Just want to explain a bit from my point of view.

Internet Content Aggregator refers to the user interface that enable users to capture a specific part of a website and put those pieces together to form one single page. Of course, after capturing, the content of the specific block will automatically update. The idea is somehow like the RSS reader, gathering all the useful feeds and blogs to one single place for easier management and review.

You may take a look of the following website. They are already in use.

http://www.pageflakes.com/

http://www.netvibes.com/

Each blocks of content can be easily modify by users. The position can be easily changed by drag and drop.

But somehow Pageflakes does not support Pages Aggregation.

(Page Aggregation – Just image you can crop all of the News or Announcement from different courses Website as a block, then paste those blocks in one single page)

Pageflakes now only support preset Blocks. (Anyway, I have not played with pageflakes for years…don’t know much about its progress.)

Why do we have Content Aggregation then? It enhances negativation.

Search Engine is already a kind of content aggregator, you can search the keyword and find the contents.

You can then directly access the useful pages, instead of clicking links from index/front page, to categories and then to another sub-categories…

But somehow the aggregation is done by machine, NOT human.

RSS, Blog and the Internet Content Aggregation is made by explict choice of human. This is the true value of the processing.

The information gathered can be shared much efficiently under an online social network. Using the previous example of having all News of course website in a single page. Imagine you can post the page on facebook and let others to subscribe. You will find which schoolmates is taking the same courses as you, and that’s how you make use of “social networking” to meet more people.

Then How? How do we update and get a specific location of a webpage?

Each html webpage can be regarded as a tree. The HTML Document Object Model (HTML DOM) defines a standard way for accessing and manipulating HTML documents.

Image from w3schools.com

When a user want to capture a specific location of the webpage, he/she is selecting which object want to saved and save the path for accessing that particular object.

It is kind of complicated. Not to include the involvement of AJAX.

Special thanks to Rocky, which bring the inspiration to me for this article.

Please leave a message or comments to see if how much this article could bring you. Thanks

It has been a while that the term “Cyber Bulling” came into our dictionary. But how many of us are aware of the cases? Some may even be a bully without noticing it.

Are they really heroes for revealing others’ secret?

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There are many introverts that are not willing to express themselves in reality. Once they can reply or comment online, their speech would be extremely arrogant and wild, especially when they think it is okay to be irresponsible as no one know their true identity. “I am just a small potato on Earth, even others find out that I am for giving such reckless comments, they can do no harm to me!” They also reckon their speech as harmless as they don’t know the victim.

But is it true? Think as if you were the victim.

Conflict can be easily ignited online, but HARDLY could it be resolved.

Here is the example from CUHK – “SCBA dem beat”. Go to Youtube and see the comment yourself.

More References:
http://ebenezer-ebenezer.blogspot.com/2009/03/laughing.html
http://www.uwants.com/viewthread.php?tid=7816578&extra=page%3D1
http://forum1.hkgolden.com/view.aspx?message=1635814
http://www.discuss.com.hk/viewthread.php?tid=9334433&extra=page%3D1&page=3

Well, I am not going to make comments on the following comment…Huh…
He is on the dark side while you can directly know who I am by going to my Profile

I am not saying SCBA is doing right, or Ms Lai is good or what. I want to emphasize the role of every “netizens”. We should be careful before criticizing and judging others. Be reminded that our next generation will be relying Internet as much as we do now.

Finally, I think the Pearl Report is a good documentary on Cyber Bullying.

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By the way, these should be an interesting topic for final year project – how to stop cyber-bullying efficiently or in the marketing sense, block negative image online, take a look of the election of US president, and you will see what I mean  http://www.thepajamapundit.com/2008/10/google-project.html.

Or simply search “John McCain” or “Barack Obama” in Google Image. Count how many funny/ teasing images you can have.

It would be great to co-operate with psychology and sociology.