In 1995 the Internet made a monumental shift toward commercialization and commoditization with the release of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer version 1.0. Although Netscape Navigator already commanded eighty-percent of the market share, it was clear from Microsoft’s entry into the field, that competition was going to become fierce. Netscape’s vision, to provide a consistent browsing experience [...]
What a great travesty we will face in the coming election if Ron Paul is not elected. I mean, that is what I hear. That is what the Internet tells me, so it must be true. Hey, I will admit it, I gave Dr. Paul the thumbs up in the Michigan primary, so I have [...]
Back in August, 2006, I wrote a post titled, Ten amazing technological advancements you will likely never witness. The article still drives a large portion of the traffic for this blog, and covers a broad range of interesting topics. As we begin the new year, I decided to post something similar, with a slight twist. [...]
With the release of Firefox 3 Beta 1, Mozilla continues to demonstrate a commitment to Web standards, Web developers, and savvy Web surfers. Full page zoom, tagging, revised bookmark management and a revised download manager are just a few of the features technology reviews are spotlighting. Although plausible deniability was acceptable in the past, Mozilla [...]
I love watching the movie The Thing. The film I speak of would be John Carpenter’s 1982 remake, and not the 1951 classic, The Thing from Another World. Eleven men are holed up in an Antarctic science research facility, and come face-to-face with an alien organism buried beneath the ice. The special effects are reminiscent [...]
The Semantic Web, or (sigh) Web 3.0 as some might say, is certainly a hotly debated subject. To laymen, the Semantic Web often appears as a science fiction derivative masquerading as a technological imperative. Our lives will be changed forever, and the Web will morph into a complex, but organized intelligence capable of telling you [...]
It is ironic that I would post an invitation to other developers to unplug while I type on my laptop at 6:30 AM. If any scenario was simple enough to demonstrate the problem, then that would be it. It is an unavoidable forgone conclusion that the digital age overshadows everything we do. Escaping permanently from [...]