Archive for 2007
Wikipedia Explained on NPR’s Fresh Air
Web 2.0 Expo 2007
The Web 2.0 Expo out in San Francisco wrapped up yeseterday. Check out all the tracks and seminars they had, this thing was HUGE. I’m totally putting this conference on my continuing education wish list for next year. It sounds amazing…not only did they have some cool speakers (how about Tim O’Reilly and Eric Schmidt for starters?) but also in depth workshops (Ruby on Rails, Search Engine Optimization and more) for a “first hand opportunity to master the power of Web 2.0 technologies.” That’s the way I like to learn, jumping right on in! Thankfully they are... [read more]
Twitter Me This…
I recently learned about Twitter, “a global community of friends and strangers answering one simple question: What are you doing?” I found out about it when I stumbled across Justin.tv, a site about a guy named Justin who is broadcasting live video of his life 24/7 to the internet. Justin.tv uses Twitter to let people know what Justin is up to, where he’s going, or what he’s doing. So basically I caved and joined. I figured hey, all the cool kids are jumping off the cliff, so I should too. I wrote my first “update” (which is limited to 140 characters) and added... [read more]
Scrapbooking Online
Now this is a kind of scrapbook I could get into. Check out Scrapblog.com. No paper cuts, plenty of stickers and templates to choose from. You can add audio and video too, how’s that for bringing scrapbooking (yes, its a verb) into the new millenium? Only one downer – they haven’t set it up so that you can get a print version when you are done. I don’t know about you, but I’ve got plenty of analogue-only family members who prefer tree products over 0’s and 1’s… [read more]
Live CSS Editing for FF and IE
For you developers out there, there’s a handy little desktop app called CSSVista that does live CSS editing in split panes for Firefox and Internet Explorer. Sorry, mac lovers, it runs on Windows XP only… …and guess what, its FREE. Why? To get you to buy their other stuff! From their website… If you like this, you may be interested in our browser compatibility service, SiteVista. Yes, that’s why this software is free! [read more]
