Prototype of ibm.com homepage
May 11, 1994 Prototype of ibm.com homepage The ibm.com homepage was first shown to the senior management group on May 11, 1994. (Back then we were formal and called it by its full URL: http://www.ibm.com; our intranet was (and still is) w3.ibm.com). As far as I know, www.ibm.com was the first case of a Fortune […]
WiFi And Cellular Coming Together?
Will cellular merge with Wi-Fi? Seems likely to me. The 1,400 public hot spot locations are expected to grow to about 42,000 by 2006. This growth presents the opportunity to create a national wireless network that could provide both voice and Internet connectivity using WiFi standards and a plethora of new WiFi technology for routing, […]
WiFi Extending Its Reach
After enjoying the use of high speed Internet connectivity at the Admiral’s Club, Starbucks, or maybe the local Subway sandwich shop, it is very easy to get spoiled. The more often we find connectivity, the more we expect it at other places. Fortunately, innovation is alive and well in the WiFi space. Two recent developments […]
Motorcycling Homepage and Photo Gallery
Today has been a day of Dreamweaver and Gallery — cleaning up some outdated web pages and transferring a large number of pictures from the old gallery to the new one. The focus today was on the motorcycle section of the site. There are nearly 75 albums yet to move in other areas but I […]
Making Progress Converting Photo Galleries
The Photo Gallery was part of ibm.com from 1995 until 2002 when I merged it with patrickWeb. It has been a great way to share pictures from around the world with my friends and colleagues. The original gallery was fairly crude but then Dipen Mehta, of the IBM webAhead team, made a native Domino gallery. The good news was […]
