Month: March 2006
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Ray Ozzie at eTech
RSS is the DNA wiring the web, the connecting tissue between active web sites. Part of the current excitement around mashups is that it’s moving these "composite applications" up to the level of the scripting programmer. The closer you get to the user, the closer you get to real domain expertise. Cut/Copy/Paste – these commands…
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Netsquared Interview on Tagging
Netsquared, an arm of the non-profit advisory site, Techsoup, just posted an email interview I did with them about tagging. At the end of the interview, I also listed up a few examples of how Yahoo applications can be stitched together and used by non-profits (and other small organizations) to organize and inform their community.…
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eTech, Day One Keynotes
Lots of stimulating discussion today. If I can boil it down to themes I would say that the both the tutorials that I went to earlier and the keynotes I attended tonight asked us to center back on the individual. Flashy applications and rounded corners are all well & good if they contribute to the…
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eTech, Day One Tutorials
Today I went to the tutorial sessions here at eTech in San Diego. I attended: Creating Passionate Users 2.0 with Kathy Sierra From Coder to Co-Founder with Marc Hedlund Highlights following:
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Containers as Commerce Packets
The first newspapers came about back in the 1700’s to fulfill a need for importers and others with an interest in trade with the New World to keep track of the shipping schedules and see who was due into port that day. Tucked away in the business section of some papers you still see announcements…
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IBM wants to play too
It was a busy day for Bay Area locals involved with startups. First there was the Under the Radar conference which featured a number of startups looking for a little extra attention. Later in the day, Business 2.0 gave a party for all the folks they recently nominated to a list they’re calling the Next…
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Cast Your Vote
Yahoo 360 added a cool little voting widget today so I took the opportunity to set up a snap poll on what Tivo is announcing tomorrow. I thought Yahoo Answers was cool, I can see myself creating all sorts of mischief with this feature! If have a Yahoo ID, click through to my 360 blog…