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You should read Mat Honan’s heartbreaking tale of a hack attack and the ensuing discussion on Techmeme . Much of the story is about Amazon or Apple’s security practices, but I would still advise everyone to turn on Google’s two-factor authentication to make your Gmail account safer and less likely to get hacked. Two-factor authentication means “something you know” (like a password) and “something you have,” which can be an object like a phone. Here’s a simple video about how it works: I often hear the same questions or objections when I recommend two-factor authentication. Continue reading →

Webmaster level: All In web development context, semantics refers to semantic markup, which means markup used according to its meaning and purpose. Markup used according to its purpose means using heading elements (for instance, h1 to h6 ) to mark up headings, paragraph elements ( p ) for paragraphs, lists ( ul , ol , dl , also datalist or menu ) for lists, tables for data tables, and so on. Stating the obvious became necessary in the old days, when the Web consisted of only a few web sites and authors used tables to code entire sites, table cells or paragraphs for headings, and thought about other creative ways to achieve the layout they wanted. (Admittedly, these authors had fewer instruments at their disposal than authors have today. There were times when coding a three column layout was literally impossible without using tables or images.) Up until today authors were not always certain about what HTML element to use for what functional unit in their HTML page, though, and “living” specs like HTML 5 require authors to keep an eye on what elements will be there going forward to mark up what otherwise calls for “meaningless” fallback elements like div or span . To know what elements HTML offers, and what meaning these elements have, it’s necessary to consult the HTML specs Continue reading →