Web 2.0

Yahoo! Pipes

May 10, 2007

If you are comfortable with RSS feeds, then you are technical enough to use Yahoo! Pipes to create a new web service. Yahoo! Pipes is an exciting feed aggregator that gives non-programmers a way to create data mashups: merging web content from a variety of sources to create a unique output. This is the sort [...]

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Tag Cloud

December 26, 2006

A tag cloud is a weighted list of keywords, visually designed so the more popular tags are displayed in a bigger, heavier font. Tag clouds are frequently used on social networking sites where individual users tag their own entries, as well as those of others. Some notable examples of tag clouds can be found at [...]

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Adding a Picture to MySpace Comment

November 7, 2006

Adding a picture to a MySpace comment isn’t that hard if you know a little HTML. Here are the basic steps. First, upload the picture to your MySpace account (or somewhere else on the Internet.) Second, figure out the URL of the uploaded picture. Third, add the appropriate HTML to your MySpace comment. For complete [...]

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Ning.com

October 25, 2006

Ning.com is a free, online tool that creates custom social networking sites. Possibilities include photo sharing, video sharing, ratings, reviews, bookmarking, blogging, group networking and more. It’s easy to use, fast to setup, and free. Start by registering a username, selecting an application template to copy, and then choosing a name for your very own [...]

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Web 2.0 Defined

September 5, 2006

Web 2.0 is buzzword applied to the transition of the Web from a collection of informational websites to a platform for shared data and web applications. Social networking (such as the wildly popular MySpace.com ) is often cited as a Web 2.0 application. Google’s recently released browser-based word processor and browser-based spreadsheet are also examples [...]

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Catster and Dogster

August 1, 2006

Online social networking isn’t just for humans anymore, nowadays it’s for pets too. Dogs, cats (and their owners?) can join the fun at Dogster and Catster where dogs and cats are joining by the hundreds every day. FYI, most popular Dogster dog breed is a Labrador Retriever, and the most popular cat name on Catster [...]

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Online To Do Lists

June 13, 2006

Keeping to-do lists used to be a job for paper and pencil, until Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) took over. Now a few Internet sites are vying for your lists, bringing the benefit of easy list sharing to the art and science of managing to-do lists. Here are three free services that offer shareable online to [...]

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Mashups

January 31, 2006

What started as music trend, is now a popular Internet genre: a mashup is a mix of two (or more) tools to make a new one. For example, JackTracker is a Google Map that tracks the whereabouts of the television character Jack Bauer from the Fox show 24. To keep up with all the newest [...]

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Digg.com

January 3, 2006

What makes news newsworthy? Is popularity a factor? Digg.com is a tech news website were visitors (free registration required) vote on the importance of stories. Stories will a lot of votes, naturally float to the top of the page. Although Digg focuses on technology, they also run stories on movies, music, gaming and science.

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Social Bookmarking

December 20, 2005

Social bookmarking site Del.icio.us allows users to create shareable or private online bookmarks. Not only is it a great way to store your own bookmarks, but the tagging features (categorization by keywords) make it a great place to find new and useful links. Start by creating a free account.

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