It’s amazing what can happen in a few short decades. It hasn’t even been 50 years since Nixon first visited China and opened diplomatic relations with the country. This was a bold move. Nixon was renowned for his staunch anti-communism and China at the time was strictly communist. There were virtually no capitalistic elements. Now,China […]
How to Create an RSS Feed from Multiple Sites? A Look at Aggregators
March 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
RSS is a crucial technology of the web as it allows publishers to syndicate their content in a variety of ways and readers to stay conveniently up to date with their preferred information sources. (It’s also in the news this week because of Google’s announcement that it will shut down its popular RSS reader.) Specifically, […]
What is cPanel Web Hosting? And Why Is It Recommended?
February 25, 2013 By 3 Comments
When you’re researching web hosting or comparing hosting providers for a blog or website, you will likely hear talk about something called cPanel. Some webmasters might even suggest that you should limit your search to hosting providers that include cPanel. What exactly is this and why is it so important? cPanel is web-based software that […]
Speed Up Your Searching with Browser Keywords
November 16, 2012 By 1 Comment
As Anachronistic as a Phonebook Once upon a time, directory approaches to navigating the internet were actually useful. Yahoo! and DMOZ curated lists of sites broken into hierarchical categories and one could drill down several layers to find their destination. Now, it’s evident that this approach was both unsustainable and inefficient. Search engines, with their […]
What Are the Best Free Websites for Learning and Productivity?
September 24, 2012 By 6 Comments
Q: What are some of the best free online resources for education and productivity? (If you came from the eBook and have a website to suggest, skip ahead to the comments!) Today, there are tons of fascinating knowledge collections available for free on the open web. You can learn all about a new subject, acquire […]
Are Texting and Tweeting Destroying the English Language?
June 8, 2012 By 3 Comments
In his book A Better Pencil: Readers, Writers and the Digital Revolution, Dennis Baron poses the intriguing question of whether new writing technologies such as texting, email, and instant messaging are debasing the English language and doing major damage to society as a whole. He proceeds to dismiss these notions as overreactions, a point with […]
Why Should I Start a Blog?
April 4, 2012 By 2 Comments
In recent years, millions of people have taken the plunge and joined the blogosphere, but there are also many who are still skeptical of its benefits. Some are stuck on the idea that blogs are little more than personal diaries broadcast over the web, and do not recognize other contexts for which they might be […]
Academic SEO: Why Search Engine Optimization Isn’t Just For Businesses
February 27, 2012 By 2 Comments
Q: What in the world is Academic SEO? SEO is often thought of as a purely commercial endeavor: companies and other for-profit websites use keywords strategically, make use of headings and meta tags, and build inbound links in order to increase search engine positions and generate more revenue. But in the world of academia, scholars […]
iPad—What is it Good for? (And Can It Replace a Laptop?)
February 10, 2012 By 3 Comments
Q: I don’t have an iPad, and I can’t see what all the fuss is about these tablets. What’s the big deal? Also, can it really replace my laptop? The iPad and other tablet computers aren’t laptops and they aren’t smartphones, so many people are wondering why they’d ever need a new device that sits […]
Why Use a Twitter Client? Third-Party Applications vs. the Twitter Web Interface
February 7, 2012 By 13 Comments
Despite the emergence of new social networks such as Google+, Twitter hasn’t shown any signs of slowing down. If you are just getting started with the microblogging service, you might have heard something about Twitter applications or clients. What exactly are they and do they offer anything special that you can’t get from the regular […]
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