Category: Technology

Web site hosting provider and technologies change

http://www.rajiv.com now has a new hosting provider: Kattare Internet Services. The web site is now powered by Java and related technologies. My previous Internet hosting provider Brinkster gave me good service for many years, but when I converted my site from Microsoft .NET and ASP technologies to Java, I had to move to a service… Continue reading Web site hosting provider and technologies change

Consistency in Labeling Ads as “advertisements” on Content Sites

Some newspaper and magazine web sites visibly label some ads on their web pages as “advertisements” but don’t mark other ads including their own in-house ads on the same pages. Their intentions are journalistic: They want to visibly differentiate their editorial content from ads. (Though that doesn’t explain why they don’t label their own in-house… Continue reading Consistency in Labeling Ads as “advertisements” on Content Sites

Suggestions to Nikon for future DSLR cameras

[amazon-product align=”right”]B001ENOZY4[/amazon-product]At present, Canon is dominating the digital SLR-type (DSLR) camera market. We need strong competitors to keep innovation high and prices economical. Since I use a Nikon D70 DSLR , I suggest a few features Nikon should consider in their upcoming DSLR cameras: Enable the photographer to compose the image using a flip out… Continue reading Suggestions to Nikon for future DSLR cameras

On content sites requiring user registration

I wish I didn’t have to register at and maintain my profile for each web site that I use that requires me to log in. A shared (not necessarily centralized) registration/login system would be a big convenience and time-saver. The Liberty Alliance has been talking about one for a while, but don’t know when, if… Continue reading On content sites requiring user registration

Searching Instead Of Browsing: Organizing Information Using Labels as Meta-Data

Being able to assign labels to content to organize information for searching is superior to placing content in folders for manual browsing. The folder concept may be suitable to physical documents on paper, but does not lend itself well to digital information. The labels concept combined with an effective search capability is a faster way… Continue reading Searching Instead Of Browsing: Organizing Information Using Labels as Meta-Data

Preserving URLs of Evergreen Content

Changing the URLs of pages containing narrative content like articles has several disadvantages, especially for a content site: Readers’ bookmarks to the site’s pages break Links archived in electronic mediums (e.g. emails, documents) & print mediums (e.g. books, magazines, newspapers) to evergreen content1 like articles or news stories break Incoming links from other sites break… Continue reading Preserving URLs of Evergreen Content

Java Progammer? Use BeanShell

BeanShell is a fully Java compatible scripting language, capable of interpreting ordinary Java source files. You can also use it for working with Java interactively like an interpreted Unix Shell or Perl. You can try out Java’s object features, APIs, GUI widgets and other libraries hands on. BeanShell is free and also ships bundled with… Continue reading Java Progammer? Use BeanShell

Other Web Search Engines

Can’t find what you are looking for using Google? There are other search engines too. For specific searches, some of these may have their own unique advantages over Google. Google is still great too, but isn’t the only option around anymore. [blogroll-links categoryslug=”search-engines”] Update: 2008-Feb-02: The above list is now managed as WordPress blogroll links… Continue reading Other Web Search Engines

Content Management: Content & Search Technologies

Search, when effectively integrated with content, creates a combination that is greater than the sum of the two separately. Let us consider an example. A printed phone book has been available to people for decades. The information in it was accessible primarily for one intended purpose: search by name for phone number and home address.… Continue reading Content Management: Content & Search Technologies