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The more I think about this…

December 10, 2008 - Huh? - by Mark - No Comments

Yes, there is a lot more to this story (post a comment if you would like to learn more). Sometimes a picture is worth more than a thousand words…

Interesting Sign

November 25, 2008 - Huh? , Travel - by Mark - No Comments

I encountered this sign during my recent trip to San Francisco. It was in front of a major hotel. What is wrong with this sign? Send me an e-mail (or post a comment) if you think you know the answer.

Web Pro Community Challenge

November 19, 2008 - ICC , Technology , WOW - by Mark - No Comments

The second annual Web Pro Community Challenge was announced at Adobe MAX (San Francisco) yesterday. The Web Pro Challenge is a Web design competition designed to provide the Web community with an opportunity to showcase their skills and talents, win prizes and benefit the community by designing and developing a […]

Interview with Jeffrey Zeldman

November 14, 2008 - Technology , WOW - by Mark - No Comments

This is a podcast which was also posted on the WOW Technology Minute website today.

ICC Lecture Arts Series

October 30, 2008 - ICC , Technology - by Mark - No Comments

Shari and I made a presentation on the future of technology as part of the ICC Lecture Arts series. A number of excellent questions were asked by the audience. If you would like to listen to the recorded version of this presentation, please contact me and I will provide the […]

Mozilla Labs – Ubiquity

September 3, 2008 - Technology - by Mark - No Comments

Mozilla Labs introduced an interesting approach to connecting the web to language. It seems similar to the concept of mashups, but allows for this to happen without having to write any code (mashups for the masses, so to speak). This is a very early prototype and does seem to have […]

Google releases a browser

September 2, 2008 - Technology - by Mark - No Comments

For those who haven’t yet heard the news – Google has released a browser – Google Chrome. Details can be found at http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/fresh-take-on-browser.html I would be interested in your thoughts regarding this browser (it seems to be based on WebKit with bits of Firefox). WebKit is baed on open source software and was the […]

Photosynth released

August 22, 2008 - Technology - by Mark - No Comments

Photosynth – http://photosynth.net/ is an interesting concept. If you have ever used PhotoShop to stitch multiple images together, you may appreciate this tool. Although most of the processing is done on the client side, you need to upload the photos to a MS server. I believe you do get 20 […]

Traditional and WWW classes

August 8, 2008 - ICC - by Mark - No Comments

Some ICC students received a phone call this week indicating that their enrollment in the traditional version of a class had been canceled and they were being enrolled in the WWW version of the same class. We needed to combine sections for some courses. Since some students live well out […]

Fall semester starts soon

August 4, 2008 - ICC - by Mark - No Comments

I hope everyone is looking forward to the start of classes as much as I am. If you registered for one of my CMWEB classes, note that you will likely be receiving a postcard in the mail in the next week or so. Please follow those instructions closely. Sadly, the […]

Belize photos

July 13, 2008 - Travel - by Mark - No Comments

These are some of the photos I took during my recent trip to Belize. Since I took nearly 1,000, I chose to be a little more selective. You may recall you can view these as a slideshow at the Flickr site. Just click on any of the photos below and […]

Belize sounds

July 11, 2008 - Travel - by Mark - No Comments

Here are some sounds from Belize. I thought you might enjoy listening to these sounds. I will post some photos soon. The amphibians were heard at night, the cicadas were heard in the day. The bird sounds are what I woke up to nearly every morning (unless there was heavy […]

Congratulations

June 29, 2008 - Student Examples , Technology , WOW - by Mark - No Comments

Congratulations to Luan Railsback and Sheri Humphrey. They won First Place at the SkillsUSA national web design contest in Kansas City this week. Well done! There should be some additional information about the contest posted on the WOW weblog (WOW Technology Minute) in the next week or two. Contestants at […]

China Trip Photos

May 6, 2008 - Travel - by Mark - No Comments

These are some photos from my recent trip to China. I spent most of Sunday touring Beijing and vicinity. The Ming Tomb I visited was that of the emperor who brought the capital back to Beijing and built the Great Wall. I also visited the Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, […]

Happy Webmaster Day

April 29, 2008 - Technology , WOW - by Mark - No Comments

I believe GoDaddy initiated this idea – today is the day to say thanks to all those who tirelessly keep websites up and running. More information can be found at: http://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/holiday/webmastersday/send_ecard.asp?ci=12356 and http://wowtechminute.com/. As a teacher of these technologies, let me add my note of thanks to those who keep things […]