The True Meaning of Twitter
August 8, 2008
What exactly is Twitter? And what does its exploding popularity say about the state of the tech industry? Inside the hottest Web startup since … gosh, February at least. Read more
The Most Beautiful Social Networks
August 7, 2008
August 7, 2008
If you asked most MySpace-haters what’s their problem with the service, they’d probably say: it’s ugly. Meanwhile, people tell us they are switching from Twitter to Pownce because it’s prettier and easier to use. For those who prize beauty above all else, we brought together 10 of the prettiest social networks. Read more
Get Video Now and Generate Ad Sales
August 7, 2008
Twistage CEO David Wadler on Turning Clips Into Revenue
By David Wadler
Published: August 06, 2008
It’s the subject of analyst reports and breathless news articles. It is the surest sign yet that online video is growing up—a real market for online video ads is emerging.
IDC forecasts that the market will grow sevenfold by 2012, hitting $3.8 billion Read more
Mitch is tackling HTML?!
August 5, 2008
Hey Folks, Mitch Ingrisani here. I’m pretty computer illiterate. To be honest, the only reason I was able to get a job here was because my friend owns the company! Anyway, I don’t plan on just getting these guys coffee forever, so I went to Barnes & Noble to pick up a few computer books. (I’m gonna be runnin this company in no time!)
I decided to first read a book on the computer language HTML. I’m always havin trouble altering websites because I don’t know whats goin on in that code. I also wanna know what, HTTP, FTP, JPEG and all that stuff means, and I expect a lot of you do too. Here is some of what I found out:
HTML: Hyper Text Markup Language. The language humans have created to communicate with computers regarding web pages. It’s the strange code that is sometimes revealed when you’re poking around web pages either on or off the net. It looks like this:
HTTP: Hyper Text Transfer Protocol. This is the language that computers use to share web pages and most other information over the internet. It’s at the beginning of a line of code because the computer first needs to know what language you’re talking in.
FTP: File Transfer Protocol: This is the language computers use to transfer files between eachother.
JPEG: Joint Photographic Experts Group: This a high quality computer picture with the capacity for millions of colors, but it is also a relatively large file.
URL: Uniform Resource Locator: (Man, I’ve always wondered about this one!) This is the address of a website. For example: HTTP://www.videooptimize.com is a Uniform Resource Locator. Now when you win Final Jeopardy, I want my cut!
OK, I’m feeling smart now. I’m gonna go read some more and get back to you!
