Web 2.0

With Web 2.0-style design and RIA (rich Internet applications) becoming prevalent on web sites, is there any point in creating a Web site if it doesn’t have interactivity features or fancy back-end programming? Of course! There are loads of reasons to have a web site and they don’t all require programming beyond basic JavaScript or […]

Want to add some of those really neat Web 2.0 effects to your own Web site or project and you do not know where to start? Well one place that I would point you towards would be SimpleJS. Why? Well, it is pretty darned simple, for one thing. It might not be as powerful as […]

It seems like almost every time I turn around there is a new way of using JavaScript to make things look better. Now I know a lot of folks block it, due to security reasons - but that is another post for another day. When used for the power of good, JavaScript can be a […]

PrismaStar Software has announced the launch of a Web 2.0 relationship advice community named YouMe.Us and is giving away free iPods through March 31st, 2007 to reward the most active beta users. The goal of the interactive site is to provide users with an easy way to give and receive relationship advice while significantly improving […]

Now one thing that people ask me for a lot when it comes to Web development issues is a good place to create a free poll or script. Till I found AskItOnline, I had to point people to these cheesy, ad-filled nightmares. Sure, you could install a script yourself as well, but that […]

Steve Borsch of Marketing Directions, Inc. writes:
The reaction to our free, high level overview report (which we published on the Web the night before the Web 2.0 Summit here) has been surprising, delightful, and encouraging. It seems that there are a lot of people out there who “get” what’s happening but have bosses, investors, or […]

Umm, tell me this is not a company who is trying to patent the concept of Web 2.0? How does one patent a fad? Maybe if I ‘want it’ badly enough?

Ben Hunt casts an eye to the future of a more connected Web and how we will experience it through new social applications.
This vision features insights into new search engines, an online marketplace, and solutions for phishing and spam. Ben also predicts that Yahoo! will be the dominant online brand for the next five […]