The mixing of multiple data sets through the use of open API’s is my quick little definition of what a Mashup are. Referred to as “web application hybrid” it is a fun and interesting way to bring multiple sources of information to be displayed on the web. These combined sources can come from the afore mentioned [...]
Wikipedia defines social media as:
The online technologies and practices that people use to share opinions, insights, experiences, and perspectives with each other.
A few prominent examples of social media applications are Wikipedia (reference), MySpace (social networking), YouTube (video sharing), Second Life (virtual reality), Digg (news sharing), and Flickr (photo sharing). These sites typically use technologies [...]
The evolution of the web blog into the video space in short. Sometimes referred to as video podcasting or vidcasting it is the distribution of video using a blog framework and RSS.
A very fast growing space on the web this is a giant part of the new video revolution on the web. A [...]
Real Simple Syndication (RSS 2.0) is a web feed format constructed in XML that is used in a wide variety of tools and web platforms like blogs. The mode for consumption of an RSS feed is a subscription model. You choose what information that exist in a web site or application that you wish to subscribe to and [...]
Here is the definition from Wikipedia -
“A blog is a user generated Web site where entries are made in journal style and displayed in a reverse chronological order. The term “blog” is derived from “Web log.” “Blog” can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.”
I [...]
The Metaverse, a phrase coined by Neal Stephenson’s science fiction novel Snow Crash (1992) constitutes Stephenson’s vision of how a virtual reality-based Internet might evolve in the near future. [Source: Wikipedia]
We are moving towards a virtualized existence that has been touted for some time now. Initially the term virtual reality captured our imaginations with pioneers [...]
If you have read the About section of this blog then you know I was recently working on a project called the Encyclopedia of Earth (EoE).
On this project I had the opportunity to work directly with Larry Sanger, who along with Jimmy Wales started Wikipedia. This allowed me to delve deep into the Way [...]
One of the biggest issues with Ajax is the concern over security.
Hidden Calls
Dynamic DOM Updates
Untrusted Information Sources
Data Serialization
Cross-Site Request Forgery
These are some of the serious issues that any sites that wishes to use Ajax need to take into consideration. To understand these issues in more detail I found Ajax Security Basics to be a good [...]
Well I guess I will start with A as in Ajax. This is a growing methodology for developing sites on the modern Web. Before we get into the guts of the matter let me share with you a usage scenario for Ajax.
A man calls up a Web design firm in a panic. “I have been [...]
NBC is using Movable Type to to create the blogs for its new hit show Heroes. It is also using prototype and scriptaculous to perform Ajaxian functions on the Web site as well as plenty of RSS. It is also doing an online graphic novel that goes into more detail on the story drawing viewers [...]
[tags]web 2.0, Internet, social media [/tags]
You may have heard the term web 2.0 before. Some consider it a buzz word while others see it as a definition of current iteration of the Internet’s evolution. The term is perhaps a bit underestimating the scope of the change in development methodologies when it comes to creating [...]
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