Webdesign and web development

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech 2005

philwebsupport — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 08:09:00 +0000

Apple founder Steve Jobs, the mastermind behind Apple’s iPhone, iPad, iPod, iMac and iTunes, has died, Apple said. Jobs was 56 Click the link to view 128 photos In memories of Steve Jobs -…

Apple Co-Founder Steve Jobs Dead at 56

philwebsupport — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 02:04:00 +0000

Born in San Francisco in 1955, Jobs grew up near Cupertino, Calif. After attending Reed College in Portland for one semester (and auditing classes for free for several more), Jobs took a job at Atari, designing circuit boards. In 1976, Jobs co-founded Apple with Steve Wozniak.

The two young men started out with a few thousand dollars in cash and a vision of changing the world. Over the course of the past 35 years, the company and Jobs have gone on to change the world, the personal computing industry, the music and film industries and the mobile industry as we know.

Apple released its first mass-market product, the Apple II in 1976. The Apple II helped ignite what would become known as “the personal computer revolution” and thrust the charismatic Jobs into the spotlight. By the time IBM released its first PC in 1981 and Commodore released the Commodore 64 in 1982, Apple was already hard at work on the product that would cement Apple’s place in computing history, the Macintosh.

Brazenly introduced to the world in 1984 via a Super Bowl ad directed by Ridley Scott, the Macintosh helped set the standard for personal computing paradigms for the next decade.

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Jobs was forced out of Apple in 1985 over disagreements concerning vision, style and attitude. At the time, Jobs was written off by many in the business and industry press as a flash in the pan. It was Wozniak, not Jobs, they said, that was the real innovator at Apple.

In the decade that followed, Jobs was out of the limelight. Bill Gates became the face of the industry and the tech story of the 1990s was the rise of Microsoft. It was Microsoft, not Apple, that would topple IBM.

After leaving Apple in 1985, Jobs and some of his Apple founded NeXT with a cadre of Apple alumni. NeXT was well-financed and its software and hardware were top notch. Still, the products failed to make an impact on the industry.

Jobs’s real success in the first half of the 1990s wasn’t in the computer industry, but in the film industry. Pixar, a small animation studio Jobs acquired in 1986, went from obscurity to industry game-changer after the release of 1995′s Toy Story. It was Pixar, not Apple — and not NeXT — that made Jobs a very rich man.

In late 1996, Jobs approached Apple to discuss his former company acquiring NeXT. Apple needed an operating system, NeXT had one, NeXTSTEP.

Within a few months of rejoining Apple, Jobs took over as interim CEO. It was at this point that the modern Jobs legacy began to take shape.

From 1997 until August 2011, Jobs was Apple’s CEO, presiding over what can only be described as the greatest second and third acts in business history. Under his tutelage as CEO, Apple not only returned from the brink of bankruptcy to profitability, but products like the iMac, iPod, iPhone and iPad have single-handedly changed the consumer electronics and personal computing landscape.

Jobs is survived by his wife Laurene and his family.

This story originally published on Mashable here.

How To Enable Facebook Timeline now

philwebsupport — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 09:41:00 +0000

This morning Facebook announced Timeline, a crazy (and kind of creepy) omnibus look at everything that has ever happened in your Facebook lifespan. It’s like a story book of your life — or at least the online, documented parts.

Facebook said that Timeline would be on the way for everyone sometime in the coming weeks… which is great and all, for everyone else. You’re the type of person who reads TechCrunch, and are thus likely the type of person who likes their new and shiny things right now.

That’s okay. We can make it happen.

Fortunately, enabling Timeline a bit early isn’t too difficult — but it’s not at all straight forward, either.

You see, Facebook is enabling Timeline early for open graph developers. You, too, can be an open graph developer — even if you’re just looking to dabble.

A few things to note:
- You probably don’t want to do this unless you’re actually a developer. Expect bugs.
- Only you will see your timeline at first (unless you decide otherwise), but it will automatically go public after a few days. My timeline was automatically hard-set to go public on September 29th.
- It seems that if you login into Facebook on another machine, Timeline gets disabled automatically on all of your machines. With that said, it seems you can get back to your timeline (but ONLY after following the steps below) by navigating to http://www.facebook.com/YOURUSERNAMEHERE?sk=timeline
- You’ll need to have a “verified” account for one of the steps, which means you need a credit card or phone number attached to the account.

Here’s how to do it:

1. Log into Facebook

2. Enable developer mode, if you haven’t already. To do this, type “developer” into the Facebook search box, click the first result (it should be an app made by Facebook with a few hundred thousand users), and add the app.

3. Jump into the developer app (if Facebook doesn’t put you there automatically, it should be in your left-hand tool bar)

4. Create a new app (don’t worry — you wont actually be submitting this for anyone else to see/use). Give your shiny new app any display name and namespace you see fit. Read through and agree to the Platform Privacy agreement. This is the step you need to be verified for.

5. Ensure you’re in your new app’s main settings screen. You should see your app’s name near the top of the page

6. Look for the “Open Graph” header, and click the “Get Started using open graph” link.

Create a test action for your app, like “read” a “book”, or “eat” a “sandwich”

7. This should drop you into an action type configuration page. Change a few of the default settings (I changed the past tense of “read” to “redd” — again, only you can see this unless you try and submit your application to the public directory), and click through all three pages of settings

8. Wait 2-3 minutes

9. Go back to your Facebook homescreen. An invite to try Timeline should be waiting at the top of the page

And you’re done! We’ve seen this work quite a few times now, so it should work without a hitch for just about anyone.

Business Cards 24 designs

philwebsupport — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 09:17:00 +0000

Nowadays, business cards are no long in rectangle shape, people are trying to be creative to attract more attention and to give a better impression to other people. Unlike those ordinary business cards, they come in rectangle shape, in this collection, I have found 24 business cards in a shape that you might not even could imagine.

Affordable Business Card Printing Available at PsPrint.com

define:Social Networking

philwebsupport — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 13:56:00 +0000

Mga kahulugan ng Social Networking na nasa Web sa wikang Ingles:

A social network service focuses on building and reflecting of social networks or social relations among people, e.g., who share interests and/or activities. …
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Networking
The interaction between a group of people who share a common interest; Using social contacts to network; Using internet’s network groups (such as Facebook and Twitter) to network and communicate between consumers and businesses
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/social_networking
The process of building online communities, often accomplished both through ‘groups’ and ‘friends lists’ that allow greater interaction on websites. Find out more about social networking.
webtrends.about.com/od/web20/a/web20-glossary_2.htm
is an phenomenon that has recently taken over the web, allowing more connectivity and interaction between web users. Several websites, such as Facebook and MySpace are “virtual communities.”
www.meetingtomorrow.com/cms-category/computer-glossary
Social networking-new means of communicating and sharing information between two or more individuals on an online community.
xlsuite.com/dictionary
sites offer people new and varied ways to communicate via the Internet, whether through their computer or mobile phone. These sites allow people to easily and simply create their own online page or profile and to construct and display an online network of contacts, often called ‘friends’. …
www.schools.sa.gov.au/speced2/a8_publish/modules/publish/content.asp
The practice by which internet users build relationships and bookmark important sites with like minded people.
www.omega2webdesign.com/glossaryofterms.html
A social networking site allows you to identify your contacts and establish a link between you and each of your contacts.
www.searchenginepartner.com/SEO-glossary.html
is the assembly, or coming together of individuals in specific groups or communities. Although social networking is possible in person, especially in schools or in the workplace, it is most popular online. …
www.socialmediabuyingguide.org/community/glossary.htm
Social networking is linking people to each other in some way. Social networking sites bring people together who people interested in a particular subject.
www.webdesignseo.com/blogging-terms/web-20-terms.php
Social networking websites allow users to be part of a virtual community. The two most popular sites are currently Facebook and MySpace. These websites provide users with simple tools to create a custom profile with text and pictures. …
glowvirtual.com/faqs/definitions.html
Most services are primarily web-based and provide a collection of various ways for users to interact, such as chat, messaging, email, video, voice chat, file sharing, blogging, discussion groups, and so on. …
www.thehatcherblog.com/blog/
Interactive communication in which participants in online communities such as Facebook share thoughts, photos, etc. with members of their own personal networks in a controlled way.
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this is where people develop networks of friends and associates. It forges and creates links between different people. Like social bookmarks (see below) a social network can form a key element of collaborating and networking.
edtechvision.org/

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Free Icon Set for Web Developers: Coded

philwebsupport — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 09:53:00 +0000

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Blog Dictionary

philwebsupport — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 06:43:00 +0000

BLOGGING

Weblog- An online dated diary listing your periodic thoughts on a specific topic, often in reverse chronological order.
Blog – short form for weblog
Blogging - the act of posting on blogs
Blogger – a person who blogs
Blogosphere - The internet blogging community

BLOGGING FORMS

Photoblogging – a blog predominantly using and focusing on photographs and images. Photoblogs are created by photobloggers
Podcasting - a method of distributing multimedia files (audio / videos) online using feeds for playback on mobile devices and personal computers. Podcasts are created by podcasters.
Autocasting - is an automated form of podcasting
Blogcasting - the blog and the podcast merged into a single website.
Vlogging - Also called video blogging. Shortened to vlog. Posted by vlogger. A variant on the blogging using video instead of text.
Audioblogging – Also called audioblog, MP3 blog or musicblogs. a variant on the blogging using audio instead of text. Created by audioblogger.
Moblogging – Also called moblogs. A blog posted and maintained via mobile phone. Moblogs are created by mobloggers.

BLOG COMPONENTS AND FUNCTIONS

Index page – the front page fo the blog
Header - the topmost part of the blog usually listing the blog title.
Footer - the most bottom part of the blog usually listing navigation and copyright statements
Sidebar - One or more columns along one or both sides of most blogs main page
Categories - A collection of topic specific posts
Post, Entry- individual articles that make up a blog
Comments – enabling readers to leave their remarks
Captcha - short for “Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart”. Those word and letter verification images you need to type in to show you are human and not a bot. Helful to block automated spam comments. more
Ping – Short for Packet Internet Grouper. Blog and ping helps to notify other blog tracking tools for updates, changes and trackbacks.
Trackback – A system by which a ping is sent to another blog to notify that their article has been mentioned by you
Pingback - See trackback.
Permalink - A link to a specific article
Tags - labelling / attaching keywords to collect similar posts
Tag cloud – Displaying tags lists or keywords in a blog.
Blogroll - list of links to other blogs in your sidebar. Also see blogrolling.com
Sideblog - A smaller blog usually placed in the sidebar of a blog.
Template - the blog presentation design
BlogThis - a function allows a blogger to blog the entry they a reading
Plugins - Small files that add improved functionality and new features. WordPress plugins can greatly improve your blog usage and interactivity
Dashboard - When you login to your blogging account, it is the first screen with all controls, tools and functions.
Archives – a collection of all your posts on one page. Can be categorized by month etc.
Expandable post summaries – show a small teaser part of the post on the index page that link to the full post. more
Jump – the continuation of a the story on another page to preserve space on index page.
FTP - short for file transfer protocol. Transferring file to and fro from your web host using FTP tools like Filezilla
WEB FEEDS

Web Feed – allows online users to subscribe to websites that change or add content regularly.
RSS – a family of web feed formats used for Web syndication. Short form for Really Simple Syndication (RSS 2.0), Rich Site Summary (RSS 0.91, RSS 1.0), RDF Site Summary (RSS 0.9 and 1.0). WordPress generates RSS 2.0
XML – short for eXtensible Markup Language. a general-purpose markup language for syndication formats used on blogs.
RDF – short for Resource Description Framework. A web content syndication format.
Atom – another specific web feed format. Blogger feeds are usually of this type.
OPML – short for Outline Processor Markup Language. It is an XML format for outlines. Easily import and export multiple blog subscriptions between different rss aggregators.
Photofeed- a web feed with image enclosures.
BLOGGING SOFTWARE / CLIENTS

Blogger – a free blogging platform by Google.
Blogspot – free Blogger hosting blog at name.blogspot.com
LiveJournal – free blogging tool by SixApart
Movable Type – paid blogging tool by SixApart
Typepad – paid blogging tool by SixApart
WordPress.org- Free. Easy to Upload, customize and upgrade.
WordPress.com – A WordPress blog hosted free for you.
Radio Userland – another blog publishing software package

TYPES OF BLOGS

Group blog- with multiple contributing bloggers.
Event blog – focussed on an event
Kittyblogger – writing about cats.
Celeblog – focused on a celebrity.
Celebriblog – maintained by a celebrity.
Clog Blog – written in Dutch and/or in Holland.
CEOBlog – run by a chief executive officer.
Plog – a project blog. Also for Amazon.com personalised weblogs
Movlogs – mobile video blogs.
Splog- a spam blog
Tech blog – focused on a technical subject.
Anonoblog – by an anonymous blogger
Linguablog – about linguistics, translation etc.
Metablog – a blog about blogging.
Milblog – a military blog.
Blawg – blogged by lawyer / related to legal stuff
Edu-blog – education oriented blog.
Progblog – A progressive blog.
Shocklog – provokes discussion by posting shocking content
Klog – used by company knowledge workers. by Kloggers
Blogsite – A web site that combines blog feeds from a number of different sources
Dark Blog- A non-public blog
Photocast- a photoblog that automatically updates when new photos are added.
BLOGGING HABITS

Metablogging – writing articles about blogging
Blogstipation – writer’s block for bloggers. Cant think of what to blog about?
Blogathy – I do not want to post today and I do not care about it
Blogopotamus – A long long blog post
Blogorrhea – unusually high output of articles
Bleg – To use one’s blog to beg for assistance etc.
Hitnosis – Refreshing your browser repeatedly to see if your hit counter or comments have increased
GAD - Google Adsense Disorder. Repeatedly checking your adsense earnings. more
Blego - Blog+Ego. Measuring blogger worth
Blog hopping – jumping from one blog to another
Blogroach – A commenter who rudely disagrees with posted content
Blogoholic - addicted to blogging
Blogorific = blogtastic – something which a blogger says is terrific
Blogsit – maintaining a blog while the primary blogger is on leave
Blogvertising – Also called blogvert. Advertising on a blog.
Blurker – a blog reader not posting comments, just lurking around quietly.
Blogathon – update your website every 30 minutes for 24 hours straight. Maybe collect sponsorships. more
Blogiversary – your blog birthday
Blog Carnival – Links to other articles covering a specific topic.
Multiblog – running multiple blogs
Blog Tipping – Compliment 3 blogs on day 1 of every month. more
Blogger bash – a blogger party
Commenter – someone who leaves remarks / comments
Reciprocal Links – called link love. You link to my blog, I link to yours. To improve search engine rankings.
Linkbaiting – a habit of writing good content with the sole purpose of getting it linked from multiple sites.
Blogstorm – a large amount of blogosphere activity due to particular controversy. Also called Blog Swarm.
Blogsnob – refusing to respond to blog comments from “not-friends”.
Doppelblogger – plagiarize the content of another blogger. To Doppelblog.
Blogophobia – Fear of blogs and blogging.
Bloggerel – the same opinion posted repeatedly on a blog
BLOGGER TYPES

Problogger - professional blogger
Blognoscenti - especially knowledgable bloggers
Blogebrity - a famous blogger.
Blogerati - the blogosphere intelligentsia.
Commentariat – The community of those leaving comments.
Dooced - lost a job because of blog entries. To Dooce.
Blogther – a fellow blogger.
A-List- the top bloggers who influence the blogosphere.
Blogstar- blogger running a popular blog

OTHER BLOGGING TERMS

Bloggies- Annual blogging awards. more
MSM - Mainstream Media, or old media like newspapers etc.
BSM – Blogstream media. from most heavily trafficked blogs.
Blog Day – 31 August. Find 5 new Blogs that you find interesting and tell them. more
Blaudience - your blog audience.
Blargon – Also called Blogssary. Blogging slang and glossary. What I am telling you now.
Blogiversary – your blog birthday
Blogiverse – see blogosphere
XFN – short for XHTML Friends Network. Is a simple way to represent human relationships using hyperlinks.
Blogonomics – blogging conference on a Blog Cruise in 2006. more
EFF – short for Electronic Frontier Foundation. A nonprofit group working to protect blogger rights.
Blog of Note – a recommended blog. more
Navbar – a navigation bar usually seen on top of Blogger blogspot hosted blogs. more
Blook – a book created from a blog. more
Hat Tip- acknowledgement of the source that tipped you the news.
Spomments- Spam comments
Blammer- Blog spammer
SOB- acronym for Successful and Outstanding Blogger. From successful-blog.com
Blogiday- you get fed up and take a holiday from blogging
BLOGGING TOOLS & SERVICES

Bloglines, Rojo, Newsgator, Kinja, – are News Aggregators that display content from syndicated Web content from web feed. Can be configured online or downloaded on your desktop. Like . Also called RSS readers, feed readers, feed aggregators or news readers
Pageflakes, Newsvine – Track multiple feeds on a single page by modules.
Odeo, Podnova – are Podcatchers, a form of aggregator used to automatically download podcasts and can sometimes transfer a portable media player. Like
Feedburner – a professional feed management system
Pingomatic, Pingoat – ping multiple blog tracking services. More
Feedblitz, Zokooda – Email subscriptions and newletter tools.
Technorati – a real-time search engine that keeps track of what is going on in the blogosphere
b5media, 9rules – examples of popular blogging networks. Collection of blogs and bloggers providing great content, with revenue sharing sometimes.
K2, Blix – names of some popular wordpress themes.
Blogexplosion, Blogclicker- popular blog traffic generation / exchange services.
Adsense, Adbrite, CJ, Chitka, Blogads – popular affiliate programs to generate money from your blogs.
Sphere, Icerocket – blog search engines
Live Bookmarks – a firefox web browser feature. Update themselves automatically with the latest content from the Web.
Creative Commons – licenses provide a flexible range of protections and freedoms for authors to offer a voluntary “some rights reserved” approach.
CoComment – Tracks your comments across different platforms and follow conversations
WBloggar, Ecto, Qumanna – desktop blog publishing tools
Mint, Mybloglog, Measuremap, Analytics – site traffic tracking tools.
Haloscan- free trackback service
YouTube, Rapidshare- puts video on your blog
Flickr, Imageshack – photo sharing service. Host images on your blog
Del.icio.us, furl, spurl – share social bookmarks.
Blogburst – Syndicating your feed to top publishers.
Bloggeropoly – professional blogger recruiting agency. more
Blogger code – a way to describe different types of bloggers. more
Bloggoggle – Directory of Blogging Professionals
BlogHer – where the women bloggers are. At Blogher.org
BLOG TRAFFIC SURGES

Digged – link posted on digg.com driving huge traffic to your blog
Slashdotted – link posted on slashdot.org driving huge traffic to your blog. more
Instalanche – link posted on instapundit.com driving huge traffic to your blog
Farked – link posted on fark.com driving huge traffic to your blog
Boing Boinged – link posted on boingboing.net driving huge traffic to your blog
MISCELLANEOUS BLOGGING TERMS

Ajax – acronym for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML. creates interactive web applications.
Greasemonkey – a firefox web browser extension that can alter the functionality of any website using specific scripts.
Wiki – a collaborative on-line software that allows readers to add and edit content.
SEO - search engine optimization. To improve your search engine rankings.
Page Rank – Google measures of importance of a page which reflects in its rankings.
CMS – short for Content management system. software used to publish and manage websites.
This post is constantly updated. Help me develop this blogging resource to include all popular blogging terms and create a useful blogging glossary. I repeat that this is NOT a substitute for dictionary meaning or a strict definition of these terms, but a simple layman approach to understanding what they mean. Please feel free to propose a better meaning in the comments.

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The Darwinian Evolution of Photoshop [Infographic]

philwebsupport — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 04:33:00 +0000

Infographic: The Darwinian Evolution of Photoshop by Tech King

Dreamweaver tutorial 4d ajax demo

philwebsupport — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 02:05:00 +0000

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The First Philippine Web Design Conference

philwebsupport — Sat, 22 May 2010 09:58:00 +0000

delivers the latest breaking news and info

It’s finally here.
form function() & .class Web Design Conference is the first and only event in Asia for web designers by web designers. Initiated by the newly-formed Philippine Web Designers Organization, the conference provides a venue for discussion and learning of world-class standards, latest trends, current opportunities and challenges in the web design industry, and other emerging aspects of Information and Communication Technology (ICT).
The event aims to unite over 400 professional and aspiring web designers to actively discuss work-related values and practices, exchange current web standards, compare experiences, and share stories to the next wave of web experts through a lively, interactive exchange of ideas. In the long term, the event aims to uplift the state of Philippines web design.
URL: http://formfunctionclass.com/
Date and time: July 10, 2009 from 8am to 5pm
Venue: Asian Institute of Management, Makati City
Schedule & speakers: (see website)
Sponsors: (see website)