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Observations from Jamie DeLoma, journalist and computer nerd

Category: wiki

In the beginning…

It is sometimes difficult to believe that the Web site is still in its infancy.

Just consider when these popular Web sites took their first steps:

Apple: 1987
White House: 1994
Yahoo: 1994
MSN: 1995
NY Times: 1995
Amazon: 1995
Google: 1996
Dell: 1996
BBC News: 1997
Drudge: 1997
Wikipedia: 2001
MySpace: 2003
Flickr: 2004
Facebook: 2004
YouTube: 2005
Twitter: 2006

To see screen grabs from around their launch dates, please click here.

EDITOR’S NOTE: I apologize my absense over the last month.  This blog is essentially being relaunched as a lighter entity with an increased number of interesting and off-beat updates.  I hope you enjoy it.

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Web offers advice for snapping professional-grade fireworks pictures

fireworks

Photo courtesey of vernon-ct.gov

Few photographic subjects frustrate me more than fireworks.  No matter how hard I try, I am never quite able to capture more than one or two photos of fireworks that I am proud of.

One of the places I turned to while looking for advice on snapping professional-grade fireworks photos was a wiki.

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines a wiki simply as a Web site that allows visitors to make changes, contributions, or corrections.”

And that’s essentially what it is — something a community on the Web creates and updates.  Like anything else on the Internet, however, I remind you the information on a wiki is only as good as its sources and managers.

The most well-known wiki is Wikipedia, a collaborative encyclopedia.

When I worked as a news editor at NBCNewYork.com, all of our style and troubleshooting guides were available in a wiki. It is a very practical and interactive tool I encourage you to at least try.

But I digress…

The best wiki I discovered for this particular subject was from Wired.com — which also happens to be among my favorite technology-related Web sites.

In a nutshell, the wiki suggests:

For more details on the points listed above, and for more tips, I encourage you to check out the wiki.

And, please, have a safe and enjoyable Independence Day weekend!

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