Chapter 1:
1. a. The personal computer is presently widely accessible and many homes, schools, and offices have this kind of technology.
b. Mobile phones have made it possible for people to stay connected to the Internet even when they do not have access to a personal computer.
c. The Web browser is no longer difficult to use and most individuals are likely to get used to it in a short period of time.
2. Web 2.0 applications use the Web as a platform by having users actively involved in creating and modifying it.
3. The name browser should be changed into “multitasking platform”, considering the wide range of activities that this application can be used for.
4. Even with the fact that the Web also provides some limits when regarding file size, it is practically impossible to compare it to a conventional CD or DVD because of its capacity to store extra-large files and because information stored on the Web is unlikely to disappear in case of an accident.
5. AJAX allows a user to interact directly with a web page and makes it possible for the web server to only update parts of the page that change as a result of each interaction between the user and the web page.
Chapter 3:
1. Websites who syndicate their content using RSS contain an orange icon that symbolizes the Web feed
2. A Web-based feed reader allows the user to automate the process of manually checking sites for updates.
3. Reading RSS feeds provides the user with the opportunity to learn information coming from a series of sources, not just information that he or she would receive via e-mail.
4. HYPERLINK "http://blogname.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss" http://blogname.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss
5. Google reader needs a connection to the internet in order to function while FeedDemon client feed readers can also read content saved in their computers through the latter. Google Reader is unable to synchronize with instances on other computers.
6. The three metrics that FeedDemon provides for feeds and podcasts are:
- metrics about which feed users are used to access the feed
- metrics about how users interacted with items on the blog over the previous month
- summary of number of views and clicks for each blog post
7. A podcast’s enclosure tag shows the URL, the file’s length, and the file type. By knowing this information a reader can be enabled to know what applications he or she can use with the purpose of opening the podcast.
8. Podcasts are broadcasted to a computer or personal media player by being published in a RSS feed.
Chapter 4:
1. While in the physical world a single item can only be stored in one location, conditions are different in the digital world. A digital item can be related to several tags and a simple search of any of the tags associated with the respective item can enable the user to access it. As a consequence, it would be best for an item to be associated with a series of tags that individuals are probable to associate with it with the purpose of making it possible for them to find it.
2. Craiglist is a hierarchical method of organizing digital information while Youtube is a non hierarchical way of organizing information. One is likely to discover the information he or she is looking for more effectively if he or she uses Craiglist, considering that the respective individual knows exactly the path that he or she needs to follow in order to reach the section that he or she is interested in. In contrast, Youtube provides the individual with a more rapid method of finding digital information, but can produce a large amount of information that has nothing to do with the items searched.
3. Creative Commons licensing makes it possible for digital information to be accompanied by directions introduced by its creators. Individuals who want to use digital information are provided with instructions with regard to how they can use it. Depending on the photos that I upload on the internet, I would choose more or less restrictive licenses. I would most probably choose the Attribution, the Share Alike, and the Noncommercial licenses to accompany digital items that I created and uploaded on the Internet.
4.The freemium business model provides free services for its users, but also provides them with the opportunity to gain access to additional services that are probable to be appealing for them, especially if they are happy with the services provided with the free version of the website. Yahoo mail offers a standard version of e-mail services and also allows users to upgrade if they are interested in using additional services. Badoo also uses the freemium business model, as it offers both free and premium services.
5.Through the social bookmarking process internet users are enabled to become a part of a group that is presented with information that it is very likely to be interested in. One can share information with individuals that he or she believes are interested in it by bookmarking it and sharing the act. People who are interested in the same information that an internet user is using are likely to benefit as a result of following his or her bookmarks online.
6. Websites such as Flickr and Delicious improve as more individuals use them because they come to contain more and more information and internet users thus come to consider that they provide them with everything that they need to know at a particular time. Internet users are likely to express interest in accessing these two websites as a consequence of observing that they contain a large amount of information.
Chapter 5:
1.
2. It accesses the information from the news feeds of yours and your friends with the same application.
3. Ning allows its members to create custom social networks or online communities for niche markets. Ning provides the technology infrastructure for supporting member profiles, uploading photos and videos, and conversing with other members via discussion forums or instant messages.
4.
5. Facebook causes are an example of the Long Tail model because there are so many different causes on Facebook and each has a small population.
6.The World Live Web is the term used when referring to the ever-changing nature of all types of information on the World Wide Web. It is important because the Internet is updating, like news headlines, social networks, and popular terms on search engines. Twitter gives access to the World Live Web by being ever changing with the billions of tweets around the world everyday and can be connected to other sites with URLs in tweets.
7.Starbucks having a Facebook page is them going to the target market and can connect them to their own social media site.
Chapter 6:
1. An application programming interface is a software module that enables software applications to interact with each-other. Apis are useful for companies because they allow software developers access to their business data.
2. Infrastructure as a Service provides networked computer infrastructure over the internet and allows users to store large files that they can access from anywhere. Platform as a Service provides a computing platform over the internet and allows users to use applications over the internet. Software as a Service delivers software applications over the internet, providing users with the opportunity to access smaller documents online.
3. While installed hardware limits a physical server, a virtual server does not have fixed capabilities and its storage, memory, and processing capabilities can be reconfigured dynamically.
4. =GoogleLookup (“Empire State Building”, “height”) – Searches Google to find the height of the Empire State Building.
5. mashups are more advanced than portals and provide users with an easier way on handling their areas of interest
6. Schmap brings together photos from Flickr, information regarding travel locations, and maps related to those respective travel destinations.
7. Web applications interact with a company’s Web Api through the internet with the purpose of incorporating the respective company’s data.
8.
9. An XPath allows an internet user to locate specific data items in an XML document.
10. Web 3.0 provides users with a whole new way of interacting with the Internet. Individuals are assisted by systems that anticipate their thinking and assist them as they focus on finding information.
1. a. The personal computer is presently widely accessible and many homes, schools, and offices have this kind of technology.
b. Mobile phones have made it possible for people to stay connected to the Internet even when they do not have access to a personal computer.
c. The Web browser is no longer difficult to use and most individuals are likely to get used to it in a short period of time.
2. Web 2.0 applications use the Web as a platform by having users actively involved in creating and modifying it.
3. The name browser should be changed into “multitasking platform”, considering the wide range of activities that this application can be used for.
4. Even with the fact that the Web also provides some limits when regarding file size, it is practically impossible to compare it to a conventional CD or DVD because of its capacity to store extra-large files and because information stored on the Web is unlikely to disappear in case of an accident.
5. AJAX allows a user to interact directly with a web page and makes it possible for the web server to only update parts of the page that change as a result of each interaction between the user and the web page.
Chapter 3:
1. Websites who syndicate their content using RSS contain an orange icon that symbolizes the Web feed
2. A Web-based feed reader allows the user to automate the process of manually checking sites for updates.
3. Reading RSS feeds provides the user with the opportunity to learn information coming from a series of sources, not just information that he or she would receive via e-mail.
4. HYPERLINK "http://blogname.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss" http://blogname.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss
5. Google reader needs a connection to the internet in order to function while FeedDemon client feed readers can also read content saved in their computers through the latter. Google Reader is unable to synchronize with instances on other computers.
6. The three metrics that FeedDemon provides for feeds and podcasts are:
- metrics about which feed users are used to access the feed
- metrics about how users interacted with items on the blog over the previous month
- summary of number of views and clicks for each blog post
7. A podcast’s enclosure tag shows the URL, the file’s length, and the file type. By knowing this information a reader can be enabled to know what applications he or she can use with the purpose of opening the podcast.
8. Podcasts are broadcasted to a computer or personal media player by being published in a RSS feed.
Chapter 4:
1. While in the physical world a single item can only be stored in one location, conditions are different in the digital world. A digital item can be related to several tags and a simple search of any of the tags associated with the respective item can enable the user to access it. As a consequence, it would be best for an item to be associated with a series of tags that individuals are probable to associate with it with the purpose of making it possible for them to find it.
2. Craiglist is a hierarchical method of organizing digital information while Youtube is a non hierarchical way of organizing information. One is likely to discover the information he or she is looking for more effectively if he or she uses Craiglist, considering that the respective individual knows exactly the path that he or she needs to follow in order to reach the section that he or she is interested in. In contrast, Youtube provides the individual with a more rapid method of finding digital information, but can produce a large amount of information that has nothing to do with the items searched.
3. Creative Commons licensing makes it possible for digital information to be accompanied by directions introduced by its creators. Individuals who want to use digital information are provided with instructions with regard to how they can use it. Depending on the photos that I upload on the internet, I would choose more or less restrictive licenses. I would most probably choose the Attribution, the Share Alike, and the Noncommercial licenses to accompany digital items that I created and uploaded on the Internet.
4.The freemium business model provides free services for its users, but also provides them with the opportunity to gain access to additional services that are probable to be appealing for them, especially if they are happy with the services provided with the free version of the website. Yahoo mail offers a standard version of e-mail services and also allows users to upgrade if they are interested in using additional services. Badoo also uses the freemium business model, as it offers both free and premium services.
5.Through the social bookmarking process internet users are enabled to become a part of a group that is presented with information that it is very likely to be interested in. One can share information with individuals that he or she believes are interested in it by bookmarking it and sharing the act. People who are interested in the same information that an internet user is using are likely to benefit as a result of following his or her bookmarks online.
6. Websites such as Flickr and Delicious improve as more individuals use them because they come to contain more and more information and internet users thus come to consider that they provide them with everything that they need to know at a particular time. Internet users are likely to express interest in accessing these two websites as a consequence of observing that they contain a large amount of information.
Chapter 5:
1.
2. It accesses the information from the news feeds of yours and your friends with the same application.
3. Ning allows its members to create custom social networks or online communities for niche markets. Ning provides the technology infrastructure for supporting member profiles, uploading photos and videos, and conversing with other members via discussion forums or instant messages.
4.
5. Facebook causes are an example of the Long Tail model because there are so many different causes on Facebook and each has a small population.
6.The World Live Web is the term used when referring to the ever-changing nature of all types of information on the World Wide Web. It is important because the Internet is updating, like news headlines, social networks, and popular terms on search engines. Twitter gives access to the World Live Web by being ever changing with the billions of tweets around the world everyday and can be connected to other sites with URLs in tweets.
7.Starbucks having a Facebook page is them going to the target market and can connect them to their own social media site.
Chapter 6:
1. An application programming interface is a software module that enables software applications to interact with each-other. Apis are useful for companies because they allow software developers access to their business data.
2. Infrastructure as a Service provides networked computer infrastructure over the internet and allows users to store large files that they can access from anywhere. Platform as a Service provides a computing platform over the internet and allows users to use applications over the internet. Software as a Service delivers software applications over the internet, providing users with the opportunity to access smaller documents online.
3. While installed hardware limits a physical server, a virtual server does not have fixed capabilities and its storage, memory, and processing capabilities can be reconfigured dynamically.
4. =GoogleLookup (“Empire State Building”, “height”) – Searches Google to find the height of the Empire State Building.
5. mashups are more advanced than portals and provide users with an easier way on handling their areas of interest
6. Schmap brings together photos from Flickr, information regarding travel locations, and maps related to those respective travel destinations.
7. Web applications interact with a company’s Web Api through the internet with the purpose of incorporating the respective company’s data.
8.
9. An XPath allows an internet user to locate specific data items in an XML document.
10. Web 3.0 provides users with a whole new way of interacting with the Internet. Individuals are assisted by systems that anticipate their thinking and assist them as they focus on finding information.