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Blitzweekend project: getting real with GoalR
Ever since I attended 37 signals “Getting Real” workshop I’ve want to put some of their design principles to the test. My company is Syntenic, a boutique consulting and services shop primarily focused on web operations, performance optimization via application … Continue reading
The Web as operating system
Alistair, who has been writing recently at GigaOM, puts together the most lucid synthesis I have seen on the topic of the “Web OS.” Big Internet companies are making themselves the OS of the web 2.0 world. In addition to … Continue reading
The web as a pidgin internet language
or “How to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love the Internet” A disproportionate amount of brilliant stuff was written by Douglas Adams, who in 1999 had this to say about the internet: the biggest problem is that we are still … Continue reading
Visualization of social networks among "Web 2.0" startups
The folks at Groupscope give us some fascinating looks into, among other things, the relationships behind some successful so-called “Web 2.0″ startup ventures: From the Linksviewer blog. I wonder how severe the survivorship bias is. It would be more interesting … Continue reading
Welcome to the jungle: finding quality in the internet content ecosystem and why editors are so important
I agree vehemently with Alistair that folks who spent time decrying the lack of general quality in the blogosphere or on Flickr or the internet in general are missing the point. Average quality doesn’t matter. Who cares if my free … Continue reading
Web 2.0 nomenclature – a flash in the pan or real gold nuggets?
Austin at Billions with Zero Knowledge is blogging at the O’Reilly Web 2.0 conference. This got me thinking again about all this of web nomenclature hoopla which seems to have spread like the Code Red worm (see below) with monikers … Continue reading
Gone phishing: new browsers, new privacy decisions
One phish, two phish, red phishing-shield, green phishing-shield Microsoft and Mozilla have released their new browsers Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox 2 which include anti-phishing features that warn end users about web sites which suspected or known to pose as … Continue reading
Another cool visualization
Concerned about your air quality? Crime rates? Thinking of moving perhaps? Neighboroo provides a cool heatmap style mashup of geographic data and Google maps, designed to let you research the key characteristics of neighbourhoods which matter to you. I would … Continue reading
Roll your own web application startup – an entreprenneur's Code
Choose a problem which frustrates you on a daily basis that you think you can solve. You shouldn’t have to look far. Passion is key, make sure you can get worked up about it. Hone your powers of concentration. They … Continue reading
Getting real about security
Adam (crypto nerd extraordinaire, former evil-genius at Zero Knowledge) from the Emergent Chaos “jazz combo” throws us a reference and ties it in with an amusing story about misguided security concepts. The Emporer’s New Computer Affixing a Mac logo to … Continue reading