A new report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project suggests that contrary to earlier concerns about the effects of technology, the internet and mobile phones are decreasing, not increasing social isolation. The findings challenge the notion that technology pulls people away from social engagement. Contrasting with results of a 2006 study [PDF] by…
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How wide should my home page be? Revisiting screen and viewport size
How wide to design for? My data on viewport sizes show the quick answer is 960 pixels, but as you’ll see, you should pay as much attention to the height of your main content as the width. You want the important content on your web pages to be visible to visitors without them having to…
Web 2.0 is as much about usability as sharing
Recently I was marveling to a colleague about how easy it was upgrading from an 8-year-old iMac to a new iMac. Just a few clicks and in less than one hour, my old computer, with all my configurations and settings, was up and running on my new computer. I didn’t have to learn anything new….
I heart Pandora
Driving from New York to New Hampshire today sans iPod, I was able to plug my iPhone into the car radio and run the Pandora for iPhone application and it was amazing. I basically had internet connectivity all the way via AT&T’s network, enabling me to have great tunes playing all the way and far…
The United States Postal Service versus E-mail
No, the U.S. Postal Service is not going to impose a tax on all e-mail. But there was a time when they tried to become the sole controller of electronic mail. Blogger Joey deVilla unearthed a 1981 issue of Creative Computing that covers the Electronic Mail and Message Conference at which the U.S.P.S. presented its…
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