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 true erik 2006-12-06T09:33:00-06:00 2006-12-06T15:33:39Z 2006-12-06T15:33:39Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34405550.post-116541921943385453 badge: One Billion Bulbs <a href='http://www.onebillionbulbs.com/'><br /><img src='http://content.OneBillionBulbs.com/StatSticker.aspx?sidId=SSI00000YD&stk=-088M0XN12Y' alt='Swedlund Erik Bulbs Change Statistics' border='0' /><br /></a> false erik 2006-10-05T09:17:58-05:00 2006-10-05T14:17:58Z 2006-10-05T14:17:58Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34405550.post-116005787831669138 big idea: The Bitchun Society
Cory Doctorow's Down and Out in the Magic Kindom come alive at The Bitchun Society
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false erik 2006-10-04T10:37:00-05:00 2006-10-04T15:38:51Z 2006-10-04T15:38:44Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34405550.post-115997632424724325 multitude of doohickeys: Google Gadgets In this <a href="http://www.google.com/press/annc/synd_gadgets.html">press release</a>, Google announces that their large variety of Google Gadgets, previously available on their personalized home page or through Google Desktop, can now be embedded in any web page. Wow! Lots of stuff.<br />Here's one:<br /><script src="http://gmodules.com/ig/ifr?url=http://ralph.feedback.googlepages.com/googlemap.xml&up_loc=60611&up_zoom=City&synd=open&w=320&h=200&title=__UP_loc__+Google+Map&border=http%3A%2F%2Fgmodules.com%2Fig%2Fimages%2F&output=js"></script> false erik 2006-09-28T15:15:00-05:00 2006-09-28T20:15:45Z 2006-09-28T20:15:45Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34405550.post-115947454520801190 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.
 false erik 2006-09-28T14:17:26-05:00 2006-09-28T19:17:26Z 2006-09-28T19:17:26Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34405550.post-115947104624938911 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.
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false erik 2006-09-22T23:23:30-05:00 2006-09-23T04:23:31Z 2006-09-23T04:23:30Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34405550.post-115898541095617449 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.
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false erik 2006-09-22T11:15:00-05:00 2006-09-22T16:23:46Z 2006-09-22T16:15:06Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34405550.post-115894170608598213 badge: Twitter flash version:<br /><div style="width:176px;text-align:center"><embed src="http://twitter.com/flash/twitter_badge.swf" flashvars="color1=52224&type=user&id=4490" quality="high" width="176" height="176" name="twitter_badge" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="always" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /><br><a style="font-size: 10px; color: #00CC00; text-decoration: none" href="http://twitter.com/esswedl/">follow Erik at Twitter</a></div><br /><br />JavaScript version:<br /><span id="my_twitter_status"></span> <span id="my_twitter_status_time"></span> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.twitter.com/t/status/user_timeline/4490?count=1&named_obj"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> document.getElementById('my_twitter_status').innerHTML = Twitter.posts[0].text; document.getElementById('my_twitter_status_time').innerHTML = Twitter.posts[0].relative_created_at; </script><br /><br />xposted at <a href="http://www.hipsmart.com">Hipsmart</a> false erik 2006-09-21T15:37:03-05:00 2006-09-21T20:37:03Z 2006-09-21T20:37:03Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34405550.post-115887102355305709 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.
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false erik 2006-09-21T10:58:23-05:00 2006-09-21T15:58:23Z 2006-09-21T15:58:23Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34405550.post-115885430317429722 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.
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false erik 2006-09-20T16:01:00-05:00 2006-10-20T17:59:45Z 2006-09-20T21:01:38Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34405550.post-115878609855999494 mashup: BookMooch meets LibraryThing It's still hand-driven at this point, but I like the idea of using <a href="http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php?view=esswedl&tag=bookmooch">LibraryThing's bookshelf and tags</a> to display my <a href="http://www.bookmooch.com/m/inventory/esswedl">BookMooch inventory</a>.<br />LibraryThing has an awesome <a href="http://www.librarything.com/import.php">Universal Import</a> 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):<br /><script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://www.librarything.com/jswidget.php?reporton=esswedl&show=recent&header=&num=200&covers=small-fixed-width&text=none&onlycovers=1&tag=bookmooch&css=1&style=5&version=1"><br /></script><br />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.<br />I'll have to see what I can do about that.<br />xposted on <a href="http://www.hipsmart.com">HipSmart</a>, <a href="http://www.wrybrarian.com">Wrybrarian.com</a><br /><br />update 20 oct 2006:<br />Let's see if this one updates, cuz the original ain't:<br /><script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://www.librarything.com/jswidget.php?reporton=esswedl&show=recent&header=&num=40&covers=small-fixed-width&text=none&onlycovers=1&tag=bookmooch&css=1&style=5&version=1"><br /></script> false