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Is Google taking over the world?

Wednesday, December 7th, 2011

I have mentioned this before, but yes, I believe Google is taking over too much. I love their products, and I love the fact that many are free but I wonder if they are doing too much without putting focus in certain areas. Here are some of main things google controls/owns:

Google Search
Youtube
Android/Droid
Google+
Google Maps
Google Docs
Google Wallet
Google Earth
Google Scholar
Blogger

Now there are many more. But how many of you can say you are not using at least one of these? Every one of us is using a Google product in our daily lives. Do I get scared when a company has this much control? Yes. Do I like what Google is doing? Yes. So having said that I think it’s good to keep an eye on Google’s motives and make sure they keep a good course as they currently are.

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Install and set up Moodle

Friday, September 10th, 2010

The following videos show you how to set up and install Moodle. The videos assume that you have downloaded the latest standard package and put them onto your server using FTP (that means putting the whole moodle folder onto you web server). The first video here shows you how to create a database which may be different depending on your web host but they are all pretty much the same. The second video goes through the moodle installation and set up.

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Install and setup a WordPress Blog

Saturday, July 10th, 2010

The following video shows you how to setup and install your own wordpress blog:

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Best Opensource Software

Monday, July 5th, 2010

Here is my list of the best opensource software and its all 100% FREE!

Blogging – WordPress

Forum – PhpBB

Photo Gallery – Coppermine

Office (Word/Powerpoint) – Open Office

Browser – Firefox

Survey – Lime Survey

Social Networking – Buddy Press

Music Editor – Audacity

Photo Editor – Gimp

Course Management System (CMS) – Moodle

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Best Blogging Software = WordPress 3.0

Saturday, June 26th, 2010

WordPress 3.0 was just released, and yes, wordpress is the best blogging software. Why? Its powerful, its opensource, its free, and it has a huge community of users. In fact, this blog was created in wordpress. If you are interested in having your own blog, check out wordpress at http://wordpress.org/.

Additionally, wordpress integrates well with bbpress and buddypress because they are all made by the same companies. It is my belief that many future websites will be created using software such as wordpress rather than standard html.

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Coppermine

Friday, June 25th, 2010

This has got to be the best free photo gallery software around. Its opensource and installs on your  webserver. An example can be seen on my nj surfing club website: http://www.njsurfingclub.com/njgallery/njimages/

Coppermine installs easily and its upgrades are easy assuming you do not have many mods. It comes pre-installed with around 7-10 themes. Creating your own theme is very easy with some basic html, php, and css programming.

Coppermine can be found here: http://coppermine-gallery.net/

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What is opensource?

Sunday, May 23rd, 2010

What is opensource software?

Opensource software is FREE software. It is free software that not only can you install and own, but you can modify it because the developers make the source code available. This means that anyone can change any part of the software they do not like. So for instance take your web browser. Lets say that you wish your web browser would keep track of how much time you spent online. If it was an opensource web browser, you could develop a program, called a mod or app, that kept track of your time online. You could then submit that app to the opensource company so that they could offer it for free to other people who might like to use it. Opensource is awesome and is a great business model. But how do opensource companies make money? Service. Thats how. What are some examples of opensource software packages: open office (replaces word/powerpoint), firefox (web browser), and gimp (replaces photoshop). I encourage you to check them out.

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