I ran into a problem recently with shortcut icon files not working in Internet Explorer 8, while they were working fine in every other web browser. Shortcut icons are the little images that show up in the address bar of Safari (to the left of the URL), in the browser tabs in Chrome and Firefox…
Fun with Google Analytics
I don’t blog as much as I once did. Social media sites provide me with quicker ways to interact with a more targeted group of friends/followers/whatever-you-want-to-call-them. Plus, let’s face it, rattling off a tweet or a Facebook post is a quicker and easier path to the endorphine hit of computer-mediated human interaction than composing a…
Web-Based Training: Three Paradigms
Before the birth of the web, taking a class meant being at a certain place at a certain time with a group of other students while the teacher held forth on the topic of the day. Correspondence courses have a long and colorful history, but the most popular mode of delivery for teaching/training has been,…
Processing, Minim, and Music
I recently discovered Processing. It’s a programming language and programming environment, based on Java, designed for artists, particularly those with an interest in what is sometimes called “generative art.” While Processing’s main focus is visual art, it includes a sound/synthesis library, Minim, which lets you programmatically tinker with audio and synthesis. Creating audio with Processing…