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Tech Tuesday: HTML
Albert Wenger – Mar 6, 2012
Over the next three Tech Tuesdays we will cover the three essential technologies that together make up the bulk of most web sites: HTML, CSS and Javascript. This is Step 7 of the web cycle where the web browser uses [...] Read more
Bringing Time Back to the Web (Or: The Struggle for Depth)
Albert Wenger – Mar 2, 2012
Evan Williams apparently recently said that there is an issue with all of us being stuck in a kind of “continuous present” on the web (ironically, I can’t find that quote right now). I am certainly stuck in that all [...] Read more
Who Is Next After Newspapers?
Albert Wenger – Mar 1, 2012
Yesterday I tweeted out this fascinating chart about what has happened to newspaper advertising revenues: The chart comes from this blog post by a professor named Mark Perry. In the comments to the post there is a brief discussion that [...] Read more
We Need Peer Produced Mobile App Security
Albert Wenger – Feb 29, 2012
First there was the Path address book tempest. Now there is a concern about apps being able to access photos without permission. It would be a shame if this resulted in more centralized control over apps and longer review processes. [...] Read more
Tech Tuesday: Web Browser (Part 1)
Albert Wenger – Feb 28, 2012
We have now reached step 6 of the web cycle and are back at the web browser. The web browser is receiving an initial HTTP response from the web server. The first part of this response tells the web browser [...] Read more
Cord Cutting Experiment and Question
Albert Wenger – Feb 27, 2012
We moved back to the city some 6 weeks ago. Since then we have done entirely without traditional television. So admittedly that’s less than two months, but the initial results are encouraging. The only show that I watch with any [...] Read more
Tech Tuesday: Web Servers
Albert Wenger – Feb 21, 2012
If you have been following along, we are now on Step 5 of the web cycle where we find ourselves at the server that is answering an HTTP request. Because the HTTP protocol is well defined anyone in theory can [...] Read more
Peter Thiel on Government and Progress
Albert Wenger – Feb 16, 2012
Peter Thiel was interviewed by Francis Fukuyama (he of the “End of History”). The interview is well worth reading as it contains a lot of provocative thoughts. I agree with Thiel that the US government has lost its ability to [...] Read more
Americans Elect
Albert Wenger – Feb 15, 2012
Last year I mentioned Americans Elect twice as part of other posts. Since I am still typing mostly with my left hand, I am simply pointing everyone to Fred’s post about Americans Elect today. Americans Elect has the potential to [...] Read more