From the monthly archives:

December 2007

Bill Cullifer here with the World Organization and the WOW Technology Minute. 

I?’m in the WOW exhibit booth here at the Google Web Tool Kit Conference and the Voices that Matter series of conferences sponsored by Pearson Education.

WOW, what an event for getting my head around the workings and the benefits of Google Web Tool Kit or GWT as it?’s called.  

The four day event is taking place at the Palace hotel in downtown San Francisco this week.I can honestly say that I?’ve enjoyed the fantastic content, the great networking opportunities, this incredible venue and of course the chance to talk to some of the most intelligent geeks around!

Fortunately, I was able to interview a handful of notable speakers and authors covering a range of Google Web Tool Kit topics including:

•A Business Case for Ajax with Google Web Toolkit by Bruce Johnson and Joel Webber
•Internationalization by Shianjian Li, Software Engineer at Google
•Kelly Norton, Google engineer and MIT Media Lab alumna, tackles Usability considerations, including UI design, history behavior, keyboard support, and accessibility
•Joel Webber, co-creator of GWT, demonstrates best practices for web application performance and he explained how to implement these practices using GWT
•Billy Hoffman on AJAX security. He’s written a new book and its a must read
•David Geary, A prominent author, speaker, and consultant and he presented a session about Cool and Useful Stuff for DWT

I also interviewed several attendees including some really nice people like Meg Prescott, Assistant Professor from New HampshireTechnical College and Jorge Medina, QA Engineer from Shasta QA based in Nprthern California.

Here?’s the interview of Meg Prescott, from  New Hampshire and look for more interviews in the days and weeks to come!


 

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Greeting Web Professionals Everywhere!

Bill Cullifer here with the World Organization of Webmasters (WOW) and the WOW Technology Minute.

Today, I am in San Francisco at the Voices That Matter Web ToolKit Conference. It’s the first day of the conference and I am interviewing Kourtnaye Sturgeon, Director of Marketing Pearson Education about the goings on.

Stay tuned for more in depth interviews with a number of notable speakers and authors in the next couple of days.

http://www.voicesthatmatter.com

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It?’s Web News Monday and here’s what shaping our Web world this week. 

Microsoft and Mozilla Squabble Over which Browser is Most Secure 

According to PC Magazine, last Friday Microsoft Security Strategy Director Jeff Jones released a study “Download: Internet Explorer and Firefox Vulnerability Analysis” that proclaims Internet Explorer 7 is safer than Firefox.  

In the study, Jones argues, because Microsoft releases new versions of its Web browsers less frequently and continues to patch older IE browser releases for longer periods of time, IE users are safer from security vulnerabilities than Firefox users.  

In other news, Yahoo Announced the availability of Widgets 4.5 Announced to support HTML and Flash.In an apparent move to bolster its relations with the developer community, Yahoo announced today the availability of Widgets 4.5, a newer platform for developers and enhanced gallery for end users. 

Widgets are those mini-applications that live on a desktop and the Web to deliver enhanced and more personalized, up-to-date information to help Internet users with cool resources including applications like games, weather forecasts and sport scores and more.  

Yahoo previously limited the construction tools to JavaScript, but developers can now incorporate HTML and embed multimedia, such as video and audio with Flash. 

For more information about Widgets and similar offers from Microsoft and Google?’s propriety platform called Google Gadgets and of the great links check out the text version of this video cast.  

Thanks for listening and watching the WOW Tech Minute. enhanced and more personalized, up-to-date information to help Internet users with cool resources including applications like games, weather forecasts and sport scores and more.  

Yahoo previously limited the construction tools to JavaScript, but developers can now incorporate HTML and embed multimedia, such as video and audio with Flash. 

For more information about Widgets and similar offers from Microsoft and Google?’s propriety platform called Google Gadgets and of the great links check out the text version of this video cast.  

Thanks for listening and watching the WOW Tech Minute.

 

http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/

 

http://widgets.yahoo.net/blog/

 

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