blog post: I'm Drowing in Web 2.0 Apps
A notable sentiment at Mark Evans's blog, along with a call for a web 2.0 portal. Hmm.
28 September 2006
badge: squirl
Non-interactive badge. Widgets coming soon?
Also, oh, man, I find myself not especially motivated to accept the data-entry position Squirl offers me to catalog my stuff.
x-posted on HipSmart
22 September 2006
web tool: GroupLoop
With its page title, "GroupLoop ™ - Centralize, organize. Keep your group in the loop!" you can see GroupLoop is an online collaborative manager. It seems to me it falls somewhere between 37signals' Backpack (more of a personal organizer) and Basecamp (project manager). I may give GroupLoop at try to see what it's like, though I've been planning on using Backpack for my next small group project. I'm already invested in Backpack and it will keep my group stuff right next to my personal stuff.
xposted on HipSmart
xposted on HipSmart
21 September 2006
mashup: Flickr + business cards = Moo
MOO has launched to great fanfare, and without actually having used it yet, it's probably deserved. Glossy, half-business-card-sized cards with your flickr photos on one side and some contact info on the back--pretty neat! For a design professional, these should make for some distinctive business cards, and they'll be appealing in lots of other cases, too: bands, events, real estate.
Once I get my hands on some, I'll update with a review of the quality and the experience.
xposted on HipSmart
Once I get my hands on some, I'll update with a review of the quality and the experience.
xposted on HipSmart
web tool: Weebly
You'll need an invitation to join the beta of Weebly - Website Creation Made Easy, but that shouldn't be too hard--drop your email in the form on the front page, and the creator of Weebly will probably get back to you right away.
Weebly is a very slick AJAX WYSIWYG editor. It's incredibly stylish and easy to use.
I've just started playing with it, and it's admittedly a beta; so, then, my hiccups: the text fields (really the main thing you will be adding to a site) won't render JavaScript, so you get a funky looking mess like http://esswedl495.weebly.com/. Also, you'll notice that publishing is to their own server, not via FTP--kinda like the Blogger Beta, which forces you to use BlogSpot servers. Speaking of Blogger, here's one more limitation of Weebly: we're talking static pages.
Still, looks promising.
xposted to HipSmart
Weebly is a very slick AJAX WYSIWYG editor. It's incredibly stylish and easy to use.
I've just started playing with it, and it's admittedly a beta; so, then, my hiccups: the text fields (really the main thing you will be adding to a site) won't render JavaScript, so you get a funky looking mess like http://esswedl495.weebly.com/. Also, you'll notice that publishing is to their own server, not via FTP--kinda like the Blogger Beta, which forces you to use BlogSpot servers. Speaking of Blogger, here's one more limitation of Weebly: we're talking static pages.
Still, looks promising.
xposted to HipSmart
20 September 2006
mashup: BookMooch meets LibraryThing
It's still hand-driven at this point, but I like the idea of using LibraryThing's bookshelf and tags to display my BookMooch inventory.
LibraryThing has an awesome Universal Import function that can grab all the ISBNs off my BookMooch inventory and add them to my bookshelf. Then, it's a simple matter of using their widget to output the covers of the books I've tagged bookmooch (automatically done on import, natch):
Unfortunately, the cover links lead to Amazon, not my BookMooch inventory, should someone want to mooch a book. Another annoyance: my LibraryThing shelf will have to be manually updated when I do give away a book.
I'll have to see what I can do about that.
xposted on HipSmart, Wrybrarian.com
update 20 oct 2006:
Let's see if this one updates, cuz the original ain't:
LibraryThing has an awesome Universal Import function that can grab all the ISBNs off my BookMooch inventory and add them to my bookshelf. Then, it's a simple matter of using their widget to output the covers of the books I've tagged bookmooch (automatically done on import, natch):
Unfortunately, the cover links lead to Amazon, not my BookMooch inventory, should someone want to mooch a book. Another annoyance: my LibraryThing shelf will have to be manually updated when I do give away a book.
I'll have to see what I can do about that.
xposted on HipSmart, Wrybrarian.com
update 20 oct 2006:
Let's see if this one updates, cuz the original ain't:
trick: meebo.com
Want to keep an eye on your meebo buddy list? Open the website in Firefox's sidebar (there's even a preference you can check off on your bookmark) and it'll be visible as you browse. Caveat: sounds won't work. Also, it takes some fiddling to get the sidebar width narrow enough to comfortably browse yet keep the buddy list from jumping all around, and some scrolling to log in or see preferences and chat windows.
19 September 2006
badge: ThisNext shopping list
You stink. So, you shower. Now, do it in style. Wake up grumpy if you will, but once you stumble to the bathroom, these products will make your day.
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18 September 2006
badge: FeedButton Beta
Check out the button from FeedButton in the sidebar. It went all wonky when it was over here in a blog post.
directory: Go2Web20.net
Except for the part where it's all Flash, Go2Web20.net - The complete Web 2.0 directory, is the sort of thing I was envisioning for web2.0depot.net. I've found the name, now I just need to fit my site to it.
15 September 2006
video: YouTube
YouTube doesn't want to hook up to my old Blogger blogs (maybe that's just a beta Blogger thing), so here's a boring old embed:
article: 2.0Culture
Roman Mittermayr's article, "2.0Culture," presents some basic tenets of web 2.0 design in a cheeky manner. From some of the offhanded comments, you might think he's not a fan, but the article shows a real understanding of and appreciation for good design (in particular, the final section on descriptive HTML).
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