More Internet Opinion

• 22 March 2013

• Opinion: New TV seasons and surprising continuations

  This week, I look at some shows that mostly got unexpected second lives, whether from rebooting, lasting longer than expected, or coming back in a different form.

• Opinion: This Internet Life: EA drops its CEO and Reddit loves safes

  There are many things on the Internet that people dedicate their attention to, be it a company executive that the entire video game community loves to hate, the contents of a safe in New Zealand, or the occasional spark of creativity when making an animated gif.

• 21 March 2013

• Opinion: Mozilla: Has Firefox become too customizable?

  Customizability has always been a big part of Firefox's appeal for many users, but lately at least some within Mozilla are wondering if the open source browser's options have become too numerous.

• 19 March 2013

• Opinion: Funny money in cyberspace

  Anyone remember "beenz"?

• 14 March 2013

• Opinion: Three great alternatives to Google Reader

  Not again, Google!

• 12 March 2013

• Opinion: Use Twitter to get real-time customer service updates and info

  Yesterday, digital-comic-book reseller Comixology held a promotion offering a whopping 700 free comics--first issues of old and new series ranging from The Avengers to The Fantastic Four to Spider-Man.

• 04 March 2013

• Opinion: How I went paperless with Hazel and Evernote

  Evernote has become my paperless filing cabinet for everything from receipts to tax documents. One of the things I use it for most frequently is to file the monthly statements for my phone, cable, and other accounts.

• 07 February 2013

• Opinion: How Cloud Computing Is Driven by Mobile, Media and Marketing

  Defenders of enterprise computing are in for a rude awakening. Mobile, media and marketing applications are poised to flock to the cloud, which is far better suited to handle load variability, latency and change management. As end users and executives demand more flexibly business applications, they will soon follow suit.

• 06 February 2013

• Opinion: Remains of the Day: Radio buttons

  iOS may have some radio features up its sleeves, Apple's pimping self-made ebook authors, and if you work in mapping and software, there are plenty of jobs in Cupertino. The remainders for Tuesday, February 5, 2013 are radioactive. Get it?

• 05 February 2013

• Opinion: Aaron Swartz suicide: who's to blame, what happens now

  On January 11 2013 programmer and internet freedom activist Aaron Swartz was found dead in his New York apartment having taken his own life. He was 26 years old. We investigate the circumstances of Aaron Swartz's death, and what happens next.

• Opinion: The one keyboard key you should be using in your browser--but aren't

  Every so often I like to revisit topics I haven't covered for a few years, the idea being that new readers might have missed them the first time around.

• 01 February 2013

• Opinion: How to get Google Voice Search on your PC

  If you own an Android-powered smartphone or use the Google app on your iOS device, it's a good bet you've fallen in love with Google's voice-powered search. It works freakishly well.

• 29 January 2013

• Opinion: Network not work: life without internet

  Could you live without the internet? We certainly can't, and it seems even Google is beginning to rethink its online-only approach with its ARM-powered Chromebook laptops.

• Opinion: Get a free shared workspace for your small business

  I truly believe that effective organization and communication can make the difference between business success and business failure.

• 28 January 2013

• Opinion: As CMOs Grab IT Budget From CIOs, Cloud CapEx and OpEx Shift

  If analysts are correct, and the CMO eventually wrests control of the IT budget from the CIO, then spending on cloud computing will get a lot less predictable and a lot more complicated.

• 22 January 2013

• Opinion: Answer Line: An obscenely slow Internet connection when you're paying for a fast one

  Interronator is paying Time Warner for 20mbps Internet service, but is only getting about .7 (note the decimal point).

• Opinion: How to get started with Google AdWords

  What if you built a website and nobody came? Simple answer: Start an ad campaign using Google AdWords. AdWords is a daunting and complex system, but it really isn't that difficult to start using. Even with a budget of a dollar a day, the service is worth trying to see if you can generate traffic to your site.

• Opinion: How to fix jerky YouTube video in Google Chrome

  Lately I've noticed that whenever I play a YouTube video on my PC, it's jerky. Choppy. Call it what you will--it's really frustrating.

• 18 January 2013

• Opinion: Remains of the Day: Without a map

  An explanation for some (but not most) of Apple's mapping woes, Google's CEO exhibits l'esprit d'escalier on a massive scale, and you could be the voice of Siri. The remainders for Thursday, January 17, 2013 are lost in translation.

• 14 January 2013

• Opinion: Six quick Safari tips

  Little things mean a lot--especially when tiny tips save time. Ramp up your Web-browsing skills with these speed-friendly techniques for Safari 6.

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