Archive for January, 2009

O'Reilly Network: What Is Web 2.0
In our initial brainstorming, we formulated our sense of Web 2.0 by example:
Web 1.0 Web 2.0
DoubleClick –> Google AdSense
Ofoto –> Flickr
Akamai –> BitTorrent
mp3.com –> Napster
Britannica Online –> Wikipedia
personal websites –> blogging
evite –> upcoming.org and EVDB
domain name speculation –> search engine optimization
page views –> cost per click
screen scraping –> [...]

Heavens-Above Home Page
Enter your lat & long coordinates and get an image of the night-time sky for your location. Neat!
(tags: tools reference science gps maps astronomy space satellites stars)

Warehouse Deals: Used and Refurbished from Amazon
(tags: deals discount bargains warehouse cheap amazon books electronics shopping)

James Governor’s Monkchips » How I Was Wrong About The Fearsome Engine That is IBM, Or, Thoughts on Lotus, Software and Elephants
"My advice to large enterprise customers- check out the new Lotus tools, they might surprise you. And you know IBM isn’t going anywhere. IBM’s competitors meanwhile- check out the rear view mirror – the [...]

Blue Water
Blue Water is a feature documentary about crossing oceans. One of life's great adventures.
It includes exclusive interviews with stars such as James Wharram and Lia Ditton.
The original soundtrack of sea songs includes performances by Arun Ghosh, Josie Newton and Robin Gillan.
(tags: Blue Water BlueWaterFilm film sailing oceans adventure)

DeviceAnywhere – The Source For User Experience [...]

Twitter Avatars In Comments Wordpress Plugin
One to remember, though would like to see it using the twitter username and not to have to modify templates
(tags: avatar wordpress-plugins gravatar avatars plugins twitter plugin wp wordpress)