Author Archives: sporento
Gotta love web community resource sharing
A short but sweet one… I was trying to read up on why some of my CSS features weren’t validating, and came across these handy little charts at Quirksmode. Compatibility master table Contents and browser compatibility. Let me know if you’ve come across anything else helpful like this. Cheers, Belinda.
Make sure your slider really does have Wow Factor
Howdy y’all, Just a quick note to let you know that I got a jQuery-based image carousel working on the Nicknames & Numbers demo site, but not before spending hours and hours wondering why it was not working! Two things to keep in mind when using Wow Slider: Follow the instructions in the Quick Help […]
How to distribute bread and fish
Back again…this time with a handy tutorial on how to build an RSS Feed from scratch. I had always envisaged a page for the Nicknames & Numbers demo site with links to RSS Feeds, but never expected to actually end up doing it. It turned out to be easier than I thought. This is the […]
Don’t block your ears to Opera
Yo, yo! The end of semester is nigh, but there is plenty in the digital world still to explore (or revisit). I vaguely recall the browser Opera being the one of choice for many a tertiary institution in the 1990s, and I’ve found an article that provides some valid reasons as to why it might […]
How much government intervention on Internet-related matters is welcome?
Yo, yo DMTers! In the same week as Google found itself in hot water over Google Drive and Google Street View, Essential Media Communications has found that the internet is one area where there is no overwhelming support for regulation. Although the report, covered by Crikey, features results on a number of public policy areas, it seems that […]
Septimana horrida for Google
Howdy y’all DMTers, This week would have to rank as a pretty horrible one for Google. Following controversy over how data stored on Google Drive may be used during and after customers are actively engaged in using the cloud service received massive worldwide coverage, Google has reportedly admitted to knowing that the software engineer who […]
Will the real electioneering please commence
Ahoy DMTers! As the US Presidential election heats up, more and more entertaining associated fodder is emerging. Back in March, one very clever election follower produced an Eminem-inspired video, asking the real Mitt Romney to please stand up. More recently, current President Barack Obama appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and heldped its host […]
Innovative use of technology – helpful or unethical
Hey DMTers! Just because I have been laying low for a while does not mean I haven’t come across things to ponder. The picture below is of “Mark”, one of the homeless people reportedly enlisted and paid by New York ad agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty to carry a wireless 4G hotspot for South By Southwest […]
CSS tips from The Art of the Web
Hi fellow DMTers, In the course of browsing for something (can’t recall what), Firefox toolbox detected an “error” relating to the CSS test element -webkit-border-radius and -moz-border-radius. Out of interest, I researched this element further. One of the best resources for information on the use and current status of this element is the following website: […]
Hello fellow DMTers!
Greetings, my Digital Media Technologies peers! I currently work as an editor/learning designer for a financial services industry body, and also undertake freelance work as desktop publisher/copy editor. My interest in the MIM program stems from my employer’s ambitions to improve its mLearning offerings, as well as from my previous work experience as a customised […]
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