TJ Kelly — Web Design/Development Articles & Entries

On You-Witnesses

It seems that user-involvement can’t go far enough. From the earliest message boards to chatrooms, to online networking, to wiki software, blogging and vlogging, user-generated content seems to be in high demand, and only getting higher.
Yahoo and Reuters recently announced a new service (or product) known as "You-Witness News," in which people are asked to [...]

On Wi-Fi

The recent trend of free, city-wide wireless internet access is raising some eyebrows, mine included. From BBC News, "Manchester could become the biggest free wireless internet hotspot in Europe under plans unveiled by the city council."
If a city is providing free internet access, what are the implications for its citizens and users?

What do the ISPs [...]

On Portaduction

Cell Phones, Laptop computers, Portable Digital Assistants, Satellite-Connectivity & "Anywhere Internet"… the world has become portable. Gone are the days of tethered desktop workstations and static, immobile command centers.
Portability and productivity have become synonymous. Television viewers and internet browsers are constantly bombarded with advertisements promising products that will free your business from it’s physical constraints, [...]

On Online Referencing

I’m not sure if anyone else has ever used the phrase "online referencing." If not, maybe I should copyright it. What I mean by my new phrase are these websites that serve as a collection of material or information, that claim to "try to make users’ lives easier."
Take, for example, the Daily Jolt. The Jolt [...]

On Social Networking

What is it about my generation that makes us totally infatuated with this idea of “connectedness” and “social networking?” No generation before us ever cared so much about so little. Granted, they lacked the technology necessary for this kind of thing, but even now, when the technology is all but ubiquitous, they still don’t appreciate [...]


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