mikehub.net blog

Webdesign - standing out above the herd

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:15:29 GMT

Webdesign is a field so populous, if there were a country for each profession, we would be China. And webdesigners are more like China than just in size. We tend to be community-driven and love sharing, which is why Twitter and the Blogosphere are in...

HP Probook 4520s review

Tue, 18 May 2010 11:58:08 GMT

Yesterday I (Mike) got my new laptop, an HP Probook 4520s. This is an affordable business notebook for which I paid about R8000 ($1060, 850 EUR). This model comes with an Intel Core i5 Quadcore 2.27GHz processor, 3GB RAM, a 320GB hard drive (SATA), b...

Some changes to the site

Wed, 05 May 2010 21:53:46 GMT

If you've looked at our navigation or homepage today you will have noticed some changes:

We scrapped the "who we are" page and included it on the homepage
On the homepage we added four boxes with the main services we offer link...

Carr: "The End of Corporate Computing"

Mon, 03 May 2010 15:18:57 GMT

As discussed in my previous post I wrote an essay, a summary and commentary on Nicholas G. Carr's article "The End of Corporate Computing", for my Information Systems course at the University of Cape Town.
The following is the essay, it can be dow...

The Future of Personal Computing

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:20:32 GMT

The following is an expository essay I wrote in 2008 on my view of the future of personal computing and computing in general. I have recently read Facebook announced that they have reached to major milestones, being that they are now Cash Flow positive, putting them in a perfect position for future growth, as well as that t...

Is the web splitting?

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:05:30 GMT

Classes, something we subconsciously always have in mind. Apart from societies like in India where classes did and do still play a major role, the castes, all over the world there are classists. And even those of us who are not classist do somehow me...

When will people understand that webdesign isn't about iWeb '08 or Dreamweaver?

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:23:45 GMT

Webdesign, many kids have looked into it and in times of WYSIWYG software that can produce somewhat decent-looking websites without adhering to a single rule of the W3C many people try it.

But this is what throws our industry into such disarra...

Let under-13s join social networking sites!

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:05:26 GMT

They do it already anyway.

I have noticed recently a group of very intelligent under-13s that have gained quite an audience online by posting tech reviews as well as hosting a website. They use Twitter and YouTube to interact with their users,...

Should Youtube introduce Corporate Channels?

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:12:51 GMT

For a while I have been considering starting a YouTube channel for mikehub.net. To promote W3C-compliance, explain certain HTML and CSS tricks and methods, generally talk about webdesign and development and where the web is heading, as well as give s...

mikehub.net's new design

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:16:08 GMT

As you may have noticed mikehub.net was offline for a few days. I switched from 1blu to Hetzner as 1blu's data centre was down for a few hours recently wi...

Samsung NC10 - review/first impressions

Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:08:39 GMT

Yesterday, after three days of deliberating whether it was a good idea or not, I went and bought a Samsung NC10 netbook. This 10,2 inch netbook comes with a 93% full-size keyboard, 3 USB ports, audio in/out, RJ45, VGA-out, 3-in-1 card reader and, mos...

Is success dependent on qualifications?

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:56:07 GMT

I am currently applying to University of Cape Town (UCT) to do a Bachelor in Business Science in Management Studies (Major in Information Systems) beginning in 2010. UCT has very strict application criteria and there is a realistic chance I may not b...

Favi-what? Favicon!

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 13:54:58 GMT

How often do you notice the little icons beside your bookmarks/favourites or in the tabs of your browser? How often do you, as a webdesigner create favicons?

Favicons are the icons that appear in the favourites of the browser (hence...

What is tomorrow's web revenue model?

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:07:04 GMT

Web 2.0 has been milked to its last drops and we are seeing a flourish in new services while the user base is homing in on the best of each class. Twitter dominates micro-blogging, while facebook is the queen of full social networking. Linkedin is wh...