15
Feb
Web 2.0 is a very hot topic today. And the chief technology officer of IBM’s emerging internet technology software group, David Boloker, believes that web 2.0 will be even hotter in the future.
“There are some things that can pretty much be guaranteed [in the future],” he told Computerworld on a recent visit to New Zealand. “For example, user interfaces will get better over time.”
The user interface will be changing drastically. From todays “simple” GUIs to interfaces more like todays computer games.
“We’ll have the same high quality graphics, and the underlying messaging sub-system. The requirements for a high quality game today will be the norm of the internet.”
Also, he believes that we will see an increasing trend in integrated webb applications such as Google Earth which combines satellite imagery, maps and information from its search engine.
“Web 2.0 is not hype, but, obviously, any technology can get ‘bid up’ so much by so many people so quickly that it can’t realistically live up to its possibilities and the industry might take years to fulfill some of those possibilities,” says Boloker.
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/0/CD1AE2E4ACABCFEBCC25717300101C90?OpenDocument
13
Feb
Web 2.0 Principles and Best Practices
Web 2.0 is here today—and yet its vast, disruptive impact is just beginning. More than just the latest technology buzzword, it’s a transformative force that’s propelling companies across all industries towards a new way of doing business characterized by user participation, openness, and network effects.
What does Web 2.0 mean to your company and products? What are the risks and opportunities? What are the proven strategies for successfully capitalizing on these changes?
The report:
- identifies eight core patterns that are keys to understanding and navigating the Web 2.0 era
- details the problems each pattern solves or opportunities it creates
- explains the technological, economic, and demographic market trends driving the development and adoption of Web 2.0
- illustrates best practices through case studies of industry leaders
- provides tools for hands-on self-assessment.
O’Reilly Media gave Web 2.0 its name. With the Web 2.0 Principles and Best Practices report, we bring you the information and tools you need to win at the Web 2.0 game.
O’Reilly Radar’s Web 2.0 Principles and Best Practices lays out the answers—the why, what, who, and how of Web 2.0. It’s an indispensable guide for technology decision-makers—executives, product strategists, entrepreneurs, and thought leaders—who are ready to compete and prosper in today’s Web 2.0 world.
02
Feb
I think almost every Web professional who uses Web standards knows who Jeffrey Zeldman is. If you happen to be one of the few who don’t, he is one of the pioneers of the Web standards movement. Without him and the work he has done, most of us would still be using tables within tables within tables and spacer GIFs to create websites.This second edition of Jeffrey Zeldman’s book Designing with Web Standards is an absolute must read for anybody who has not yet started using Web standards. I’d even say that it is a must read even for those who have, if only because of how well-written and engaging it is. Oh, if I could write like Zeldman.
25
Jan
Web 2.0, Is the phrase O’Reilly Media mentioned in 2004 that refers to the next big upcoming generation of web based services. This new generation will include services as Forums, Committees, folksonomies, communication tools, and wikis that highlight online relationship and sharing between users. O’Reilly Media, in relationship with MediaLive International, used the expression as a title for a series of conferences, and since 2004 some technicians and marketers have adopted the expression. Its exact meaning remains open to discuss, and some experts, particularly Tim Berners Lee, have questioned whether the term has any meaning.
The definition of Web 2.0, according to Tim O’Reilly is this one:
“Web 2.0 is the business revolution in the computer industry caused by the move to the internet as platform, and an attempt to understand the rules for success on that new platform. Chief among those rules is this: Build applications that harness network effects to get better the more people use them. (This is what I’ve elsewhere called ‘harnessing collective intelligence.’)“.
25
Jan
Finding an exact and precise definition of Web 2.0 is merely impossible. But finding wague descriptions are easy. Very easy. However, getting grip if what Web 2.0 really is, is a difficult task.
Tim O’Reilly, well known for introducing the “… for Dummies” book series, is the author of the term Web 2.0. His definition is quite abstract, and for normal web users, not very comprehendable. In order to get a grip of what Web 2.0 really is about, we here try to describe the term on a more precise level.
Evolving web
The web technology is evolving. The majority of all older websites are static. The visitors may only navigate on the website and read the static content. However, new technology such as wikis, weblogs, Google Adense are now creating dynamic websites. Even more advanced technology are creating web services for a wide range of application domains. In a near future, Web 2.0 services will replace many of the desktop applications we are using. For example, Google Docs & Spreadsheets, can replace your word processor application on your computer.
The web as a platform
The web is evolving and will become a platform for business, communication, media, software development and much more.
25
Jan
When you try to set up your personalized home page on My Yahoo, Netvibes, Google IG or Microsoft Start, that’s not that easy to find really nice gadgets. That’s why we today publish an index of gadgets repositories. They are very useful to find a gadget, test it, and then add it to the personalized home page. Here is our selection.
Have fun!
Microsoft Live - gadget gallery : Microsoft Gadget Gallery: Google IG
modules galleries : Google Modules - Google IG directory
Netvibes - Gallery : Blog of the dev team - NetVibes Modules
Other personalized homepage : HomePortals, PageFlakes, Protopage, Zoozio, eskobo.