Have you heard about wikis?  One of the most used wikis is Wikipedia.  It’s an online encyclopedia where readers actually help write the website content.  How does that work?  I knew you’d ask that.  The folks over at Common Craft have made a video to explain just how wikis work.

This week I heard a new phrase, cyberchondria.  The definition of this word varies depending on who you ask.  But one of the definitions fits me perfectly.  I use the Internet to research health related questions.   (That’s good.) Then I assume the worst case.  (That’s bad.) A case in point happened a few years [...]

I took a small vacation over the Fourth of July. I wanted to take advantage of all the Wi-Fi services available in the airports, libraries and coffee houses on my trip.  However I also wanted to surf safely.  It was time to renew my VPN subscription. What’s VPN?  The folks at WiTopia have a great [...]

The folks over at Common Craft have a great video that explains what RSS feeds are, why you’d want to use one and how to use one.

Between Demi Moore and Google, Twitter is all over the news today.  What is Twitter you ask?  Watch this short video for an explanation.

I’ve been pondering the usability of the automatic upgrade functionality of WordPress.  In general it works just fine.  (The only exception I’ve found has been this blog oddly enough.)  However before you upgrade you should back up your database and your WordPress files.   As I explained in an earlier post backing up your database isn’t [...]

Did you know that website pages come in many different types? It’s true. You web browser (probably Internet Explorer) is built to handle many different types of website files. .html or .htm – These are “regular” website files.  HTML stats for Hyper Text Markup File. .shtml – SHTML pages are a step up from HTML.  [...]

Do you ever hear people talking about Flash on the web and wonder what the heck it is?  Wonder no more.  Flash is a sort of animated image.  In the olden days of the web it was used just to make moving pictures.  Now it’s also used for things like contact forms and in menu [...]

Have you heard the expression “cloud computing”?  In cloud computing software and data would reside on the Internet.  (That’s the “cloud” part of the term.) People would log into their accounts on the Internet to generate reports and preform analysis. Benefits Cost Savings – Instead of buying a piece of software you’d buy a subscription [...]

This is the second part of a response to an article on the Wall Street Journal entitled How to Create a Successful Web Site For Nothing (or Almost Nothing). You can see part one of my response here. In part one I analyzed points one through three of the article. Today I’m going to take [...]