I love a lot of the newer internet services that allow collaboration and easy integration with one another. Dubbed the “Web 2.0” movement, these are some sites I use. My blog aggregator site uses a lot of this services, and my Powered By page there shows how I’ve used them. See Web 2.0 blog posts.
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Latest in Web 2.0:Skitch and Twitter comboSkitch lets you take easily take screenshots. Now with Twitter support! "Combine the power of email, image creation/capture devices and micro-blogging platforms like Twitter and you can communicate & collaborate with a powerful visual voice." Information R/evolution: Michael Wesch's latest videoKansas State "cultural anthropoligist" Micahel Wesch brings us another movie about the revolutionary ways our information creation and categorization are changing. Tags are replacing categories and we're all creating media. Viewing American class divisions through Facebook and MySpaceInteresting observations: quote: "That 'clean' or 'modern' look of Facebook is akin to... Pottery Barn or any poshy Scandinavian design house... while the more flashy look of MySpace resembles the Las Vegas imagery that attracts millions every year." Service: Coghead"Coghead is the one do-it-yourself web application platform that can handle all of your projects from beginning to end." Are newspapers going to morph into social networks over time?The USA Today re-design has predictably caused a massive weekend scrum at Techmeme, with many bloggers excited about the changes. But... 92% of USA Today's own readers dislike the changes. Tech Crunch reviews five of the new breed of mash-up generators"Here we run through 5 applications that allow you to mix, rip and mash your data, looking at the data input, output, REST support, suggested use, and required skill level." Ruby on RailsWeb development program that grew out of 37Signals. Tutorials show AJAX-y Flickr libraries & blogging systems set up in a matter of minutes. Script.aculo.usLots of javascript doodads for AJAX, etc. Review of Yahoo PipesExplains how it will get better with time because all creations are published and public. Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing UsGreat YouTube video from the "Digital Ethnography" department at Kansas state that explains the revolutionary implications of Web 2.0 on human communication. |
