Joel:
In my infinite quest for knowledge on everything 'web' I've come across a slew of tools that you might find useful. Some are old, some are new, but hopefully you'll find at least one you didn't know about, that you can use.
Irakli:
Twitter is one of the tech wonders that really took off last year. According to Compete.com number of unique visitors to Twitter has increased almost 10 times from Dec '07 to Dec '08. If we also account for the fact that most Twitter users use it from desktop applications that are not easy to track, the actual usage numbers are probably even more impressive. No doubt, that's a mind-bobbling success for any Web-based business.
But what is Twitter?
Andrew :
The idea of a "Mashup" is just one of those ubiquitous terms that invariably gets tossed around all the time when talking about the Web 2.0 movement. But what exactly defines a Mashup? And is it all fluff or can it provide not meaningful value in my site?
Joel:
Amidst the slew of year-in-review lists that get published around this time of year, there are a few that end up being a worthwhile read.
Dave:
Learn how Yahoo’s Pipes service gives users the power to build their own mashups and RSS feeds by harnessing the power of a slick UI and an open, modular approach to customization and integration with various content/data providers.
Irakli:
I woke up feeling a little prophet-ish this morning. If I were a betting man, I'd go that route, but instead I'll just blog about it. I know what the next big service thing from Google should will be (keep reading).
Joel:
Design may seem frivolous to a developer, but hot design trends can be more predictive of future development efforts than you think.
Joel:
In a web based world that values fresh, meaningful content (sometimes over substance or relevance) it can actually be detrimental to “force” people to contribute to your site.
Irakli:
In the last several weeks, Phase2 has blogged about our development and release of an integration module for Drupal CMS with the Calais Web Service. Why did we spend time and money on it? Here’s some background.
Jeff:
The next stage of the Internet has been lurking around the corner for a long time and referred to as the “semantic web”. The concepts behind the semantic web are purported to have been in Tim Berners-Lee’s original intention for the Internet over 15 years ago. I suspect that means they were academically interesting, but technically impractical at the time. While I am certainly not qualified to predict exactly when this vision of the semantic web will be fulfilled as a technical reality, I can tell you about it’s enormous potential.
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