Archive for July, 2010

  • Some tips on blogging..

    Saturday, July 31st, 2010

    I found some good tips on blogging from the course reading,  ‘Blogging thoughts : personal publication as an online research tool‘ (download)
    I explicitly quoted from the reading though, the order of words is not the same as in the article. I re-ordered and/or slightly changed words to be seen as a virtual conversation between me [...]

  • Learning HTML I

    Friday, July 30th, 2010

    Before I actually get started learning HTML, I decided to just clarify the meaning of HTML a bit.
    What is HTML?
    HTML is a computer language devised to allow website creation. These websites can then be viewed by anyone else connected to the Internet. It is relatively easy to learn, with the basics being accessible [...]

  • War against the center: a brief history of networks

    Thursday, July 29th, 2010

    This week’s lecture was about how networks we use nowadays were invented through the history of World War II.
    During  the war, finding central points could mean wiping out whole army itself. Thus, decentralization was the key for information to keep flowing in war times. When war was over, American key thinkers started to think about [...]

  • How to insert pictures

    Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

    There are initially two ways that I can insert pictures onto my blog.
    I guess, this is the easiest way to do it.
    1. Click on the circled icon.

    2. Click the browse button.

    3. And simply click ‘the insert into post’ button on the bottom of the page.

    Here’s another way to do it.
    1. Click the ‘From URL’ button [...]

  • How to add sound

    Sunday, July 25th, 2010

    I decided to make a few ‘Howto’ series, as I thought it might be good to know the basic methods that I need for blogging before I actually get started, or in the future, these series of posts will pleasurably remind me of the skills and I won’t have to google all over again.
    There are [...]

  • What is ‘Web 2.0′?

    Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

    According to Wikipedia,
    The term “Web 2.0” is commonly associated with web applications that facilitate interactive information sharing, interoperability, user-centered design,[1] and collaboration on the World Wide Web. A Web 2.0 site gives its users the free choice to interact or collaborate with each other in a social media dialogue as creators (prosumer) of user-generated content [...]