Mitchell McKenna - tagged with internet http://mitchmckenna.com/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss LifePress mitchellmckenna@gmail.com What’s New with Chrome and the Web (Google I/O'19) http://mitchmckenna.com/post/18768/whats-new-with-chrome-and-the-web-google-io19

Some very cool features from Google I/O'19 for the future of the web:

  • Lazy loading images for a faster web / mobile web
  • "Paint Holding" to stop the flash between pages if they're fast enough.
  • Portals for seamless transition/animation between different domains or just the same domain.
  • "Web Packaging" so you don't necessarily have to go back to the server.
  • "performance budgets" for assets as part of CI
  • Installing PWA apps on desktop
]]> Wed, 08 May 2019 00:23:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/18768/whats-new-with-chrome-and-the-web-google-io19/whats-new-with-chrome-and-the-web-google-io19 Andrew Blum: What is the Internet, really? http://mitchmckenna.com/post/11821/andrew-blum-what-is-the-internet-really

I think the majority of people who use the web every day don't know how a website hosted on a server that would be as far away as on the other side of the world physically gets transported to their computer. and even if you do you'll probably still learn something from this TED Talk.

When a squirrel chewed through a cable and knocked him offline, journalist Andrew Blum started wondering what the Internet was really made of. So he set out to go see it -- the underwater cables, secret switches and other physical bits that make up the net.

]]> Sat, 22 Sep 2012 03:47:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/11821/andrew-blum-what-is-the-internet-really/andrew-blum-what-is-the-internet-really Meet Opera 11 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/9093/meet-opera-11

New innovations include tab stacking, a safer address field, visual mouse gestures and extensions. Opera 11 is available for Windows, Linux and Mac and can be downloaded for free from http://opera.com

]]> Thu, 10 Feb 2011 17:22:00 -0500 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/9093/meet-opera-11/meet-opera-11 WORLD RECORD SPEED TEST http://mitchmckenna.com/post/7466/world-record-speed-test

This is a world record speed test. So there you have it. Download Opera from http://www.opera.com/

Get more news about Odd & Even on their My Opera blog: http://my.opera.com/odd-even/blog

]]> Fri, 28 May 2010 21:15:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/7466/world-record-speed-test/world-record-speed-test Opera 10.50 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/7322/opera-1050

A look at our latest browser, Opera 10.50 - The fastest browser in the world. You can download it for free at http://www.opera.com/

]]> Tue, 27 Apr 2010 03:57:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/7322/opera-1050/opera-1050 New Chrome Commercials http://mitchmckenna.com/post/7281/google-chrome-extensions

Some creative new commercials for the Google Chrome browser:

]]> Fri, 23 Apr 2010 21:58:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/7281/google-chrome-extensions/google-chrome-extensions Tron Legacy Official Trailer #2 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/6655/tron-legacy-official-trailer-2

Coming to theaters 2010 in Disney Digital 3D.

]]> Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:17:00 -0500 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/6655/tron-legacy-official-trailer-2/tron-legacy-official-trailer-2 The State of The Internet http://mitchmckenna.com/post/6507/jess3-the-state-of-the-internet

JESS3 designed and animated this for the JESS3 lecture at Stevenson University for AIGA Baltimore in Feb 2010.

]]> Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:36:00 -0500 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/6507/jess3-the-state-of-the-internet/jess3-the-state-of-the-internet Internet Censorship http://mitchmckenna.com/post/6044/good-internet-censorship

Sex. Ass. Falun gong. Chances are, if youre reading this right now, you dont live in Yemen, Myanmar, or China. Internet censorship can take many forms, from restricting private internet access to blocking searches for politically volatile keywords. Exercise your internet freedom by taking a look at our latest Transparency.

]]> Mon, 25 Jan 2010 01:44:00 -0500 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/6044/good-internet-censorship/good-internet-censorship 10 Web Browsers You Probably Haven’t Heard Of http://mitchmckenna.com/post/5888/10-web-browsers-you-probably-havent-heard-of

"Firefox. Internet Explorer. Chrome. Safari. Opera. They try to be all things to all people. And that’s great. Except… What if you’re looking for a browser that does just the things you want to do online? There are more than a dozen excellent alternative browsers out there if you’re looking for something distinctive."

]]> Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:48:00 -0500 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/5888/10-web-browsers-you-probably-havent-heard-of/10-web-browsers-you-probably-havent-heard-of Five Years of Firefox http://mitchmckenna.com/post/4908/five-years-of-firefox

Five years is a long time on the Internet, so let's celebrate five years of working together to make the Web better for everyone.

]]> Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:12:00 -0500 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/4908/five-years-of-firefox/five-years-of-firefox [TEDTalks] Jonathan Zittrain: The Web as random acts of kindness http://mitchmckenna.com/post/4831/jonathan-zittrain-the-web-as-random-acts-of-kindness

Feeling like the world is becoming less friendly? Social theorist Jonathan Zittrain begs to difffer. The Internet, he suggests, is made up of millions of disinterested acts of kindness, curiosity and trust.

]]> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:19:00 -0500 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/4831/jonathan-zittrain-the-web-as-random-acts-of-kindness/jonathan-zittrain-the-web-as-random-acts-of-kindness Canada's Internet Explained http://mitchmckenna.com/post/4795/canadas-internet-explained ]]> Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:34:00 -0500 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/4795/canadas-internet-explained/canadas-internet-explained What Facebook Is For http://mitchmckenna.com/post/1662/what-facebook-is-for **This video is not suitable for devout Muslims.** The Pointless Internet Argument Forums now exist! http://www.pointlessinternetargumentforums.com ]]> Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:15:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/1662/what-facebook-is-for/what-facebook-is-for History of the Internet http://mitchmckenna.com/post/1074/history-of-the-internet "History of the internet" is an animated documentary explaining the inventions from time-sharing to filesharing, from Arpanet to Internet. The history is told using the PICOL icons on picol.org , which are available for download soon. On blog.picol.org you can get news about this project. You can also watch the video on http://vimeo.com/2696386 Voice-over by Steve Taylor http://voice-pool.com Credits for… ]]> Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:34:00 -0500 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/1074/history-of-the-internet/history-of-the-internet Surfing for Seniors http://mitchmckenna.com/post/685/surfing-for-seniors A video both aiding and mocking old people in their quest to understand computers and the internet. http://www.everythingisterrible.com ]]> Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:43:00 -0500 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/685/surfing-for-seniors/surfing-for-seniors