Today, I was looking through my Google Analytics account and found something new. In reality, it is not really that new; I am just late finding it. The feature that I am speaking about is called Site Speed. Site Speed is a feature that I am most excited about as it offers us Google’s perspective on the average time it takes to load various pages on our websites. This is not blinded aggregated benchmarks but the actual load times for various pages…
I have used Skype (application used to make voice/video calls over the Internet) for the last several years and generally been very fond of the application. Recently, Skype seems to be trying to move into a social media space with the introduction of their new “Skype Home” functionality. This little and annoying pop-up occurs every time the application is started. Therefore, every day I have to close this little annoying pop-up window that often comes with an advertisement to purchase something…
Thank you Facebook. Ever since I was a child I knew what the word “like” meant. Now, the word “like” has taken on a completely new context because of the prevalence of social media. As a child, I liked people, places, and things, which simply meant I enjoyed them. Now, I get to “like” things on the net. But what does “like” really mean? For example, I have been reading about the horrific tragedy that has recently befallen Japan with the…
It is no secret for people who generate online content that they often have to deal with problems that arise from participants in the comment forum. From the inevitable spammers to the general antisocial types, it just comes with the territory. Personally, I have been very fortunate that I do not attract the antisocial types to my various channels of online communication. I find that the IT crowd tends to be a little more sedate. However, this is not the…