August 2007
27 posts
The Noso(ocial) Project [c/o Techcrunch] →
For those jaded by their intensive social networking and Web 2.0 experiences out there in online space, try the NoSo project. Here’s a quote from the about page: “NOSO is a real-world platform for temporary disengagement from social networking environments. The NOSO experience offers a unique opportunity to create NO Connections by scheduling NO Events with other NO Friends.” ...
International Conference on Computer- Mediated... →
This conference will be held next year from the 11th - 13th June 2008 in Dunedin, New Zealand. It’s all about social networking, online communities, collaboration, cooperation and so much more. If these topics are things you care about, feel free to submit a long or short paper by 15th February 2008 or maybe just attend. I’m also on the program committee and look forward to your...
“Welcome, We are so happy you joined Game Connect. Account Number:...”
– An example of new spam masquerading as account confirmation emails for online services that you’ve supposedly signed up for. I guess it’s possible that someone will fall for this deception as it exploits humans’ innate desire to belong so watch out!
Screen shot Web pages with Thumbalizer [c/o... →
Displaying RSS feeds and blogs on Myspace →
I needed to find a nice way to display this tumblelog on other services that I also belong to because I don’t really want to have to write more stuff. So, from the many options to choose from, I went with an elegant service called SpringWidgets. Basically, I needed a widget that used the RSS feed from this site to produce a dynamic blog elsewhere, such as on MySpace or Facebook. ...
Bebo adds Microsoft's IM (@ Computerworld) →
Metaversed →
This news based Web site covers news and happenings in virtural world business and technologies. I think its a good service so they join the list of online things to monitor.
Wikipedia Scanner →
Find out whose been editing those dodgey Wikipedia articles with Wikipedia Scanner. Check out a range of articles/blogs discussing this interesting new service: Russell Brown @ Public Address Lifehacker Wired
Otago Technology Innovation Challenge 2007 →
This interesting challenge is open to year 13 students at Dunedin (New Zealand) schools. They are presented with a new technology in which they must compete to come up with a new use for. This is a great idea and in my experience secondary school students bring a lot of energy and creativity to exercises like this. It will nice to see what innovations they come up with. There are 9 schools...
Facebook watch | Facebook faces further lawsuits →
Web 2.0 to Web 3D by Susan Wu →
This is an interesting discussion around the idea of Web 3.0 being about “immersion”. Where Web 2.0 dramatically improved interaction on the Web, 3D and virtual worlds are the likely ways forward for the evolution of the Web experience. In this blog post, Susan Wu discusses the presentation she gave at SXSW panel describing her thoughts on the next phase of the Web (way back in March...
Facebook outage (@Techcrunch) →
Facebook is reportedly down for maintenance. I hope this fix involves transforming the late 90’s feel of the interface to something with some elegance.
July 2007
12 posts
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