Web 2.0 nomenclature – a flash in the pan or real gold nuggets?

Tuesday, November 7th, 2006

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 such as "office 2.0," "enterprise 2.0," "identity 2.0," etc.... Anytime ...

Roll your own web application startup – an entreprenneur’s Code

Wednesday, October 25th, 2006

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 are your brain's "killer app." Learn to communicate succinctly. Design efficiently and effectively. Embrace ...

Adding Adwords

Monday, February 27th, 2006

So I opened a Google "Adwords" account, mainly to figure out how it works and whether the links really are relevant to the content I post. Basically the idea is Google gets to advertise on my site, and will dynamically display ads which are relevant to whatever content is on ...

A “new” breed of Web Spam

Friday, December 2nd, 2005

Whereas in the old days squatters would hold domains hostage to sell them to the highest bidder, the new strategy is to attract as much traffic as possible and serve up ads that generate a revenue stream thanks to targeted, pay per click advertising such as Google's AdWords. There are a ...

Google Hosting – why Google will target the hosting industry next

Monday, November 21st, 2005

On the road to the top, everyone makes a few mistakes right? Several interesting new software releases this year have resulting in Google admitting their lack of planning. The minor annoyances experienced here are really just side effects of being unwitting test subjects in their labs: Google Web Accelerator - "Thank ...

Issues with trade “liberalization”

Tuesday, August 17th, 2004

This is really big news: Wealthy countries brace for farming cuts as WTO makes historic step but is it good news? Historically, although North American agriculture cannot compete cost wise with cheap labour and production costs elsewhere, we have heavily subsidized these industries (especially in the US) to allow them ...

Skype’d out

Wednesday, July 28th, 2004

This is a moment we have been waiting for. Skype, an innovator in voice over internet technology (VoIP) has long offered free beta software that is best described as an internet phone with the ease of use of an instant messenger. This is a cross-platform product (Win, Mac, Linux, ...