May 29th, 2008
There’s a brand-spanking-new craze on the Internet now, and it appears to be very profitable for those who execute their brand well enough. It fills a niche that people have been trying to exploit for years and years, and those behind these websites are reaping the benefits.
I am about to tell you how to make [...]
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May 28th, 2008
Recently it seems that a few websites have been rolling out updates and new versions of their websites. Reddit is the latest culprit, and not the first to lose me as a visitor, although this time not just because of the layout. If you like the programming section of Reddit then you’ll absolutely love DZone!
I’d [...]
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May 26th, 2008
According to a relatively new study by the IDC (subsidiary of International Data Group) consumers spend twice as much time using the Internet as they do watching the Television.
If you have an Internet connection, chances are you are spending much more time surfing the Web than watching TV. A new IDC study of consumer online [...]
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May 24th, 2008
“I’m very flattered that you’d want to ask me this. I do like you, but not in the way you were hoping for. I’m sorry.”
Somewhere in time you have said this to a web page. Despite being extremely helpful there are times when a web page wants more than a working relationship with you, and [...]
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May 23rd, 2008
The whole Open Source movement has really kicked off around the world, with millions of websites currently running versions of WordPress, phpBB and other software. Not only this, but Open Source Software has enriched our lives with its free usage and superb functionality. Whilst commercial software will always exist and be a viable solution there [...]
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May 22nd, 2008
Like many other good web designers/developers I take reasonable care in making sure that my code works in all browsers, as well as being valid to W3C standards. The barriers to Web Design are very low and any web page can be thrown on the Internet, regardless of what is in it or how good [...]
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May 22nd, 2008
As a student it’s very important for me to be in a constant state of studying. Recently I’ve had almost no time to myself to do what I usually enjoy doing, such as socialising, playing guitar, and the odd video game now and again. I’d like to say that this is the reason this post [...]
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May 20th, 2008
Recently I came across a quite perplexing question about Accessibility from someone I work with. Today, Accessibility is something we all demand from our web pages, although many websites commercial scripts still haven’t grasped the concept of accessible coding/design on the Internet.
The question arose from writing the Accessibility page in the FAQ for the script [...]
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May 19th, 2008
I have been programming for about six years now, working with languages like Visual Basic, C, C++, C#, Prolog, and Java, not to mention all the scripting languages I’ve toyed around with! I like to think that my mash-up of programming knowledge only helps me with the end goal of programming, and that’s to reach [...]
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May 18th, 2008
With this whole social media thing kicking off thousands of Web Designers and Developers are looking to set up shop by creating their own websites with social features included.
As far as I’m concerned it can only be a good thing that businesses are looking to expand to the newest crazes. The one problem I have [...]
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