What is the Internet? A very reasonable question these days and yet one that is deceptively simple with a potentially complicated answer. There is however a great analogy to be able to describe “What is the Internet?” The Internet is 3 things working together in harmony. Network, Protocols and Applications. However to most people that could be Double Dutch. Here …
Browser Fingerprints are left every time you look at a web page. In the same way if you pick up a glass with no gloves on, you leave behind a trace of yourself. So what do you leave? What can servers see? Is this information valuable? This article examines the specific technical hows and whats of the services and how …
Science Fiction to Science Fact, this article looks at some of the amazing developments from creative minds, to something you can pick up and use today. So what science fiction can you use today and potentially extend yourself? Merriam-Webster defines etymology as “Etymon means “origin of a word” in Latin, and comes from the Greek word etymon, meaning “literal meaning …
LCARS interface – build your own: is an article to bring a science fiction Star Trek’esque interface into real world usage. As I examined in the article Science Fiction into Science Fact, there are many tools we can use for ourselves these days that were previously only the realm of science fiction. Working with KeyRings from WhereWeLearn, this example …
iFrames or “inline Frames” were first introduced in 1997. In over 20 years of use the technology industry used, praised, shunned and ignored iFrames. This article explores this wonderful technology and how it can be used in a very positive sense. iFrames or multiple screens? Space is a premium for everyone. From the macro to the micro. However when …
Languageizer is a tool available on the WhereWeLearn platform. https://wherewelearn.com/forfun/languageizer-options.php Languageizer uses modern browser technology to help in the learning of languages by combining basic word lists with a browser’s SpeechSynthesis. It uses the fundamentals of speaking a language and modern browser technology to provide a free language learning tool. Current Languageizer and Language Projects on WhereWeLearn N.B. These …
Building FOTS solutions which integrate with operations has direct influence on your profits. If you need a quick reminder of what FOTS or Feet on the Street is, you can start here. What solution works best for your business and where to start? Approaching a build can be challenging but having built numerous solutions here are the major considerations …
Parent-child relationships, one to many relationships and foreign keys are the basics of databases. What are they and how are they useful? Technically those names all represent the same thing yet why so many names? This article looks from a business perspective at the power of this concept and how it can be harnessed. Whilst a very early concept …
Standard measures are internationally approved amounts and counts to help countries inter-operate. Yet for programmers they pose massive challenges. This article looks at some of the most common measures and how they pose challenges when internationally used. Based on over a decade of writing systems for international use here are some of the primary challenges I’ve encountered and how I …
jQuery is a JavaScript library which can be included in web pages to make JavaScript programming on the page easier. Do you need it? Is it worth it? This article presents an introduction and “both sides of the aisle” view of the technology and what it can provide. Often programmers can include libraries “for the sake of it” which leads …
