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Web vs. Desktop Task Management Systems
Jun 30th
One of the most hotly contested areas of development these days is task management. Even though there are a myriad of web and desktop applications available there is no clear winner, especially with the proliferation of mobile computing. Just one moment of browsing the “productivity” category in the iTunes App Store will confirm such. So how do you decide which route to take?
HOWTO Configure Apache for SSL with DoD CAC Authentication on Ubuntu 9.04
May 4th
Administering Linux servers is an art form not mastered by many because it is mostly command-line driven. Windows on the other hand, while a highly complex beast, has taught most administrators that configuring can be accomplished through a simple point-and-click interface.
One of the more difficult Linux tasks is properly configuring an Apache web server – the sheer power Apache can wield is evident in the exponential number of configuration options available. Setting up Apache on Linux for SSL-based DoD Common Access Card (CAC) authentication is pure freaking magic. Learn how to configure an Ubuntu Linux 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) server to perform this much-needed functionality!
Desktop Twitter Clients Are Pointless
Mar 9th
One of the driving forces behind Twitter’s popularity is access to their API. This openness has allowed users to access Twitter via a variety of third-party clients rather than the standard method of accessing a web-based service solely in a browser. A number of clients and services thrive as a result of this rather unorthodox approach to the service. What I find fascinating, and at the same time quite unappealing, is this focused reliance on using a desktop client to access Twitter.
Facebook And Twitter Harming Our Brains?
Feb 28th
Not quite your brain on crack cocaine, but it may come close. As David Derbyshire’s coverage points out on research by neuroscientist [and Baroness] Susan Greenfield — Ms. Greenfield would have you believe social networking is “infantilizing” the human brain.
Web Services I Use Daily – What Do You Use?
Jan 30th
The web is littered with service after service, each only a mere few keystrokes away. There is just about any service to fulfill any need – you name it, it’s been done by someone, somewhere. While there are a host of so-called “mainstream” sites, there are also a plethora of “underground” sites which not too many people are aware exist.
As I see it, the hardest problem with all the web services offered today is attempting to differentiate between what is valuable and invaluable. What is considered useful is obviously dependent upon each individual, but there is still a baseline of sorts. The quality services are spread virally, through word-of-mouth campaigns and user advocates. How else do we find out about new and exiting services?
Are All Your Eggs In One Web Services Basket?
Jan 28th
When HoTMaiL launched in July 1996 it was unheard of to be running a “web services” business. The web-based tools we take for granted today were not available way back in the dark ages. In fact, web services were not even a glimmer in your father’s eye. In 1996 nobody envisioned transforming from operating system-based applications to in-browser-based applications. It was simply unheard of!
One Portal, Under God
Jan 6th
Just as the Pledge of Allegiance stirs up controversy, so does the United States’ e-government effort to serve up a viable web portal for its citizens.
After a search [for what I expect should be a Yahoo!-like portal] on the [dot] GOV network, I found USA.GOV. The URL itself holds significant marketability and it makes for top billet and easy recognition in a web search. But, after entering the USA.GOV site, I was sent off into an one-way labyrinth of chaos and calamity.
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