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I guess I should start by stating what the phrase “social media” means. According to Wikipedia:

Social Media is the democratization of information, transforming people from content readers into content publishers. It is the shift from a broadcast mechanism to a many-to-many model, rooted in conversations between authors, people, and peers.

I couldn’t have phrased it better, so I’m sticking to that definition. The part I agree most in the definition is the many-to-many bit. It’s the main idea behind social media and that’s what making it awesome!

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A lot of IT graduates from the 80s and early 90s will find that the skills developed from their university or college days are becoming obsolete with each passing day. Heck, some of the programming languages they’ve implemented projects with are probably no longer in existence today (or more likely to have evolved to the point of being unrecognizable).

One area that is almost unheard of back then is web applications development. Today, your web browser is not just used to explore web sites, it is an applications platform in its own right.

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There are many XHTML resources on the Internet, including tutorials, guides, references and even full blown eBooks. However, if I were made to recommend one (and only one) resource that would be the most useful to XHTML newbies or novices, then I have to say that it would be W3 Schools.

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I’m not sure whether it’s coincidence or just typical path of evolution; web design and furniture seems to be going in the same direction. Let’s take two distinct categories of furniture and compare them with each other: modern furniture vs classic furniture; and see how they evolved as well as how we can relate it to web design.

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I’ve been reading this case study on ISPUB.com called The Elderly and the Internet and it triggered an interesting thought in my mind; Would the Internet reduce the need for elderly care? Hence, the title of this post.

In Malaysia at present, sending ones elderly parent to a nursing home is still considered taboo. Personally, I have no qualms about being sent to a nursing home should I be a burden to my children. I’ve accepted the fact that I will grow old and die. I also accepted the fact that as I become older, handling me could be troublesome. Therefore, it might be better if I were to be handled by the professionals at a nursing home.

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