The future is ebooks but print owns the present
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A trip to the bookstore is my nirvana—the cover art, the smell of the paper, the shrink wrap, the ability to sit and browse through whatever part of the book you want before buying.
Custom designed solutions
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No solution is right for all problems. And in our industry, no content management system (CMS) is right for all websites. Yet companies are always looking for—or trying to create the ultimate solution. It seems to me that everyone is trying to create a CMS that can be used for all of their projects. For many years, I have thought this is the answer. Don’t get me wrong, off-the-shelf CMSs have their use. However, I think that once a project gets to a certain level of complexity and price, then no off-the-shelf CMS will be the best solution.
What is Wolfram|Alpha
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There was a lot of hype leading up to the launch of Wolfram|Alpha and a flurry of coverage following its launch on May 17th. In reading some of the coverage, I think there is a lot of overhype and hate which can be cleared up with one fact: Wolfram|Alpha is not a new web search engine.
The end of the anonymous Internet
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The upcoming proliferation of Facebook Connect will twist a knife into what has been around since the dawn of the Internet: anonymity. Of course, online anonymity will never die because it’s a necessary evil, but I like sensational headlines…when I write them.
Microsoft releases standards compliant browser: IE8
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In March, Microsoft released the latest version of Internet Explorer 8 (IE8). Internet Explorer has approximately 65% of the web browser market share and as a result, this new release has become a significant event in our industry. IE8 has many new features, but most importantly, Microsoft has released a standards compliant browser which is [...]
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