The forward slashes at the beginning of internet addresses have long annoyed net users and now the man behind them has apologised for using them. Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the World Wide Web, has confessed that the // in a web address were actually “unnecessary”. He told the Times newspaper that he could easily have designed URLs not to have the forward slashes. “There you go, it seemed like a good idea at the time,” he said. He admitted that when he devised the web, almost 20 years ago, he had no idea that the forward slashes in every web address would cause “so much hassle”. His light-hearted apology even had a green angle as he accepted that having to add // to every address had wasted time, printing and paper.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8306631.stm
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kamanashish
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kamanashish
Will Twitter die if I can make a list my Twitter home page?
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Rishab
why ?
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kamanashish
Once you have the option to make a single group your landing page at Twitter, you will start following thousands of people just to increase your network. And at the same time, you will start developing a list to follow (new home page). And you are not the only one. All smart twitter users will start doing so.
So what?
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saikat
But that I can do now also – I just don’t take a look at my timeline, I go to my list and visit the channels.
And if, that happens, I think spammers will try to get listed on your list instead of being followed
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kamanashish
Am I on your list
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Debleena
really thought provoking……..I m still thinking……….mmmmmmmmmmmm…..
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saikat
don’t take much time to think….come on, say something, do something.
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kamanashish
Web for both coders and marketers
Once upon a time, world was moved by big machines. Giant machines made gigantic piles of money. There were more people who could get a giant machine and thus there were too many giant machines. Once there were too many giant machines, people started making money without buying a giant machine. They started marketing and selling what those giant machines made. Today we have both – giant machines and sellers and both are happily married.
Once upon a time, internet was run by coders and inventors. As time passed, there were more coders, people started “needing more” and there were more people online and along came the sellers seeing a goldmine. And there came the free market or the freemium market. All coders are not businessman to make money in the Freemium model and all businessman are not coders. And they are getting married to help each other live happily.
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saikat
Web is for the customers. There was a time when only techies were part of the internet. But now, 8 to 80 – all are using internet. Hence, you have to be what your customer wants you to be – a customer support rep, a coder, a marketer, a trainer, a guide, a tutor …
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kamanashish
but it is not just about having everything in a single person – a rare combination and takes years of practice
… But, a successful product (design, development, marketing …) definitely a team work. Does it call for a new venture? -
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Sriram, and 
kamanashish 11:25 am on 28/11/2010 Permalink |
And now Google tries to cure the mistake by removing // in Google Chrome:
1. http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=41467
2. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/igeneration/google-kills-http-urls-about-time-to-follow-suit/4677
Sriram 6:10 pm on 28/11/2010 Permalink |
Sometimes, minor mistakes change the way things work and sometimes people call it miracle… Often they are described as “wow” or “ooops” moment.