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5 Most Recent Posts

1. Riding the Google Wave — The Future of Email?
   How would you react if I told you that email, as we know it, is about to disappear? "Not my oxyge... er... email!" --Techno-addicts everywhere Most of us are addicted to electronic communication in one form or another. Email was invented about forty years ago and it's becoming a difficult, tired technology. The way we communicate [...] (read the rest)
2. Google Provides Free Wi-Fi in Airports During Holiday Season of 2009
   Why do I love Google? Let me count the ways... Search engine is extremely effective Couldn't have made it through Grad School without Google Scholar My best friend speaks fluent Spanish and I don't; Google's Translate tool provides an easy way for me to send him messages and figure out what he murmurs under his breath in another [...] (read the rest)
3. A Beginner’s Guide to Video
   Video is one of the most popular mediums available today. If you don't believe it, then check the statistics for the online video hosting sites. According to reports, YouTube and Google Video brought in more than 10 billion views during the month of August 2009. Other popular sites, such as Metacafe, HowCast, Revver, and DailyMotion also have [...] (read the rest)
4. Wireframing for (hopefully) Better Websites
   For people new to the web design game, the process can seem kind of overwhelming. After all, at various points when designing and developing a website, you need: aesthetic skills (to make things look good) information architecture skills (organizing the content in a way so that users can find what they need) interaction design skills (making sure that [...] (read the rest)
5. Organize your Twitter space with new Lists feature
   If you have been using Twitter for a while, your Twitter Home page is probably becoming a blinding  jumble of unrelated messages. Because all your feeds pour into the same space, you need to do a lot of weeding to find what you want--that is, if you have the patience. Now, with the new Lists feature, Twitter [...] (read the rest)