Posts tagged: web site

Web Development

Third Party Headache

November 12, 2008 If we’ve ever met or exchanged emails, there’s a good chance your immediate reaction was not: “Now,that guy likes underground hip-hop.” Well, it’s time to take the vinyl out of the crates. Not only do I listen to underground hip-hop, I co-founded the underground hip-hop website ArtofRhyme.com in 2001. Our most popular sections are New Joints and AOR Radio, both of which allow people to listen to new and often e Read On...

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Keep Google Happy

October 31, 2008 If you’ve had a website long enough, maintaining all of the links, both internal and external, can be a real hassle. Eventually, your site will become a victim of link rot: when an external site you linked to has either moved their content or went down altogether. Being vigilant about link rot is pretty important, especially when it comes to your Google ranking. Bogus inbound and outbound links can be a detriment to your ranking and t Read On...

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OK, so what is Web 2.0?

October 22, 2008 For starters, the correct pronunciation is "Web 2-point-oh." If you're around the Web you've probably heard this buzzword, and maybe you've used it. But what is Web 2.0? Tim O'Reilly's definition (feel free to skip over it): "Web 2.0 is the business revolution in the computer industry caused by the move to the Internet as platform, and an attempt to understand the rules for success on that new platform. Chief among those rules is Read On...

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A Brief History of the Internet

October 9, 2008 Within the short history of the Internet changes have occurred in every sector, from the original purpose to the actual look and feel of sites. The Internet that we know now has so little resemblance to the original that you have to wonder if any of the originators even recognize it. In the Beginning One of the most important originators was John Licklider. Licklider, a scientist at MIT in the early 1960s, first had a vision of a vast networ Read On...

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9/30 CDIA Speaker Series with Ethan Marcotte

October 3, 2008 Ethan Marcotte, Senior Designer at Airbag Industries in Cambridge, came to CDIA-Waltham on 9/30 to discuss the relationship between web designers and developers. First of all, I'd like to thank CDIA for having me: I had a wonderful time visiting the space, seeing the recent graduates' work in the halls and hearing more about the program.   My talk was called "Comps vs. Code: Couples' Therapy", and deals with a lot of the Read On...