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Website feedback?
tolsmultimedia: A great way to see what people are thinking of your website is to look at a service called feedbackarmy.com.
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Net neutrality rules a blow to free markets | Analysis & Opinion |
ilton Friedman had it right. Business is no friend of free markets. The Federal Communication Commission’s “net neutrality” ruling is more evidence of this. What the FCC should have done is called it a year, went on holiday and left the Internet alone.
Instead, it found a solution in search of a problem. And that solution was more or less supplied by Verizon and Google last August. To a great extent, the new rules codify that blueprint, which — at least as those companies see things — acknowledged both the inevitability of some government rule-making and the need to better divvy up future costs and revenues between telecoms and content providers.
The FCC’s new rules would ban providers such as Comcast and Verizon Communications from blocking or delaying lawful Internet traffic, such as online services offered by competitors. But the giant telecoms and landline providers would be allowed to sell faster service to content companies such as Google and Amazon. And they could increase rates for subscribers who use the Internet for tasks that gobble bandwidth such as high-definition video.
Certainly, it could have been worse. As I wrote last April:
This regulatory debate has been turned into an unusual David (scrappy web firms) vs. Goliath (entrenched telecoms) morality tale. Despite being three times larger by market capitalization, Google, for example, still has far more cachet than Comcast, which challenged the FCC. But what it all really comes down to is who will pick up the tab for future network upgrades to handle applications such as high-definition video.
In a net neutral world where prices were fixed at, essentially, zero, the telecom operators would pay — before passing costs along to consumers, of course. On the other hand, maybe operators want to charge content providers tolls for putting their traffic into express lanes. Or perhaps another business model is just around the bend. Under net neutrality, the current system would be locked into place.
Government should have high hurdles to clear before setting prices. In the end, net neutrality seems little more than rent-seeking by content providers. It’s akin to a computer maker successfully lobbying for price controls on shippers like FedEx when transporting goods from China. When it bought new planes, the shipper would have to eat the cost or pass it downstream.
Now the fight turns to Capitol Hill, with Republicans especially eager to do battle. The GOP views the ruling as an initial effort by the Obama administration to push its agenda through regulatory agencies now that Democrats no longer completely run Congress. Expect the Republican-controlled House to quickly pass a disapproval resolution under the Congressional Review Act to overturn the ruling. If the measure then gets 51 votes in the Senate, it would be up to President Barack Obama to sign or veto.
Hopefully his recent pivot to the center will continue for at least a little while longer.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Appleton Awards : American Design Awards | Appleton Creative, an Orlando Advertising Agency
Appleton Awards : American Design Awards
Appleton Creative is pleased to announce the agency won four awards during the American Design Awards Semi-Annual Design Contest. Of the 1,640 entries in the contest, only 54 winners were selected. The American Design Awards reward innovative design and provide recognition for print and web designs via three competitions per year.
The agency placed first in the following categories:
• Print/Magazine/Book for an event journal
• Flyer/Postcard for a direct mail piece
• Invitation Design for a themed eventAppleton also placed third in the Web Design (non-flash) category for its design of the recently launched Baker Barrios Architects website.
Appleton Creative is an award winning boutique advertising agency located in downtown Orlando. The 20-year old firm is known for its holistic, strategic approach to advertising. Appleton is the only area firm offering a professional video department, social media expertise, and full service web, print and branding in house.
How the iPad Is Influencing Web Apps
Google officially unveiled its Chrome Web Store yesterday, and with it, a veritable treasure trove of highly optimized web apps that use technologies like JavaScript and HTML5 to create optimized experiences that blur the lines between web and desktop apps.
We’ve already profiled some of those apps, most of which work on any modern browser, not just Google Chrome.
A few months ago, we talked about how the iPad is transforming web design. We dubbed this phenomenon the “iPadification of the web.” As much as the iPad has had an influence on web design, its influence over this next wave of web applications is even more apparent.
Looking through the Google Web Store, we couldn’t help but notice the similarities — in some cases perfect facsimiles — that some of these apps share with their iPad counterparts or with the general trend of iPad apps and iPad websites.
via mashable.com
Google Chrome - Web Store
Chrome Web Store
The Chrome Web Store is an online marketplace where you can discover thousands of apps, extensions and themes for Google Chrome. To start exploring the store, visit chrome.google.com/webstore or click the store icon in Chrome’s New Tab page.
Once you’re in the store, find interesting apps, extensions or themes by using the search box or by browsing through different categories. Every item in the store has its own page, where you can read and contribute reviews and ratings. If you use multiple computers, synchronize your apps, extensions, and theme across all your computers with browser sync. Learn more about syncing your apps, extensions and themes.
Explore what’s in the store
Apps
Web apps are advanced interactive websites. They may provide a wide-ranging set of features or focus on a single task like photo-editing or shopping. You can easily access the web apps you install from the Chrome Web Store through shortcuts in Chrome’s New Tab page. Learn more about installing apps in Chrome.
* Apps are currently not available in all countries. We are working hard on launching apps everywhere in the world. Stay tuned!
Extensions
Extensions let you add new features to your browser. For example, an email notifier extension can show an email alert in your browser toolbar so you don’t have to log in to your email in a separate window to check if you have new messages. There are also extensions that work silently in the background, such as an extension that automatically formats and displays web pages in your preferred style. Learn more about installing extensions in Chrome.
Themes
Themes allow you to you customize the look and feel of your browser, including themes from leading artists and designers around the world. Learn more about adding a theme to the browser.
via google.com
Glaring privacy loophole- why we should support the EFF - now more than ever!
Why we should support the EFF. The Electronic Communications Act of 1986 protected email the same as intercepted phone calls requiring a warrant for authorities to "listen in". Unfortunately a glaring privacy loophole has existed in Title II of the law The Stored Communications Act. Any stored email has been subject to seizure by authorities if they simply stated that they needed it for an investigation. No warrant has been required, until now maybe. A federal judge has ruled this violates the 4th amendment. DUH? full story at www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/12/breaking-news-eff-victory-appeals-court-holds
Dr Bertrand Piccard chilling inspiring story at Le Web and Wordpress html5
Wordpress - Now with html5/css3 Toolbox theme The most popular CMS (content management system) on the web, Wordpres is used on more than 12% of all websites (top 1 million). Written largely by Matt Mellenweg (see www.ma.tt )in php + mysql it can be hosted on your server or at wordpress.com. It is an industry standard and is supported by Microsoft Web Platform Installer. Has hundreds of themes available and its FREE. Our blog will be cross posted to atwebdesign.wordpress.com as well as at business supporter StaticIT.com/blog as soon as we puzzle out this glitch: We were not able to authenticate this account. Reason: XML-RPC services are disabled on this site
Le Web - Many WEb luminaries were at Le Web in Paris France last week including Matt mentioned above If you would like to be inspired Check out www.leweb.net and the video presentation of Dr Bertrand Piccard.
Monday, December 13, 2010
Stuxnet war weapon and Why We Should Start Using CSS3 and HTML5 Today
HTML5/CSS3 -Let's start now! SmashingMagazine.com has issued a rally call to web designers. This is a must read article. It enumerates the many reasons why we should get up to speed with the new web standards. It was pointed out this morning that our adopted FREE text editor TextWrangler does not help. Web guru Jeffery Zeldman recommends BBEdit www.zeldman.com/2010/10/26/bbedit-revised-reviewed -Worth checking out. Normally $130 now on sale for $99 -Special student price $49. This is a professional level text editor fully supporting Html5/CSS3 HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Stuxnet Update - Some may recall that in 1981Israel bombed the Osirik nuclear plant about to come online in Iran. Today Iran is again about to launch nuclear powerplants but this time the "bomb" that has wreaked havoc upon the Iranian nuclear effort is a computer worm called Stuxnet. Word is leaking out that the program is in dissarray and that a scientist who was in charge of eradicating the worm was killed in a radical moving motorcycle magnetic car bomb attack. The evidence is that this may be an early chapter in the future of War and it involves the Web and computers
Friday, December 10, 2010
Jobs,Jobs,Jobs for Orlando Web Design - Here's where to find them
Jobs Orlando Web Design jobs are available. Check out the job agregator www.JUJU.COM. There are 280 jobs listed in the last month with the word WEB within 20 miles of Orlando. Remember that you could take on freelance work while maintaing your student status. Another interesting site is www.Authenticjobs.com This is a website JUST for designers and web related job offerings. Run by Cameron Moll www.cameronmall.com who is a well known web designer from Sarasota Florida.The site partners with more than 20 other sites, employers PAY for an Ad and is highly recomended. When I checked there were 10 job postings for Orlando
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
WikiLeaks the true story? Jail with no bail for a broken condom? Web Freedom?
WikiLeaks the true story? Jail with no bail for a broken condom?. See www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1336291/Wikileaks-Julian-Assanges-2-night-st... Julian Assange is under siege for functioning as a journalist with"leaks" that are far less interesting or important than, say the Woodward and Bernstein expose of Watergate. The big difference here is the WEB. In the US more than 80 websites have been shut down with very little due process. This is worrisome for the future of the last great bastion of freedom - The world wide web. Right now in most parts of the world anyone can start a website without asking any permission. How long will this last? Time to support organizations like EFF.org Go there browse around , get educated and if you may want - hit the donate button and buy some swag.
Google fiasco fixed? Remember Decormyeyes.com from a previous post? Vitaly Borker , owner, has been arrested for cyberstalking,threatening interstate commerce,mail fraud,and wire fraud. The full complaint is here: www.scribd.com/doc/44797835/Complaint-Against-Vitaly-Borker-Of-Decor-My-Eyes very interesting reading. Oh, by the way, google says it has fixed whatever it was that allowed this bad boy to have top ranking in search
Space X The first succesful launch of a private spacecraft took place today 10:43 am Cape Canaveral Floriida. A moment in history?
Browser "history sniffing" NY web advertising Co Interclick says it will cease capturing your browser history. Who new? It turns out that a snippet of Javascript on a browser page will allow this for all browsers except Safari and Chrome. Another good reason to use the Chrome browser - after all they already know your search history - ahhhhhggg
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Semantic we stand Divitis we fall - Web design teacher says thanks
Semantic we stand Divitis we fall. This meme has been runing around on twitter for the last day or so. So what is semantic code? Aquick google search bring up a Paul Boag blog from 2005 boagworld.com/technology/semantic-code-what-why-how/ Thanks Paul, I listen to and recomend your "classic" (old) boagworld podcasts and I follow you on trwitter (you are prolific). Interesting to note that this concept is as important now as it was 10 years ago. Tomorrow we tackle Divitis. anybody have any suggestions?
Monday, December 6, 2010
Can we save Wikipedia?
Monday Nov 6 2010
Wikipedia: Just a little info- Garnered from Wikipedia- where else? 7th most visited site in the US per Alexa, top 10 worldwide. 365 million readers 17 million articles, 3.4 million in the US. all done by volunteers and all FREE and NO ADVERTISING. so who pays? Co founder and shepherd Jimmy Wales hopes you will help. If you use wikipedia -send some money. A monetized Wikipedia would be worth Billions. Regardless of what some (academia) may think Wikipedia is a remarkable web resource and an and a true phenomenon of the internet age. Let's help keep it AD FREE
E-readers Google has announced its e-book store. Amazon says more people buy Kindle (Amazon proprietary e-book reader) version books than hard copy. There are a lot of choices. D you read e-books? What reader do you recommend?
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