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Opportunities for Social TV
While social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter have become increasingly popular, it seems that all these tiny “connected” devices are leading us to be less social. We can check email, read articles, and even watch TV on the go, but not all of these activities help us stay connected.
The Google Reader team has been increasing the social features of the site, allowing users to share and like items from anywhere on the web, as well as post their comments about the content. Sharing only works with those members of your chat list who “follow” you, while liking ..read more
Three Bookmarklets That Simplify My Life
My first exposure to bookmarklets was through Google Bookmarks. I started using Google Bookmarks because I was trying to back-up the bookmarks I use in Chrome, as well as keep track of some things I wanted to check out later but weren’t worth a (seemingly) more permanent bookmark in my browser. Things that I intend to read, or things that require actions, like a job posting.
Shortly after I started using the site, I found the bookmarklet, which was great. The bookmarklet lets you name, tag, and capture notes without ever leaving the page in question. I tag things with topics ..read more
Encountering Some Errors
Last week, I finally got around to updating WordPress. While the link that had been showing on the top of my screen for the last several months indicated I could automatically update, it turned out this wasn’t the case. Last week was the first time I had the opportunity to take the time to manually update.
The process took me several tries and many errors before I finally had the latest version of WordPress up and running. I judged this by the fact that my home page appeared, instead of saying “server not found.” Success!
Except, I went online to check my ..read more
7 Awesome Features of Windows 7
Now that my finals are over, I decided it was time to use my free upgrade to Windows 7. I have to admit, I didn’t hate Vista as much as the next person, and I had heard bad things about the upgrade process (though not about Windows 7), so I was a little nervous going into it. I thought I would start the install, only to come back to a completely unusable computer, stuck halfway between operating systems, that I would then have to wipe clean and start fresh. Thankfully, this was not the case.
I started the upgrade process by ..read more
Experimentation with CSS
The last time I looked at CSS, tables were still (more or less) an acceptable way of doing things. When I learned HTML, everyone was using frames.
For a while now I’ve been wanting to re-learn CSS. Using WordPress themes was an excellent way to get my website off the ground, but I know I’m capable of designing a personalized and user-friendly website of my own. Plus, knowledge of CSS seems like a useful thing to have.
Two days ago I breezed through a tutorial on CSS — learning a lot about what the different terms represent, but not a lot about ..read more
