In addition to being absolutely beautiful, Buzzword is ridiculously easy to use. Even people who don’t understand common icons could effortlessly process a document in Buzzword, because the name of each tool pops up when you mouse over an icon. And all the basic tools are there–insert tables, images, lists, comments, headers, or footers without searching through long menus. It does spell check, but it doesn’t have a word count tool or many fonts to choose from yet. Additionally, I’ve had some issues when it comes to using some of the tools (especially copy).
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The bursting of the dot-com bubble in the fall of 2001 marked a turning point for the web. Many people concluded that the web was overhyped, when in fact bubbles and consequent shakeouts appear to be a common feature of all technological revolutions. Shakeouts typically mark the point at which an ascendant technology is ready to take its place at center stage. The pretenders are given the bum’s rush, the real success stories show their strength, and there begins to be an understanding of what separates one from the other.
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If you’re not sure what “Web 2.0″ is, you’re not alone. This vague term, originally coined by O’Reilly Media in 2004, is used to categorize the “rebirth” of the Internet after the dot-com bust in the early 2000s. While analysts debate what the term actually encompasses, some critics see it as nothing more than a marketing buzzword. Buzzword or not, it’s indisputable that the Internet has entered a new phase:
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The bursting of the dot-com bubble in the fall of 2001 marked a turning point for the web. Many people concluded that the web was overhyped, when in fact bubbles and consequent shakeouts appear to be a common feature of all technological revolutions. Shakeouts typically mark the point at which an ascendant technology is ready to take its place at center stage. The pretenders are given the bum’s rush, the real success stories show their strength, and there begins to be an understanding of what separates one from the other.
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