Category Archives: Eye on the Web

Eye on the Web features articles highlighting the latest Internet trends, technologies and websites I come across each week.

FindMeByIP.com – Get your client’s browser details quickly and easily

Whenever I’m troubleshooting a problem on the web, nine times out of ten, it’s vitally important that I know what web browser the end user is using. However, getting this information can often be like pulling teeth. A lot of … Continue reading

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Hate reading long posts online? Use Instapaper.com with your Kindle

When I’m reading on my computer, I tend to avoid blog posts or news articles more than five-hundred words. No matter how good the content, all the scrolling and eye-strain limits my attention span. On the other hand, I love … Continue reading

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Stop the World: Interesting Times : The New Yorker

The New Yorker’s George Packer ruminates on Twitter: Who doesn’t want to be taken out of the boredom or sameness or pain of the present at any given moment? That’s what drugs are for, and that’s why people become addicted … Continue reading

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Google No Longer Supporting IE6 – Yea!

I just received this email from Google as I administer several Google Apps accounts. In it, Google relates their reasons for discontinuing support for IE6. As a web developer, this is music to my ears because IE6 is a notoriously irritating browser to … Continue reading

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Imagine a Digital Magazine

Imagine what a magazine might look like in a digital format. The concept presented in this video comes close to replicating all the features I might want and adds a few more:

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Enterprise File Sharing

Today I’m spending time researching some enterprise file sharing solutions. I frequently have clients who want to share all sorts of files (large and small, audio, video, documents, etc) with their customers, and they want a solution which is more … Continue reading

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Live Streaming Video in Two Minutes with LiveStream.com

As a proof of concept, today I signed up for an account at LiveStream.com. Their service makes it super easy to setup your own live streaming video using your computer, a web cam and an Internet connection.

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Have trouble with your Gmail yesterday?

If you had trouble accessing your Gmail or Google Apps email account yesterday, this post over at the Gmail blog explains the outage. For more coverage about the extensive nature of this outage and how it affected the web, see: … Continue reading

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ProfileExpert.com: Custom Twitter Profiles

Last week was a big week for Twitter in the national news. Ashton Kutcher and CNN competed against one another to see who would reach 1 million followers first. Then Oprah plugged the micro-blogging service on her Friday show. All … Continue reading

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1000 Tweets Later

This week I passed one-thousand updates on my Twitter stream. In celebration of the occassion, I thought I would take another stab at explaining Twitter to the lay person. Explaining what Twitter is is easy (i.e. it’s Facebook status updates … Continue reading

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