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1. PRODUCTION GRAPHICS: Jazzy Vector Effects 2. EXPLORING XML: Dublin Core - The Semantic Commons 3. DOC JAVASCRIPT: Scripting the File System, Part I 4. TWO GREAT CONTESTS: Signup & Win, Submit & Win! 5. OTHER VOICES: * Web Pioneer Vint Cerf Looks Ahead * Corporate Collaboration with TWiki * Interview with Larry Wall * XML Content Syndication: Part 2 * Forget passwords, what about pictures? * Security & Human Factors 6. NET NEWS: * Brand names count when holiday shoppers buy online * Elton John, McCartney sing out against music piracy
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. PRODUCTION GRAPHICS: Jazzy Vector Effects
For a well-rounded site try some vectors with Illustrator, that curve creation cure-all. Avoid the steep learning curve with Wendy Peck's tutorial.
http://www.webreference.com/graphics/column39/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. EXPLORING XML: Dublin Core - Tagging the Web for better searches
As the Web grows it's becoming harder to find what you want. Meta data can help, but we need a semantic commons to best grok the Web. That's why controlled vocabularies like the Dublin Core are so important.
http://webreference.com/xml/column24/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. DOC JAVASCRIPT: Scripting the File System, Part I
Learn how to manage files in Microsoft Windows with JavaScript. By Yehuda Shiran.
http://webreference.com/js/column71/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. TWO GREAT CONTESTS: Signup & Win, Submit & Win!
>Signup & Win!
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. OTHER VOICES: Web Pioneer Vint Cerf Looks Ahead, Corporate Collaboration with TWiki, Interview with Larry Wall, XML Content Syndication: Part 2, Forget passwords, what about pictures?, Security & Human Factors
>Web Pioneer Vint Cerf Looks Ahead
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/11/27/BU1 24729.DTL Q&A with Vinton Cerf, co-inventor of TCP/IP, and "The Father of the Internet." SFGate.com, 001127
>Corporate Collaboration with TWiki
TWiki is an extended version of Ward Cunningham's "WikiWiki" system that offers a new method for collaboration through editing Web pages. Part of Tim Berners Lee's original vision of a read-write Web was to allow users to collaboratively edit Web pages, now this is possible with this open souce software, ideal for intranets. http://www.webtechniques.com/archives/2000/12/thoeny/ Web Techniques, Dec. 2000
>Interview with Larry Wall
The Paula Gordon Show ran an interview with Perl's creator on Saturday. It is an hour long in RealAudo format broken up into 10 minute segments. Mr. Wall will discusses Perl, Free Software and the Open Source movement. http://paulagordon.com/shows/wall/ Paula Gordon Show, 001125
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Building Dynamic Web Sites * December 6 * Boston, MA Still building Web sites the old fashioned way with static HTML pages? This one-day crash-course Dec. 6 in Boston will show you how to move from a flat-file nightmare to an easy-to-manage database-driven set up. Sign up by Nov. 15 and SAVE $100. For more information and to register to go: http://seminars.internet.com/webdev/ma00/index.html
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>XML Content Syndication: Part 2
The second part of a chapter devoted to content syndication - producing HTML, WML and RSS from XML - extracted from Benot Marchal's book "Applied XML Solutions." http://www.webdevelopersjournal.com/articles/xml_syndication2.html WDJ, 001122
>Forget passwords, what about pictures?
Two researchers in the U.S. are suggesting a third way: scrap the character-heavy password altogether. They're aiming to harness the acute visual memory all humans are born with, a memory far more powerful than our ability to recall precise sequences of symbols. http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2657540,00.html ZDNet, 001127
>Security & Human Factors
The big lie of computer security is that security improves by imposing complex passwords on users. In real life, people write down anything they can't remember. Security is increased by designing for the way humans actually behave. http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20001126.html Useit.com, 001126
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. NET NEWS: Brand names count when holiday shoppers buy online, Elton John, McCartney sing out against music piracy
>Brand names count when holiday shoppers buy online
This holiday season, as more first-time users try to purchase their gifts with the click of a mouse, it is the more traditional shops and retailers that are starting to shape the e-commerce landscape. http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/body/0,1634,500284026-500447439-502911238-0,00.html Nando, 001127
>Elton John, McCartney sing out against music piracy
Elton John and Paul McCartney led a campaign Monday to warn that if people copy music for free via the Internet, it is the musicians who will suffer, not just unknown record industry executives. http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-3872271.html News.com, 001127
That's it for this week, see you next time.
Andrew King Managing Editor, WebReference.com update@webreference.com
Catherine Levy Assistant Editor, WebReference.com clevy@internet.com
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