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Steve Jobs 1955-2011

Admin at www.cpccci.com — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 03:48:51 +0000

Statement from President Barack Obama:
“Michelle and I are saddened to learn of the passing of Steve Jobs. Steve was among the greatest of American innovators – brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it.
By building one of the planet’s most successful companies from his garage, he exemplified the spirit of American ingenuity. By making computers personal and putting the internet in our pockets, he made the information revolution not only accessible, but intuitive and fun. And by turning his talents to storytelling, he has brought joy to millions of children and grownups alike. Steve was fond of saying that he lived every day like it was his last. Because he did, he transformed our lives, redefined entire industries, and achieved one of the rarest feats in human history: he changed the way each of us sees the world.
The world has lost a visionary. And there may be no greater tribute to Steve’s success than the fact that much of the world learned of his passing on a device he invented. Michelle and I send our thoughts and prayers to Steve’s wife Laurene, his family, and all those who loved him.”

Statement from Bill Gates:
“I’m truly saddened to learn of Steve Jobs’ death. Melinda and I extend our sincere condolences to his family and friends, and to everyone Steve has touched through his work.
Steve and I first met nearly 30 years ago, and have been colleagues, competitors and friends over the course of more than half our lives.
The world rarely sees someone who has had the profound impact Steve has had, the effects of which will be felt for many generations to come.
For those of us lucky enough to get to work with him, it’s been an insanely great honor. I will miss Steve immensely. “

Statement from Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder and CEO:
“Steve, thank you for being a mentor and a friend. Thanks for showing that what you build can change the world. I will miss you.”

Statement from Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen:
“My condolences to Steve Jobs family and friends. We’ve lost a unique tech pioneer and auteur who knew how to make amazingly great products.”

Statement from House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.
“Steve Jobs was a visionary who changed the way we live, an innovator whose products brought joy to millions, a risktaker who wasn’t afraid to challenge the status quo, and an entrepreneur who led one of the most creative companies of our time.
“His sage advice was respected by policymakers on both sides of the aisle. His courageous fight against cancer brought strength to many.
“I hope it is a comfort to those who loved him, especially his family, that so many grieve his loss and are praying for them at this sad time.”

Statement from Walt Disney president Bob Iger:
“Steve Jobs was a great friend as well as a trusted advisor. His legacy will extend far beyond the products he created or the businesses he built. It will be the millions of people he inspired, the lives he changed, and the culture he defined. Steve was such an “original,” with a thoroughly creative, imaginative mind that defined an era. Despite all he accomplished, it feels like he was just getting started. With his passing the world has lost a rare original, Disney has lost a member of our family, and I have lost a great friend. Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife Laurene and his children during this difficult time.”

Statement from California Gov. Edmund Brown:
“Steve Jobs was a great California innovator who demonstrated what a totally independent and creative mind can accomplish. Few people have made such a powerful and elegant imprint on our lives. Anne and I wish to express our deepest sympathy to Steve’s wife, Laurene, and their entire family.”

Statement from New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg:
“Tonight, America lost a genius who will be remembered with Edison and Einstein, and whose ideas will shape the world for generations to come. Again and again over the last four decades, Steve Jobs saw the future and brought it to life long before most people could even see the horizon. And Steve’s passionate belief in the power of technology to transform the way we live brought us more than smart phones and iPads: it brought knowledge and power that is reshaping the face of civilization. In New York City’s government, everyone from street construction inspectors to NYPD detectives have harnessed Apple’s products to do their jobs more efficiently and intuitively. Tonight our City – a city that has always had such respect and admiration for creative genius – joins with people around the planet in remembering a great man and keeping Laurene and the rest of the Jobs family in our thoughts and prayers.”
Celebrities and Politicians Take to Twitter to Offer Condolences

Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post CEO:
“@ariannahuff: My thoughts go out to Steve Jobs’ family and friends. Thank you for changing our world.”

Steve Levitan, co-creator/executive producer of ABC’s “Modern Family”:
“@SteveLevitan: I’m so sorry to hear about the death of Steve Jobs. He was truly one of my heroes. He leaves one hell of a legacy. #iSad”

SnoopDogg, Rapper
“@snoopdogg: RIP Steve Jobs Rest in peace homie.”

Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger:
“@Schwarzenegger: Steve lived the California Dream every day of his life and he changed the world and inspired all of us. #ThankYouSteve”

Former California first lady Maria Shriver:
“@mariashriver: I’m going to turn off my Apple computer, iPhone and iPad tonight at 8pm and honor Steve with a moment of

digital silence. Will you join me?”
“@mariashriver: I’m so happy that I knew him and was so blessed by his friendship. He impacted all of our lives and changed the world.”
“@mariashriver: My heart weeps for all who worked with Steve and who loved him, especially my friend Laurene and their children.”

Jon Huntsman, Republican presidential candidate
“@JonHuntsman: Sad to hear about the passing of Steve Jobs, a true inspiration and a great American innovator.”

Ryan Seacrest, “American Idol” host/radio talk show personality/producer
“@RyanSeacrest: ‘Have the courage to follow ur heart & intuition. They already know what u truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.’ – Steve Jobs”

Nancy Grace, TV host, “Dancing With the Stars” contestent
“@NancyGraceHLN: About to go to air & discovered news about Steve Jobs – My heart goes out to his family tonight. #RIP Steve Jobs”

Lebron James, Miami Heat forward
“@KingJames: R.I.P Steve Jobs. Someone who definitely left his mark on this world! Innovations that will live and last forever!!”

Neil Patrick Harris, Actor on “How I Met Your Mother”
“@ActuallyNPH: Rest in peace, Steve Jobs. Your genius will live on for generations to come…”

Zach Braff, Actor
“@zachbraff: RIP Steve Jobs. A legend. A visionary innovator.”

Nick Lachey, singer, host of “The Sing-Off”
“@NickSLachey: Best wishes to the family of #stevejobs. What an amazing man and amazing life! Certainly, his legacy will be with us all forever. #RIP.”

Fact 7 about Web Design

Patricia Espinoza — Sat, 30 May 2009 19:25:17 +0000

Browser Compatibility
Since the Internet has continued to grow at an exponential rate, so have the Internet Browser brands, such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, Netscape and Safari. While Internet Explorer remains the most popular, followed very closely by Firefox, there are well over a dozen different options out there that are being used by Internet visitors. Each of these browsers decodes the HTML, XHTML or CSS of your web site in slightly a different way. Sometimes the design will hardly be affected, yet other times the interpretation given to a particular piece of such code can drastically alter the overall design or composition of your site. Make sure your website will be compatible in at least the two most common browsers: Internet Explorer and Firefox.

Fact 6 about Web Design

Patricia Espinoza — Sat, 30 May 2009 19:24:16 +0000

Tableless CSS Markup
Web designers have traditionally relied heavily (or even exclusively) on the use of HTML tables to display their web designs on the Internet. However, tables present multiple issues on flexibility, interoperability, and most importantly accessibility. Tableless CSS markup is quickly becoming the standard in the web community, specially since it allows to separate content from the presentation (or design) of a website with enhanced control and flexibility; it demands less bandwidth usage; and it fully supports mobile and hand held devices. Since HTML table-based coding will sooner or later be phased out, it behooves you to check if your web designer will use the highly recommended tableless CSS markup when building your web site.

Fact 5 about Web Design

Patricia Espinoza — Sat, 30 May 2009 19:22:58 +0000

W3C Compliance
XHTML 1.1 Transitional Compliance: XHTML is a stricter and cleaner version of HTML recommended by W3C (World Wide Web Consortium). XHTML is the effective inheritor of HTML 4.01 and although it is almost identical to its predecessor it is aimed to replace it. W3C will not continue to develop HTML, future W3C work will be focusing on XHTML only. In light of this information, it is very important that your web designer codes (programs) your web site with the latest of standards in the industry.

Fact 4 about Web Design

Patricia Espinoza — Sat, 30 May 2009 19:21:44 +0000

Search Engine Optimization, SEO
Besides the issue of search engine visibility (covered above), good web design incorporates competitive and relevant keywords (what the users are typing into the search engines as “Web Design in Miami” in example above) within the text of the page, and ‘behind the scenes’, tucked away in what’s called the HTML Meta Tags, which are not usually visible to human eyes. The research and placement of the keywords are extremely important if you want your website to stand a chance before the search engines, and therefore, have your website make a positive impact in your business’ bottom line!

Fact 3 about Web Design

Patricia Espinoza — Sat, 30 May 2009 19:20:04 +0000

Usability and Accessibility – Section 508 Accessibility Law
Research shows that users do not read websites, they skim them. Your visitors will look around feverishly for anything that is interesting or resembles what they’re looking for. A good web designer knows this, so she places important information strategically throughout the website, makes good use of conventions (i.e. anything clickable should be underlined), designs a user-friendly website with intuitive navigation. This is designing with usability in mind. Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, is a US law requiring the federal government to make all goods and services, including web sites fully accessible to people with disabilities. It identifies specific standards for Internet and Web accessibility. These guidelines encourage developers to make web sites accessible to desktop browsers, voice browsers (screen readers), mobile phone, and other software that aids the handicapped navigate the Internet.

Fact 2 about Web Design

Patricia Espinoza — Sat, 30 May 2009 19:17:41 +0000

Are the pages web optimized?
Statistics show that users will wait only 4 seconds to begin to see a page loading when they first visit a website; and only 20 seconds for the entire page to have downloaded in the screen. Any longer than that and they will hit the back button in the browser and leave, probably for good. Make sure your web designer knows about this and thus will balance your site with light weight graphics and text.

Fact 1 about Web Design

Patricia Espinoza — Sat, 30 May 2009 19:16:00 +0000

Flush the flash intros and entirely flash-based websites!
True, flash animations can be beautiful to look at, they are edgy, trendy and in general plain cool. Unfortunately, the search engines like Google or Yahoo cannot see any of it. It is not even that they may take too long to load and the search engine’s crawler doesn’t want to wait and leaves, though this too is already a good reason not to have them. It is that crawlers cannot read the movement or action at all. Search engines read text, that’s what they index in their catalogs, and that’s what they will look up when you go into Google and type, for example “Web Design in Miami“.

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How to Design a Successful and Useful Website

Admin at www.cpccci.com — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:49:20 +0000

Avoid Putting Employee Information on Your Public Website

Focusing your public website on information for the public – not on information specific to your company’s employees – is a best practice for managing your company’s website. Use intranets or extranets to provide information for your employees.

Why It’s Important:

• Real estate on your public website – particularly the homepage – is valuable and should be focused on the most important needs of the public, not of company employees.
• It can confuse the public to post information intended for employees on your public site.

By focusing on information for the public — rather than employees — you will help the public find what they need more efficiently and improve your services to them.

How to Implement

• If your company’s public website has content that is intended only for your company’s employees, move the content to an intranet or to an extranet, with password protection.
• If your company or organization doesn’t have or cannot acquire an intranet or extranet, then work to put employee information in a separate, clearly labeled part of your website. This will show the public that the information is not intended for them.
• If your website has content that is valuable to both the public and employees, it’s fine to post that information on the public website.

Compiled by Roberto Espinoza and Patricia Espinoza from CPC Computer Consultants, Inc.

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