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Microsoft vs MySpace

March 22nd, 2006 · Comments · Web Applications

The news that Microsoft is delaying (until 2007) Vista, the next consumer version of Windows, isn’t much of a surprise. Well, maybe it is surprising considering that just last week Steve Ballmer said Vista would come out before the end of the year, according to ZDNet (found after reading a tip by Paul Kedrosky). [...]

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Web Design (or, the more things change, the more they stay the same)

March 13th, 2006 · Comments · Technology Trends, Web Applications

Hobbes’ Internet Timeline charts the development of the internet. There’s no question that the pace of change is fast. A few key developments:

1984: DNS introduced.
1989: more than 100,000 available hosts.
1992: more than 1,000,000 available hosts.
1994: Pizza Hut offers online pizza ordering.

Anyway, I like to visit the Internet Archive Wayback Machine to [...]

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Will we ever see a “standard” template for web design?

March 6th, 2006 · Comments · Web Applications

Considering the number of successful web applications, at first blush it may seem surprising that commonly accepted standards for core elements of a web site’s architecture and design haven’t taken shape to a greater degree. But when you think about it, given that the web is still a form of emerging media and the [...]

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