Also, the websites Dr. Piercy shared in class along with the Mozilla add-ons were an added bonus. Brad's in class example further demonstrated just how valuable the tools are.  I do have to agree with the prof's view on the Blue Ocean Strategy.  I read and analyzed it for

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Last week's class was interesting. Got to try out a new Iphone app - Ocarina. Creatively, it was undeniably great work. For apple, a gold mine was born - thanks to the Stanford group that worked so hard on it. However, being somewhat of a non-conformist, I still don't buy the apps angle as a reason to purchase an Iphone. The data fees notwithstanding, and even despite the fact that the

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Welcome! My name is Betty. I am taking my masters in IT because after my undergrad, I still felt the need to learn more about IT. Also, my husband travels a lot and I did not want to start working and have both of us traveling out of town at the same time (two kids at home)... so presently, pursuing my masters is the best fit for me.I am looking forward to learning a lot more about IT. The

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Been staring at the screen for a while....wondering how to come with an interesting way to write down the differences between HTML 4 & 5. As of now, I am still blank! It would have been nice to have a test run and get a feel of it, but my online research thus far has led me to the conclusion that it is yet to become mainstream.....so after scouring through the internet here is what I came up

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