Posts about the web – things discovered there, and created there.
No more kitties. One of the big surprises from the 2013 Apple Worldwide Developer’s Conference in San Francisco was the name of the new operating system release. For what seems to be forever, Apple has always named their software after cats, Tiger, Lion, Snow Leopard, the list goes on. But this year is different. They’ve switched their naming conventions to California landmarks. This...
I’ve begun transforming our apartment into a ‘smart’ apartment. My goal is to start adding some high-tech features to help streamline our lives with more efficiency, less headache and just a solid dose of ‘cool’. I have been testing out the Rec10 Wireless Internet Booster by Amped Wireless. So far, so good. I’m able to fill my apartment with a solid internet...
When ‘cloud’ servers started popping up, I have to admit, I didn’t know what was going on. I understood the premise, but I couldn’t quite understand how these servers would handle the massive amount of data people consumed and saved. But now ‘the cloud’ is a popular option for hosting your information. But should I be worried Google loses all my Gmail...
If you were asked to step away from the Internet, could you? No, stop and think hard. Could you actually stop using your cell phone apps, maps, Twitter, Facebook, Angry Birds, Skype, Facetime, Google….? Paul Miller is a man who took the challenge. I won’t tell you how it ends. But this video is quite a project by Paul and the group at The Verge. I didn’t know anything about Paul...
They’ve surrounded us forever. They’re the little, animated images that you find on horribly designed home-made websites from yesteryear, to the massively-visited sports and social websites of today. The animated GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) has proven it is much more popular than the tired old .bmp, .rips, .figs and many other file formats we’ve seen over the years. The...
When was the last time you went to a website you haven’t been to in months or years and attempted to log in? You were forced to think back to last year and your most popular password you used for all your accounts. We’re told to change our passwords often, so if you try to log in with a newer variation of your old password, congratulations, you’re listening. But that still...
Preview: Rec10 Wireless Extender by Amped Wireless Does our house or office have a black hole when it comes to wireless internet? I live in a relatively small apartment, a place you’d think would be chalk full of high-speed internet converage from my Wi-Fi connection. Not the case. I actually have a lot of trouble getting a solid internet signal in my bedroom which is about two rooms away...
Hey everyone. Thanks for stopping by the website. I’m doing a little spring cleaning. I’m adding in a new theme and while I generally don’t program and design ‘live’ (since it’s a terrible practice), I’m doing so or a few days to monitor the layout of this new theme. I’m restructuring the way this blog works – more about the good stuff: Tech...
The minute I heard about Yahoo’s acquisition of Summly, a news-aggregating website developed by a 17-year-old kid for $30 million dollars, I wasn’t surprised. Wait, yes I was. And all because I looked at the website and watched Nick D’Aloisio’s video and scanned his platform and realized at 17-years-old, the kid had it figured out. He had created an algorithm that had...
In a time of rapid development of new software, apps and technology, it’s common to find ideas that ‘miss the mark’. Sure, there are problems that need solving in this world of technology. Tech has grown so quickly, it’s hard to stay on top of everything. It seems anyone can hire someone to develop a mobile app or a piece of software. Some are even smart enough to do it...
Josh Benson writes about the web, social media, entrepreneurship, television news and life in general. He covers the days news as a news anchor for WFLA-TV in Tampa, Florida. He's also a web designer/developer. He lives in Tampa, Florida with his wife Tara and two daughters Bella and Brooklyn.