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Digital mache
On mention of the word “mashup”, approximately half of you will immediately and unselfconsciously think of boiled spuds. This is a given.
Now, mashups are the latest boom trend at the cutting edge of Web 2.0. In short, they are hybrid web-based applications combining taken from more than one source. In the brave new world of Web 2.0, linear is boring. Mono is tres uncool. You’re all invited to the mashup jamboree … as long as you know how to share.
Vid, vlog view
Lists. Endless lists. The latest curse of the web are those endless swimming pools of customer data – most popular, most active, most tagged or downloaded. Personally, I hate them. They tell me nothing, other than other people’s aggregated bad taste. Worse, they miss one of the internet’s most subtle and powerful features – the discovery power of networks.
Dot-com survivors downunder
Has it really been six years since the world’s first wave of internet entrepreneurs fell through that plump cloud they’d conjured in the sky, taking with them the turgid hopes of our fledgling new economy? It’s been six years peppered with hard luck stories, investor reluctance and, lately, cautious hope rekindled. Australian internet startups were in the thick of it back then. The survivors emerged with slightly bloodied noses and wisdom far beyond their years.
Deafening whispers
I’ve done it! I’ve finally found the two websites that together reflect the human condition more accurately than the New York Times, Google or any of the salacious super-sites catering to every primal perversion imaginable. One celebrates goals and the other reveals secrets. At first glance, 43 Things seems rather odd and superfluous. It’s like [...]
Web 2.0
As the internet morphs into Web 2.0 before our eyes, the tech wreck appears but a distant memory. Once a dumb dumping ground, the information superhighway is becoming smarter, more intuitive and highly personalised. Thanks to the mass uptake of broadband, a new breed of websites are revolutionising people’s daily habits. Here are three that [...]
Wonderful World Wide Web
donaldtrump.trumpuniversity.com For those who found themselves captivated each week by Donald Trump’s capitalistic antics (or his bad hair-do) in his hit show The Apprentice, the property tycoon has now found his way onto the web. Launched in May this year, The Trump Blog lays down the billionaire’s opinions on everything from the increasing [...]
Handy websites
TRENDSPOTTING http://trendwatching.com Brainchild of trend spotter Reinier Evers, Trendwatching.com mobilizes savvy people everywhere to scan their part of the globe for business ideas, consumer insights and behavioural trends. The results of these “springspotting” forays are formed into a free, monthly opinionated newsletter, predicting the next big thing or awakening the sleeper. Current movements to watch [...]
Website reviews
Ohmynews.com Oh Yeon Ho, president and founder of South Korean website OhmyNews.com, believes there is a journalist in every one of us. OhmyNews covers stories from around the world from the website’s evergrowing database of citizen reporters. That’s right . . . housewives, students, engineers and average people from just about every walk of life [...]
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