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How Can We Make URLs Readable?

February 5, 2020 By Deborah Edwards-Onoro

Seated in chairs, Jake Archibald and Surma discuss browser URLs.

When Chrome removed the http and https from the start of URLs in their browser address bar, I wasn’t happy.

And I heard from other people that weren’t happy.

Despite a padlock before the URL in the address bar, the https in the address bar was reinforcement that the site was using SSL to encrypt HTTP requests and responses.

It added a level of trust to the site I was visiting. Continue reading How Can We Make URLs Readable?

Filed Under: Internet Tagged With: browser, browser address bar, chrome, URL, web browser

TED Talk: The Tranformative Power of Video Games [Video]

October 23, 2019 By Deborah Edwards-Onoro

Herman Narula on TED stage, speaking about video games.

I admit it. I’m not a video game player.

When Myst was released in 1993, I was one of the first people to play it at the software company where I worked.

We all gathered together in one office to try and figure out what it was all about.

I did well, it was fun! But I never really got interested in video games after that.

Until the past few years, when I learned more about video games from my friends. And how games were becoming more accessible to people using assistive technology.

When Herman Narula, CEO of Improbable Worlds Limited, opens his TED 2019 talk about the transformative power of video games with the statement that a third of the world’s population—2.6 billion people—play video games, it caught my attention. Continue reading TED Talk: The Tranformative Power of Video Games [Video]

Filed Under: Internet Tagged With: Herman Narula, TED, transformation, video games

Event Registration Alternatives to Meetup.com

October 16, 2019 By Deborah Edwards-Onoro

Meetup announcement that pricing has changed for organizers and attendees.

With this week’s announcement that Meetup.com was changing its pricing policy, many meetup organizers are looking for alternatives to using Meetup.com for their event registration.

The news of the pricing change spread quickly among meetup organizers on Twitter.

While the decrease in cost to organizers at $24/year was welcomed, the $2.00 fee for attendees was not. Continue reading Event Registration Alternatives to Meetup.com

Filed Under: Internet, WordPress Tagged With: event management, event registration, Eventbrite, Get Together, meetup, Meetup.com

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