New Website Launched that Promises to ease the Software Installation Process

InstallationWiki.org is a new website designed to provide users with comprehensive, free guides to installing software. Launching on August 6, 2007, the website will largely be driven and populated by content supplied and edited by experts, and hopes to bridge the gap between software experts and software users.

Quality, relevant and free information on installing software is often difficult to find, especially when new versions and editions are being released on a regular basis. The aim of InstallationWiki.org is to provide people with a one-stop source of information for installing whichever piece of software they’re working with.

The Installation Wiki will provide myriad benefits for a variety of individuals; acting as a resource for software users, whilst supporting the software community through gaining exposure for their respective programs.

InstallationWiki.org has been developed using the open source MediaWiki software package and is supported by UK publisher Packt. The site has initially been populated using installation chapters from Packt books. “We’re more than happy to provide InstallationWiki.org with content from our books” explains Packt spokesman, Damian Carvill. “Packt is pleased to support the idea of providing an online repository of guides for installing software and we’re honored to populate the Wiki with its first content” he adds.

InstallationWiki.org is inviting software experts to share their knowledge by adding to the content on the site, helping it grow into an exhaustive library whilst increasing their position of authority in the subject.

InstallationWiki.org is free to use and open for everyone to contribute to. It is expected to grow and expand over the coming months with more installation guides and features. For more information, please visit www.InstallationWiki.org.

On this special holiday that we call April fools it is no wonder that so many tech companies are having fun with it. Heck - 20 some odd years ago my parents found out that they where having twins on April 1st. So I guess it is natural for me to play jokes or enjoy them on such a day.

Well here is a list of hilarious tech jokes by your favorite companies.

TiSP (by Google)
http://www.google.com/tisp/

Gmail Paper
http://mail.google.com/mail/help/paper/more.html

CNET News - The most outrageous news - live!
http://news.com.com/1200-12_3-6172227.html

YouTube
http://youtube.com/watch?v=oeN0Dtw0Xes

Enjoy - if you find others - love to hear about them.

Update: TiSP on Ebay! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=300097772108

Domain names are being taken at a record pace and people are being forced to be very creative with their domain names. Unfortunately, many are bought without proofreading or getting a second opinion. Here is a handfull of domains that probably should have been thought through before moving forward…

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It is not every day that you come across a book that is about your favorite product or program that you work with on a daily basis. I was asked back in early April if I would do a review on a new book written by Hagen Graf from PackT publishing and without any hesitation I accepted. Why? Because it was a book on Joomla!. Now over the years I have seen books written for various programs such as phpnuke, mambo, postnuke, etc,. but none of them came close to the quality of this book. With that said lets get on with the subject and get deeper into the book itself.
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When I read about this new creation from Google I had to tell the world. For those of us fighting the good fight, trying to make the web available to as many people as possible, this is a huge step forward. You can test it for yourself at http://labs.google.com/accessible/

The project is being head up by a blind researcher which lost his vision from glaucoma as a kid. It is easy look over the fact that nearly 8 million online users in the US alone are visually impared, and that number goes up as the web becomes available to more people. Can your business afford to turn away 8 million visitors? It could be the difference between sinking or swimming.

‘corePHP’ is dedicated to the education and development of a more accessible web. We have information on the site on how to build better sites, as well as documentation, extensions and files to download for members in order to help learn how to make your pages more accessible to all people.

You can read more on the Google Accessible Search Engine at http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=44748