Author Archives: dancemat

Personal and Professional Portfolio

Previous Experience I have always had from an early age a flare for how things work and technology. This interest has allowed me to develop self-motivation. When starting out with computers I was at first nervous about them. I didn’t feel very … Continue reading

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Web standards compliant browser

The Internet has vastly become  a standard tool in our home. In Great Britain alone 16.05 million homes have access to the Internet. This is an average increase from 2004 to 2008 of 1 million per year. Although it is becoming extremely popular … Continue reading

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Information for a whole nation

The need for information has always been around us. The possibilities of accessing information, are for the moment, developing at a fast pace. In some cases you could call it an obsession. We want information and we want it now. … Continue reading

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Striving for the “perfect” Operating System

As technology is becoming more of an everyday part of life the expectations are rising by the minute. Anyone who has a passion in life wants to get the best out of what they have. Whether it’s climbing Mount Everest … Continue reading

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Anti-Virus or Anti-People?

“Police and security services have been granted new powers to hack into personal computers without a warrant, following European Union proposals aimed at extending the use of intrusive surveillance.”(Williams, I. 2009, P. 17) As the Internet has become a fairly … Continue reading

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Google Earth

Where in the world are you? Now you know with Google Earth! However, so can everyone else… From a teaching and educating perspective Google Earth really is a glimpse of the future. What IF it is taken too far? To … Continue reading

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Mobile Phones and Communication

One of the biggest forms of technology to impact on society has to be that of the Mobile Phone. It’s very rare for me to take a short walk or journey and not see someone using a Mobile Phone. This … Continue reading

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Bog or Blog Standard?

If you’ve not heard of blogger.com by now then you must have been living in a very, very deep hole. Although you may have been too busy with http://www.wordpress.com to bother! I myself was probably one of the (un)fortunate ones … Continue reading

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Forums For You?

In 1979, Usenet an idea developed by Duke University graduates Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis allowed users to read and post public messages. This you could say was an early concept for what we now know today as a forum. As … Continue reading

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Alternative Reality Games

Alternative Reality Games up until now has been something I have had very little to do with. As there hasn’t been one created on a subject that I have had interest in that I know of. It has been a … Continue reading

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