Two write ups about hacking AIM. We did this at Bowdoin a long time ago — installed an IM bot. Today it makes more sense to tie in the sports scores, news headlines, and dining menus into IM than ever before. http://battellemedia.com/archives/002176.php http://www.thensr.com/article.asp?ID=29
Ever make fun of the latest technology because you don’t really know what else to say about it?? Here’s a roundup of some of the best “Web 2.0” releases in 2005. The Best Web 2.0 Software of 2005 (web2.wsj2.com)
Release 1.0 / Events / When 2.0 Should be a good site to watch for conference results.
Mobile Audience A book about, well mobile audiences — works based on technologies such as wifi, 3g, wearables, etc…
Riya – Photo Search Facial recognition combined with Flickr! Wow. Automatic tagging.
International News – New York Times Fascinating. Six nights of rioting in France and not a peep from the New York Times. A testimony to where power lie. Blogs have been used as a great equalizer but there is fear and discrediting of bloggers from all corners. If we agree that dialogue is best, and […]
I think Flock is the most amazing thing to happen out of the Mozilla effort. A social software web browser, or, a Web 2.0 Tool.
VGMap by Eyebeam R&D: Vectored Flash Overlays for Google Maps This is a great idea and conceivably could integrate with GIS projects. Eyebeam is a great looking outfit and I believe Jason Kottke has a stint there. Lot’s of very interesting projects.
Ning is a free online service (yeah but if it’s a service how’ll it remain free?) allowing one to easily build and use social applications. What is social software? It tends to be a web application enabling one to post content, e.g., photos, bookmarks, reviews, and easily match, transact, or communicate with other people. The […]