Tag Archives: WWW

Web 2.0

What’s the difference? In bad old HTML, form and content were tied together. Web 1.0 resembles a fancy book with index links, whether you wanted them or not. Like a submarine, most users surfing the web were passive. Both 1.0 … Continue reading

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blogging 101 – content is king

Initial belles lettres I’d been writing my own travel diaries and sending postcards to loved ones during my sojourns around the globe. Naturally I took up blogging, once I was aware of it. Way back in March 2005 I was … Continue reading

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© copyright versus fair use

Public domain (http://ww.wikieducator.org/Copyright_and_copyleft/public_domain) comprises all the works that are free to use without permission. There are a lot of works on the internet that are in the public domain and hence, not protected by copyright. Ideas, facts, titles, names, short … Continue reading

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data and meta-data

We all know data is the raw information itself. For example, the photograph or even this content you are reading this very instant, is data. So let’s talk about the content of this post. What kind of information is it? … Continue reading

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HTML to blog

Our task was to build a web page utilising all the basic HTML constructs. I’ve been a Dreamweaver user since version 1.0 and I’m relatively familiar with HTML. I was excited to try hand-coding without the funky extras that Dreamweaver … Continue reading

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navigating the waves of the WWW

This from our NET11 course curriculum: Once we began to store and access documents electronically, it became possible to deal with non-linearity in a new and exciting way. There was no longer any necessity to create a physical document with … Continue reading

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Are you browsing okay?

So you still use Internet Explorer for your everyday browsing? Ah… Why? Would you keep eating poo if you knew you could be eating honey in your sandwich? Get Firefox and see for yourself how it compares to Internet Explorer … Continue reading

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The machine is us/ing us

Okay all you NET12ers out there, I’ve finally made a start on the material. Here’s the proof: this smart YouTube video clip on web 2.0 done by Mike Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology in Kansas State University, raising some … Continue reading

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