Archives for October 2004

Bits and Pieces

Web Development

How to develop web applications with AJAX Part One
script.aculo.us : “easy-to-use, compatible and, ultimately, totally cool JavaScript libraries to make your web sites and web applications fly, Web 2.0 style.”
Essential bookmarks for web designers and web developers

New Software / Sites

iTunes 6.01
Flock developer preview

Exploration: Archy

I carry around a lot of frustration from not being able (due to time) to explore things I find interesting. I go to great lengths to manage my time as best I can in order to free up space for exploration. I have, as part of this site, an article category configured called [...]

OpenOffice 2.0 released

Get it while it’s hot

Open Standards XML File Format (OASIS OpenDocument)
New Multi-pane View
New CustomShapes (compatible with Microsoft AutoShapes)
More Slide Transitions and Animation Effects
Enhanced PDF Export
New enhanced Database Frontend
Mail Merge Wizard
Enhanced Word Count Feature
Support for Nested Tables
Digital Signatures Support
XForms Support
WordPerfect Filters
65,536 Rows in Calc
Enhanced PivotTable Support
Native Installers
Native Desktop Integration
Floating Toolbars

Here’s the huge 2.0 feature guide [...]

Flickr Photo of the Day

San Francisco B&W shot by Thomas Hawk

Social Bookmarking: Someone gets my drift

Om Malik has an interesting piece regarding the article I linked to today (The Amorality of Web 2.0). In it, he gets to the point I was unable to state clearly the other day (Social Bookmarking: I don’t get it)

“So if we tag, bookmark or share, and help del.icio.us or Technorati or Yahoo become [...]

The amorality of Web 2.0

This is a great article. I don’t, however, see what it has to do with “Web 2.0”. Perhaps that title was (smartly) used to draw attention.

“The Internet is changing the economics of creative work – or, to put it more broadly, the economics of culture – and it’s doing it in a way [...]