Archive for the 'Internet Commerce' Category

RSS for your business

Published by Ted April 9th, 2006

A few years ago, people trumpeted the arrival of XML, an easy to use language for communicating between databases and computer programs, as the greatest thing in computers since the mouse. XML allows a web site to read, render, and then present information that is contextual. For instance, XML will let you know that Chris […]

An Internet-sized Workforce

Published by Ted February 14th, 2006

Amazon’s new Mechanical Turk gives your company the ability to temporarily hire thousands of workers to quickly solve your tedious chores.
How does it work?
Imagine your company has 10,000 photographs of Alaskan landscapes. You need to find the 2,000+ that captured the Alaskan Pipeline. What would it take for one of your employees to go […]

What is an accessible web site and why should you care?

Published by Administrator September 12th, 2005

Target stores was hit with a lawsuit this week because their web site is not accessible to those who are blind and use assistive devices to access the internet. This lawsuit could change the face of corporate web sites. Could your web site lead to a lawsuit?
What is an accessible web site? How are they […]