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In my previous post I stated that I had 'no current plans' to divulge the person behind my copyright infringement example. Although this person removed the content, images, and HTML that he took without permission from my websitetips.com site (only after I took drastic measures), he continues to add new content to his weblog that is copyrighted from other websites. Today's post is a follow-up to my previous post, Respecting Copyrights Online. (1200 words, 22 links) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2008/03/12/copyright2/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2008/03/12/copyright2/ Shirley Kaiser 2008-03-12T12:04:09 Despite how much I see this, I'm still amazed at the volume of people taking copyrighted content, images, and other works online to use at their own sites, to pass off as their own, to earn income with AdSense or other ad programs, to even sell to their own clients, and whatever else. Like many others, I have also had my copyrighted work taken by others. So, how do you know if something is OK or not to use at your own website? And what can you do about people infringing on your copyrighted materials? Today's post goes into copyright infringement and includes helpful resources for more information. (1263 words, 8 links) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2008/03/03/copyright/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2008/03/03/copyright/ Shirley Kaiser 2008-03-03T19:38:33 Tuesday, October 9th, Google announced the availability of Google AdSense ads within YouTube videos. Perhaps this is one of the things in mind when Google purchased YouTube last year. Today's post covers Google's announcements about Google AdSense for Video, online advertising trends, a video demo of Google AdSense for Video, and links to more on Google AdSense, YouTube, and Google AdSense for Video. (706 words, 15 links) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2007/10/10/adsensevideo/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2007/10/10/adsensevideo/ Shirley Kaiser 2007-10-10T10:44:00 Do you ever wonder what goes into brainstorming sessions and creative ideas from some of the top names in the Web design field? You'll find that and much more with blog posts earlier this week by three creators of the latest redesign of Happy Cog's website - Jeffrey Zeldman, Jason Santa Maria, and Daniel Mall. (328 words, 13 links, 1 image) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2007/02/10/happycog/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2007/02/10/happycog/ Shirley Kaiser 2007-02-10T10:34:15 I've been watching my browser stats the past few months to see how quickly Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) use grows and how Firefox and other browsers are doing, too. For anyone curious about seeing trends for various sites, I created the charts below to share three of my sites' browser trends from September, 2005 through January, 2007. I also tossed in a short summary of the browser trends - you might be surprised! (574 words, 9 links) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2007/02/09/ie7/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2007/02/09/ie7/ Shirley Kaiser 2007-02-09T17:35:57 The BrowserCam pool via fundable.org that I belong to is up for its annual renewal. It has a few openings for subscribers this time around. This subscription is for the BC-Complete plan, and the cost is US $26 for the 12-month subscription via fundable.org (information below). US $499.95 is the cost otherwise, so this is a fantastic value! (261 words, 5 links) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2006/12/18/browsercam/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2006/12/18/browsercam/ Shirley Kaiser 2006-12-18T20:13:44 I learned in the Eudora discussion list this morning that my long-time favorite email program, Eudora, is going open-source. Mozilla's new Penelope project is born. This move also made me reflect on the critically important role of email software with a Web design business. Today's post covers Eudora's major move, the important role of email software, especially in my small Web design business, and some of the current email software options. (1059 words, 20 links, 1 image) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2006/10/11/penelope/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2006/10/11/penelope/ Shirley Kaiser 2006-10-11T09:57:03 Many of you have probably seen references to "Web 2.0" around the 'Net. Tim O'Reilly has taken on writing about what this term means in his recent article, What Is Web 2.0, Design Patterns and Business Models for the Next Generation of Software. It's not just a boring article defining the term or written so that only programmers would understand it, though. Tim's new article overviews how the Internet arrived where it is today, comparing the past with comparables today in a way that even a non-programmer like myself can understand. Today's post provides an overview of this fascinating new article. (389 words, 3 links) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2005/11/07/web20/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2005/11/07/web20/ Shirley Kaiser 2005-11-07T14:23:42 I've posted information about my upcoming book at my business site's new section, New Book on Web Site Essentials. I'll update information there, especially when I can finally discuss it further, including referencing the title (hopefully soon!).[1] You can also sign up to be notified about when it will be available. It's currently in production via the publisher, SitePoint Books. You'll find more details and links in the complete post. (209 words, 12 links, 1 image) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2005/08/18/mybook/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2005/08/18/mybook/ Shirley Kaiser 2005-08-18T15:08:00 As I was doing final cross-browser testing for a redesign of SKDesigns, my website design business, the design implementation was working quite well in nearly every mainstream browser for Windows, Mac, Linux, and even the Lynx text-only browser. Unfortunately, though, I found problems with three old or little used browsers, such as Internet Explorer 5.2 for Mac that destroyed the CSS-positioned layout. I toiled over how to best handle these browser bugs, especially since my upcoming Web design book -- currently in production at my publisher -- stresses the importance of usability, readability, and degrading gracefully for older browsers. Today's post covers part of my decision-making journey and choices of approaches for dealing with these CSS bug-riddled old and little-used browsers. (2731 words, 53 links, 5 images) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2005/08/14/csstesting/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2005/08/14/csstesting/ Shirley Kaiser 2005-08-14T21:08:16