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[Note: This is not a rant. It is a critical analysis of a set of widely-used internet services.]
Across Google’s powerful suite of web applications, there are a small (but growing!) number of concerns I have with the lack of conformity that would give them a significant advantage over competing rich internet applications. There [...]

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I have only recently discovered Google Bookmarks, but it has quickly become a source of internet joy. And joyness. It’s power and functionality is only harnessed when coupled with this Google Bookmarks firefox extension.
The actual “bookmark” function is pretty straightforward: You can enter websites that you visit frequently for quick access or for [...]

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Are you plagued by the (no network) gremlin?  Don’t let it get to you any longer!  You, too, can join networks on Facebook!  Just listen to this real feedback supplied on my wall.
I joined [a Geographical] network and found a neighborhood friend from my hometown that I hadn’t seen since 1972. Thanks for the suggestion!
Wow!  [...]

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Dear Programmer,
I just bought a new Gateway laptop.  It came with Microsoft Office, and today it expired!  I didn’t realize it was a trial, and now I am in trouble.  I am a student, and need to write a paper for my class! What do I do?
~Word-less in New York
Dear Word-less in New York,
You are [...]

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It is not uncommon for us to discuss and debate technology trends in my department, and as an avid user of Google Docs (bias alert), I was alarmed at this article which Scott emailed to me from Wired News. It takes on the appearance being an evaluation of Google Apps and Microsoft Office, but [...]

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For a short while now I have been experimenting with the Yahoo! User Interface toolkit (also known as Yahoo! UI or simply YUI). It contains a hefty set of tools and framework pieces for quickly and easily doing some really cool web stuff using Javascript. It is not always the most intuitive tool [...]

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This phrase, making reference to the next-generation of internet technologies, is best (only!) defined by its distinctive features. These features most prominently include use of Really Simple Syndication to contruct feeds, the capacity to ’share’ documents or information in a movement known as Social Networking, and the use of AJAX to make a site [...]

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