Posted by Justin
on October 26, 2006
Computers,
Life and Living,
Reviews /
Web 2.0 has been coined and used all over the internet, but what is it? FIrst, let me say that is not a technology… There is no reason to put it on your resume, throw it around in meetings and call yourself a Guru in Web 2.0.
According to Wikipedia, the ultimate source of knowledge in the universe next to The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Web 2.0 is a term coined by O’Reilly Media in 2004 for one of their conferences. Since then, the term has stuck and everyone is using it. So, what exactly does it mean? Web 2.0 refers to the “new” Internet where Continue reading…
Posted by Justin
on October 26, 2006
Life and Living /
In an odd, good natured move, the IE deveper team sent the Firefox team a cake the other day. Continue reading…
Posted by Justin
on October 25, 2006
Computers,
Life and Living,
Reviews,
Websites /
The Good
Technorati is great, but there is a pretty big problem with the way they score your blog. I know they’ve tweaked it in the past, but the algorithms are way off. Now don’t get me wrong, Technorati can really help blog owners. If you’re not using Technorati, you’re crazy - period. Technorati can boost your site stats, but at the same time, it can appear to just be another indexing site. Some days, it drives people to me, others it doesn’t. It doesn’t even appear to be what posts are out and about, traffic just happens.
There are several other good features of Technorati as well. Continue reading…
Posted by Justin
on October 25, 2006
Life and Living /
I’m a die hard Dilbert fan. Oddly, it fits my job almost to a T and the Military could learn a few things from it as well…
If you didn’t know it, Scott Adams’ voice was gone due to a weird disorder called Spasmodic Dysphonia. He has a full account on his blog.
Posted by Justin
on October 24, 2006
Computers,
Open Source Projects,
Websites /
Firefox was leaked over the last 24 hours by DIGG and Slashdot. Slashdot has removed the links to give the Mozilla team time to ramp up, but the IT group is a little frustrated over the leaks:
< morgamic> LongEmailThreads–
< morgamic> how about i sum it up in 1 paragraph
* morgamic nods
< @preed> morgamic: after arguing w/ Justin about it for awhile…
< @preed> when he left, he said “Don’t ever let digg come between us again”
< morgamic> did you guys hug
* preed thinks we all need a group hug
< @preed> carebears style.
The lead developers have also posted an Official (kinda sorta) Statement about the issue.
