Twitting Tweets of Terror
Posted on October 28, 2008 by Ben Cecka
The US Army says that Twitter is a potential tool for terrorists. I know what you’re thinking — thank God my tax dollars are finally being put to good use. And this isn’t another one of those AIG spa treatments or anything.
I mean, with the exception of only a small handful of other services, Twitter [...]
BlackBerry 8830
Posted on October 4, 2008 by Ben Cecka
I was lucky enough to hit the A-list at work for an upgrade to a BlackBerry 8830 from my usual cell phone. This is the first mobile device that I’ve ever owned and I’m totally hooked. It’s like the move from dial-up to broadband — I’m not sure I could ever go back to a [...]
What is Twitter?
Posted on March 21, 2008 by Ben Cecka
I signed up for a Twitter account late last year as a skeptic looking at a buzz technology tool. I thought, “Who cares what I’m doing right now” and “How is this useful?”
I’m not sure why exactly, but I recently gave it another go and have become increasingly intrigued with how to use it.
So far [...]
Google hijacking 404 error pages
Posted on February 26, 2008 by Ben Cecka
It was interesting to see some action on the Google Toolbar taking over the standard 404 error page on a website. I guess some web developers out there are a little up in arms, but hasn’t Internet Explorer been doing this for years? Any 404 page under 512 bytes is taken over by the browser, [...]
The Next Social Network
Posted on January 19, 2008 by Ben Cecka
No more new social networks, ok? The idea of having to continually register for the next big thing with a better service just doesn’t seem like an attractive idea to me anymore. Being on the edge was fun for a time, but in the long term is just a major pain in managing my online [...]
The Webtop is Dead?
Posted on December 28, 2007 by Ben Cecka
According to a recent survey by NPD, the following was found:
Ninety-four percent of U.S. consumers have never heard of Web-based productivity suite alternatives. A mere 0.5 percent have substituted Web-based productivity suites for desktop software such as Microsoft Office. Chris Swenson, NPD’s director of Software Industry Analysis, described the 0.5 percent figure as being a [...]
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