Adam DuVander via Epicenter on Thu, 11 Dec. 2008
Once a leader in online mapping, MapQuest has struggled to maintain its market share. During 2008 it readmore
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MapQuest Grasping for Relevance
Adam DuVander via Epicenter on Thu, 11 Dec. 2008
Once a leader in online mapping, MapQuest has struggled to maintain its market share. During 2008 it readmore
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Adam DuVander via Epicenter on Thu, 11 Dec. 2008
Once a leader in online mapping, MapQuest has struggled to maintain its market share. During 2008 it readmore
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Amazon SimpleDB Goes Public: Desperation or Success?
Adam DuVander via Epicenter on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
Amazon has wrapped up a gift for cloud developers, but it's unclear whether it's on anyone's wish list. SimpleDB, a web service meant to replace or augment a standard database, is now in public beta with reduced pricing and a free entry-level tier. SimpleDB's sister Web Services, EC2 and S3, have seen wide adoption, including major sites like Twitter. The same doesn't seem to be true readmore
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Adam DuVander via Epicenter on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
Amazon has wrapped up a gift for cloud developers, but it's unclear whether it's on anyone's wish list. SimpleDB, a web service meant to replace or augment a standard database, is now in public beta with reduced pricing and a free entry-level tier. SimpleDB's sister Web Services, EC2 and S3, have seen wide adoption, including major sites like Twitter. The same doesn't seem to be true readmore
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Digg Traffic Has Questionable Monetary Value
Adam DuVander via Epicenter on Mon, 01 Dec. 2008
A trip to the top of Digg's homepage can mean 50,000+ visits in a very short time frame. The "Digg Effec readmore
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Adam DuVander via Epicenter on Mon, 01 Dec. 2008
A trip to the top of Digg's homepage can mean 50,000+ visits in a very short time frame. The "Digg Effec readmore
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Mashups Are Dead, But the Web is Alive
Adam DuVander via webmonkey on Tue, 25 Nov. 2008
Mashups, web apps which merge two or more data sources, essentially arose from the introduction of the Google Maps API in June 2005. APIs for easily accessing data existed before then, but a way to visualize it geographically was a huge tipping point. Due to the popularity of map mashups, Pro readmore
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Adam DuVander via webmonkey on Tue, 25 Nov. 2008
Mashups, web apps which merge two or more data sources, essentially arose from the introduction of the Google Maps API in June 2005. APIs for easily accessing data existed before then, but a way to visualize it geographically was a huge tipping point. Due to the popularity of map mashups, Pro readmore
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New Tools Help You Build Better Maps
Adam DuVander via webmonkey on Mon, 24 Nov. 2008
What’s cooler than Google Maps? Tools built on top of it. Developers from the Netherlands have released some helpful libraries to make more usable, interactive Google Maps. Googl readmore
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Adam DuVander via webmonkey on Mon, 24 Nov. 2008
What’s cooler than Google Maps? Tools built on top of it. Developers from the Netherlands have released some helpful libraries to make more usable, interactive Google Maps. Googl readmore
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Developer Rebuilds Twitter in a Week
Adam DuVander via Wired: Compiler on Mon, 24 Nov. 2008
“Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the technology. We can make Twitter better than it was before. Better, stronger, faster.” That’s the speech I imagine Niall Kennedy giving himself recently when he decided to rewrite Twitter’s front end using web best practices. The result is a readmore
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Adam DuVander via Wired: Compiler on Mon, 24 Nov. 2008
“Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the technology. We can make Twitter better than it was before. Better, stronger, faster.” That’s the speech I imagine Niall Kennedy giving himself recently when he decided to rewrite Twitter’s front end using web best practices. The result is a readmore
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Share Your Mundane Details
Adam DuVander via Wired: Compiler on Sat, 22 Nov. 2008
The web has all sorts of data, but it’s sorely missing yours. If you request an account from Daytum, you can change that. The site lets its users collect data about themselves and share it via beautiful charts. Track your coffee consumption, readmore
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Adam DuVander via Wired: Compiler on Sat, 22 Nov. 2008
The web has all sorts of data, but it’s sorely missing yours. If you request an account from Daytum, you can change that. The site lets its users collect data about themselves and share it via beautiful charts. Track your coffee consumption, readmore
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Yahoo Improves Its OpenID Support
Adam DuVander via Wired: Compiler on Fri, 21 Nov. 2008
Yahoo continues to make strides to improve its OpenID implementation. Thursday it announced limited testing for Simple Registration, which supplies profile data once a user logs in with their Yahoo OpenID. Currently it is only testing Plaxo and Jyt readmore
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Adam DuVander via Wired: Compiler on Fri, 21 Nov. 2008
Yahoo continues to make strides to improve its OpenID implementation. Thursday it announced limited testing for Simple Registration, which supplies profile data once a user logs in with their Yahoo OpenID. Currently it is only testing Plaxo and Jyt readmore
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Create Image-less Graphs And Charts
Adam DuVander via webmonkey on Thu, 20 Nov. 2008
Adding beautiful charts to your site does not have to require a hefty server-side process or a third party service. With CSS and a little ingenuity, you can have the lightweight, easy to create visualizations of your data. The design mavens over at Six Revisions have put together readmore
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Adam DuVander via webmonkey on Thu, 20 Nov. 2008
Adding beautiful charts to your site does not have to require a hefty server-side process or a third party service. With CSS and a little ingenuity, you can have the lightweight, easy to create visualizations of your data. The design mavens over at Six Revisions have put together readmore
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Make Your Site An iPhone App
Adam DuVander via webmonkey on Wed, 19 Nov. 2008
You can get most of the benefits of an iPhone application without writing a single line of Objective C. An open source project called PhoneGap lets your wrap your website in iPhone App goodness. And you can even charge for your creation. Even more readmore
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Adam DuVander via webmonkey on Wed, 19 Nov. 2008
You can get most of the benefits of an iPhone application without writing a single line of Objective C. An open source project called PhoneGap lets your wrap your website in iPhone App goodness. And you can even charge for your creation. Even more readmore
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Let My Maps Be Your Geo Database
Adam DuVander via webmonkey on Wed, 19 Nov. 2008
Toss out that MySQL book. The only thing you need to store location data is Google Maps. My Maps is a feature that lets you create your own mashup on a map. Once a map is created, it can be shared with a link, or in Google Earth with a KML file. And now, it is also available via RSS–GeoRSS, to be more specific. readmore
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Adam DuVander via webmonkey on Wed, 19 Nov. 2008
Toss out that MySQL book. The only thing you need to store location data is Google Maps. My Maps is a feature that lets you create your own mashup on a map. Once a map is created, it can be shared with a link, or in Google Earth with a KML file. And now, it is also available via RSS–GeoRSS, to be more specific. readmore
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Side Project to Startup: Shizzow Q&A
Adam DuVander via webmonkey on Tue, 18 Nov. 2008
Shizzow is a new location-based social service, most similar to BrightKite. The bootstrapped startup is also a side project. The four team members have full-time jobs outside of Shizzow. Webmonkey got together with Shizz readmore
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Adam DuVander via webmonkey on Tue, 18 Nov. 2008
Shizzow is a new location-based social service, most similar to BrightKite. The bootstrapped startup is also a side project. The four team members have full-time jobs outside of Shizzow. Webmonkey got together with Shizz readmore
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Will Flagging Be Social Media's 8-Track?
Adam DuVander via Wired Top Stories on Mon, 17 Nov. 2008
Who makes sure the hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute is appropriate? Ordinary users are counted on to do the work of flagging videos. How will this be done in the future, and will flagging be an example of the wrong way we did things in the past? readmore
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Adam DuVander via Wired Top Stories on Mon, 17 Nov. 2008
Who makes sure the hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute is appropriate? Ordinary users are counted on to do the work of flagging videos. How will this be done in the future, and will flagging be an example of the wrong way we did things in the past? readmore
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Adobe and Google Announce Flash Analytics
Adam DuVander via webmonkey on Mon, 17 Nov. 2008
For developers using Flash, integrating stats has been a chore. Coders had whipped up solutions previously, but now there’s an official package released jointly by Google and Adobe at Monday’s MAX Conference. Flash and Flex developers can use the components and libraries to track pageviews readmore
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Adam DuVander via webmonkey on Mon, 17 Nov. 2008
For developers using Flash, integrating stats has been a chore. Coders had whipped up solutions previously, but now there’s an official package released jointly by Google and Adobe at Monday’s MAX Conference. Flash and Flex developers can use the components and libraries to track pageviews readmore
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Terms of Service Changes a Wild Goose Chase
Adam DuVander via webmonkey on Fri, 14 Nov. 2008
The Google Geo Developers blog has a friendly heads up that the Google Maps terms of service have changed. Missing from the post is any mention of what actually changed. It points to readmore
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Adam DuVander via webmonkey on Fri, 14 Nov. 2008
The Google Geo Developers blog has a friendly heads up that the Google Maps terms of service have changed. Missing from the post is any mention of what actually changed. It points to readmore
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Where is the OpenSocial Revolution?
Adam DuVander via webmonkey on Thu, 13 Nov. 2008
Yahoo points out that OpenSocial is a year old. The collection of APIs is a write-once approach to bringing the Facebook platform to any social website. Developers have not clamoured to develop OpenSocial apps. What’s the deal? readmore
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Adam DuVander via webmonkey on Thu, 13 Nov. 2008
Yahoo points out that OpenSocial is a year old. The collection of APIs is a write-once approach to bringing the Facebook platform to any social website. Developers have not clamoured to develop OpenSocial apps. What’s the deal? readmore
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Make Gorgeous Headlines With Only CSS
Adam DuVander via webmonkey on Wed, 12 Nov. 2008
Yes, you can use JavaScript to embed fonts. You can also use sIFR, which is Flash. But how about using a little creativity and good ol’ CSS? Ross Johnson has some readmore
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Adam DuVander via webmonkey on Wed, 12 Nov. 2008
Yes, you can use JavaScript to embed fonts. You can also use sIFR, which is Flash. But how about using a little creativity and good ol’ CSS? Ross Johnson has some readmore
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Image Types Duke Out Over Quality And File Size
Adam DuVander via webmonkey on Wed, 12 Nov. 2008
The age-old image type debate is going on over at Reddit. What used to be mostly JPG versus GIF now puts JPG up against PNG. Yahoo’s Stoyan Stefanov re readmore
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Adam DuVander via webmonkey on Wed, 12 Nov. 2008
The age-old image type debate is going on over at Reddit. What used to be mostly JPG versus GIF now puts JPG up against PNG. Yahoo’s Stoyan Stefanov re readmore
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Build an App With Yahoo Pipes
Adam DuVander via Wired: Compiler on Wed, 12 Nov. 2008
Yahoo’s data plumbing application, Pipes, lets you turn RSS feeds and output from APIs into data you can use. It’s extremely powerful. One cool feature I hadn’t noticed is that it has the ability to output to a web service. So, you can set up a page on your own se readmore
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Adam DuVander via Wired: Compiler on Wed, 12 Nov. 2008
Yahoo’s data plumbing application, Pipes, lets you turn RSS feeds and output from APIs into data you can use. It’s extremely powerful. One cool feature I hadn’t noticed is that it has the ability to output to a web service. So, you can set up a page on your own se readmore
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Someday You Will Not Hate the CSS3 Advanced Layout
Adam DuVander via Wired: Compiler on Mon, 10 Nov. 2008
At first glance you’re going to hate the “advanced layout” that is currently a W3C working draft. Maybe it’s the similarity to table-based layouts, of which we all still have nightmares. Mainly, you’ll likely cringe just because it’s such a foreign way to write CSS. I think you’ll eventually come around. readmore
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Adam DuVander via Wired: Compiler on Mon, 10 Nov. 2008
At first glance you’re going to hate the “advanced layout” that is currently a W3C working draft. Maybe it’s the similarity to table-based layouts, of which we all still have nightmares. Mainly, you’ll likely cringe just because it’s such a foreign way to write CSS. I think you’ll eventually come around. readmore
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