Category: technology
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Web2.0 O’Reilly versus Irish web company
There has been an interesting debate brewing in the blogosphere the past few days because O'Reilly of text book fame has sent a legal letter to a company in Cork in Ireland telling them that they can't use the term 'web2.0' for thier seminar. This seems a little, well, petty to me. The term is banal and although…
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How popular is your WordPress Blog?
Thnaks to Lorelle for this link. Want to know how popular your WordPress.com blog is within the WordPress.com community? Want to know how you rank in popularity from among the almost 200,000 other WordPress.com bloggers? Developed by the WordPress.com creators, WordPress.com Blogs of the Day shows the top 100 WordPress.com blogs, and from this information…
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BBC: Podcast Lectures for Uni Students
I'm not sure that this is such a good idea. I had the option to do it this semester, but I wonder what the students are actually missing through only hearing oral recordings? They don't get to see me stumble and blush, nor do they get to see my wonderful powerpoint presentations. And I wonder does 'on their…
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Google Video Ads
This is from Rojo.com. It is about the launch of video adds from Google. Google's advertising thus far has perhaps been succesful because it is subtle. What do other think of a louder Google? Get ready for a noisier Web. Google’s adding video ads, and they’ll work like text ads: Advertisers get charged when someone…
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Net Art: Turbulence
The Turbelence project has been commissioning 'net art' for a decade now. Check out some of the works on their index. Also, you will find some sophisticated use of Tagging by many of the artists. Check out 'Community of Words'. Turbulence is a project of New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc. (NRPA), a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization…
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The next step for the mobile phone
The mobile phone … This is an article from Garry Barker, the technology writer for the age. Whilst Garry is always on the tip in terms of technology, Garry needs to look up a few works (like hyperbole). The mobile phone will become your ticket on the train and tram, it will pay for your…