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Welcome to the Joongel

by David Pierce on November 17, 2008

in Web Apps

Welcome! If this is your first time here, you may want to subscribe to get updates in your RSS feed reader. Thanks for visiting!
This is one of those sites you never really think about until you use it. Then, suddenly, you can’t live without it.
Joongel calls itself "Internet, the Easy Way." In reality, it’s a [...]

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The 2008 Tech Legacy

by David Pierce on September 28, 2008

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What will we talk about when we think about the Internet in 2008? Google Chrome, Web 3.0, or something else?
Mashable has the answer. A little while ago, they came up with a list of the “6 Quirkiest Web Memes of 2008 (So Far),” and they’ve found the six things we’ll talk about when we talk [...]

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Web 101: The Internet and World Wide Web

by David Pierce on September 18, 2008

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What the Internet is could be, and is, the subject of an enormous number of books. Amazon can help you out there, I’m sure. For our purposes, though, I’m going to give you a quick overview of what the Internet and the World Wide Web are.
The Internet is, at its simplest, a network of networks. [...]

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Web 101: Class is in Session

by David Pierce on September 18, 2008

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For those people who’ve been around the Web for a relatively long time, who are “early adopters”, who take “geek” as a compliment, some of the following may not be of particular relevance to you.
What I’m realizing more and more, though, is that the above description fits a smaller portion of the world than I [...]

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Comcast just recently became the first major Internet Service Provider (ISP) to put a cap on bandwidth usage for Internet users. Bandwidth can be thought of like a data plan: you use kilobytes or megabytes to send data from your computer and to receive data on your computer. Whether you’re downloading music or just surfing [...]

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