Status sites
If you’re running a web services business; a status site can save your clients (and you) a ton of stress and frustration.
Archive for March, 2008
UK Food Warnings Via RSS
The Food Standards Agency website uses a free news feed so it is now even easier to stay updated. The UK Food Standards Agency is equivalent to the FDA in the US.
Assassination email scam
Wow, seems a friend of mine has put contract out on me and if I don’t pay the hired gun 15k, the hit will go ahead. Here’s an example of a scam asssassination email I received a couple of days ago.
89 Year Old Political Blogger
With little money or manpower, a barely literate 89-year-old Malaysian grandmother running for parliament in Malaysias general election has turned to cyberspace to reach out to her voters with a Facebook profile and her own blog.
How to Build a Successful News Blog: 10 Information Sources You Can Use
News blogs are fast-paced blogs which track, aggregate and disseminate current news on a set range of topics. Their main selling points are comprehensiveness and timeliness: a good news blog must cover the field throughly and speedily by pointing readers to new information or developments.
Content for news blogs is published regularly on a daily basis [...]
How many sites do you visit?
In this increasingly online world, we’re consuming an incredible amount of media. I had quite a shock after checking some stats on how many sites I visit each day.
Can and Should Schools Punish Students for Offensive Blog Posts Outside of School?
A teen who used vulgar slang in an Internet blog to complain about school administrators should not have been punished by the school, her lawyer told a federal appeals court.
But a lawyer for the Burlington, Conn., school told the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday that administrators should be allowed to act if such comments are made on the Web.
Avery Doninger, 17, claims officials at Lewis S. Mills High School violated her free speech rights when they barred her from serving on the student council because of what she wrote from her home computer.
Software Industry Conference - Boston, MA July 17-19, 2008
The 2008 Software Industry Conference will be in Boston, Massachusetts at the Boston Marriott Quincy from July 17-19, 2008.
The Software Industry Conference is a three day event, that culminates with the Shareware Industry Awards ceremony. There are also dozens of informative, educational breakout sessions covering a wide variety of topics. And if that is not enough there are three nights jam packed with plenty of time to mingle with other attendees, exhibitors, and sponsors including an Exhibit Night featuring the best software development products and services.
Attendee registration is only $199 if you register before April 1st!
Website Purpose
When designing a website, it is important that webmasters ask some general questions before they begin the design process…
Why Are You Giving Away Content for Free?
If you’re blogging, you’re most likely publishing content and making it freely available for public consumption. Everyone is able to access and read your articles as long as they have an internet connection.
Time to stop and think a little about this. Why are you giving away content for free? What are trying to achieve [...]