Posted by Dan Romanchik on Jul 14, 2009 in
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Erik Sherman, a subscriber to one of my websites, FreelanceSuccess.Com, sent me a link to the article, “10 handy Firefox about:config hacks.”
Hack #5, “Open search bar results in new tab,” and Hack #8, “View source code in an external editor,” are the two best, as far as I’m concerned. Now, I can open up a [...]
Posted by Dan Romanchik on Apr 3, 2009 in
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From the Stanford Report, April 1, 2009
BY DAN STOBER
Want to know how to write programs for the iPhone and iPod touch? Beginning this week, a Stanford computer science class on that buzzworthy topic will be available online to the general public for free.
The 10-week course, iPhone Application Programming, is a hot ticket. It begins today [...]
Posted by Dan Romanchik on Feb 19, 2009 in
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With all the cool, new Web applications that are now available, such as Twitter, LinkedIn, etc., we sometimes forget about that old standby, the bulletin board system (BBS). For some applications, though, the BBS is still the best tool for the job.
I’ve worked with a number of them, including UBB Threads, phpBB, Phorum, and [...]
Posted by Dan Romanchik on Feb 12, 2009 in
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From the February 2, 2009 ACM Tech News:
Web 3.0 Emerging
Computer (01/09) Vol. 42, No. 1, P. 88; Hendler, Jim
Web 3.0 is generally defined as Semantic Web technologies that run or are embedded within large-scale Web applications, writes Jim Hendler, assistant dean for information technology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He points out that 2008 was a [...]
Posted by Dan Romanchik on Dec 4, 2008 in
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MIT News reports:
With the establishment of the center, whose research program begins immediately, the Media Lab and Plymouth Rock Studios will collaborate to revolutionize how we tell our stories, from major motion pictures to peer-to-peer multimedia sharing. By applying leading-edge technologies to make stories more interactive, improvisational and social, researchers will seek to transform audiences [...]