As a web designer and a Linux supporter, I’m always left to ponder if I could really break off from Windows and Mac OS completely, and live exclusively with the penguin. Almost all applications that we work with today are free and/or open-source, with the huge majority making themselves at home on Ubuntu and the likes. However, there are a…
No one expects the Black Continent to be competing with the Japanese as far as internet usage is concerned, but few people know the seriousness and sadness of the situation. With the exponential growth of the Internet and the Web 2.0 services, the gap between many African nations and the rest of the world is becoming too big to handle….
There’s no doubt that Voice Over IP has substantially grown over the last five years or so, and looks to become the way for the future. With high-speed internet connections everywhere, it makes sense to take advantage of the infrastructure available, and offer people the ability to contact each other with voice (as well as video), at very low prices….
Taking into consideration the significant gap separating the two countries in terms of economical power and technological development, Egypt seems to be exceeding expectations and providing some serious competition. In fact, the land of the Pyramids was one of the first countries in the world to offer free dial-up connection nation-wide. And just as you’d expect with any new technology…
When Google Images first started, it was an under-rated revolution. The idea of a specialized search engine saves incredible amounts of time, and is generally much more efficient. Iconfinder has taken the search to a new level, as it specializes exclusively in icons to be used in your designs. The interface is extremely simple, and the search results are displayed…
You can never be too inspired. This image is from a collection by Joakim Kræmer of macro photographs revealing design aspects of the world around us that is extremely difficult to spot with the naked eye: Sometimes we get so caught up with designing for the web, that we forget that we can look beyond the digital world for inspiration….
You can fool yourself into thinking that not all websites are created equal, and that you will design and develop one that expands beyonds the limits of the traditional two/three-column layout with a header and a footer. Sadly, though, the layout has become the victim of a rigid system used globally. Having said that, I wanted to talk about the…
An informative, thought-provoking video that explains how the internet boomed but is now under serious threat of censorship, on many levels; This is the one right that cannot be taken from human beings. 60 percent of the content is produced by people, not corporations, and it has to remain that way. The beauty of the internet is in the freedom…
A question that always comes up whenever you reach the end of your laptop cycle and decide it is time to make a new purchase is: Should I buy a Mac? Or should I just buy a regular laptop running Windows? There are a number of key points that you need to pay attention to whenever you’re about to invest…
Many-a-times you are left with the frustration of not being able to print out information directly from websites that you browse on the Internet. In most cases, blog posts and news articles always offer you a “printer-friendly” version, but the problem becomes evident when you attempt to print out pages with diverse content. If there are frames, the printer separates…
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