Archive for July, 2007
Lawsuit Seeks to Shut Down Facebook
Jul 25th
This story shocked me as well everyone I showed today. Apparently Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook’s founder) is being sued by ConnectU.com for fraud, copyright infringement, as well as misappropriation of trade secrets. What’s at stake? Facebook. Well, the ownership at least.
Yes it’s ironic that I’m posting about this since my last post spoke about Facebook reaching half the size of Myspace.
The three founders of ConnectU say Mark Zuckerberg agreed to finish computer code for their site, but repeatedly stalled and eventually created Facebook using their ideas.
The lawsuit’s allegations against Zuckerberg include fraud, copyright infringement and misappropriation of trade secrets. It asks the court to shutter Facebook and give control of the company and its assets to ConnectU’s founders.
Facebook Now Half the Size of Myspace!
Jul 19th
It’s official. Alexa.com’s ranking comparison tool told me today that Facebook is now half as big as Myspace.com. Take a look for yourself:
I really admire Facebook’s growth – although I don’t give them all the credit. The site has been booming since January of 2007 – with traffic doing nothing else but increasing.
Will Facebook be hitting a wall anytime soon? Pun intended. 
I’m Reading PHP Solutions: Dynamic Web Design Made Easy
Jul 17th
It finally hit me a few days ago: Either you know PHP or you don’t. I’ve decided, and am now determined to master the web language PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, or so commonly referred to as PHP!
Yesterday I purchased a book titled PHP Solutions: Dynamic Web Design Made Easy. I’m already on page 60 of the 400 page book.
One thing I like about the book already is how it teaches you the web language using practical situations. This method of teaching helps me as a reader stay interested in the language since it reminds me that there is a point to learning this language. Knowing PHP will help any webmaster increase productivity, security, or style to any of your websites.
Also, the book shouldn’t be used for just reference. This is a good book if you’re actually wanting to LEARN the language of PHP from the ground up and knowing absolutely nothing about PHP. BUT, the author (David Powers) highly recommends that you know the basics of xHTML and CSS – since PHP is usually embedded into both.
My goal is to finish this book before summer ends, which is August 23rd. I’ll definitely keep everyone posted on how the book turns out. I can’t wait to find out who murdered Colonel Mustard in the library with the candlestick.
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