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Category Archives: Ajax

Gooshing for a true UNIX feel

June 2, 2008 – 9:44 pm

Emily Chang pointed me to this link via Twitter.

It’s a sweet Terminal-like search engine that uses the Ajax libraries from Google. Impressive what a little CSS can do!
Check out the commands:

I might use this more than google.com for searches.

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A first look at Plurk

June 1, 2008 – 8:17 am

If you want an invite, click here.
Leo Laporte sent an invite to his Twitter audience to try a new service called Plurk.

It’s a lot better looking than Twitter, and it hasn’t gone down yet. Maybe because they are filtering their users from the start instead of launching for the world when you are not [...]

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Learn SEO from a Google webmeister

May 29, 2008 – 2:44 pm

Google is the first place many people go first when opening a web browser. It’s fast, reliable, and accurate. Search engine optimization could be the special sauce that makes or breaks your website. So let’s learn a little SEO from Google. Maile Ohye will be our driver.
Crawling
When you create a website, make it accessible without [...]

By me | Also posted in Advice, Code, Google, Internet, Programming, Reference, SEO, Search, Semantics, Standards, Web 3.0, YouTube, flash | Comments (5)

Facebook redesign in beta

May 23, 2008 – 2:47 pm

I’ve been a Facebook user for four years now, and since 2004, it’s still been the website I check more than anything. The amount of social data on Facebook is ginormous. Today, they soft-launched a sneak peek at their new design. It’s… unfamiliar, really white, and awkwardly-centered, but otherwise awesome.

I think it’s cool that [...]

By me | Also posted in Design, Facebook, Interaction, Social Media | Tagged | Comments (2)

Tumblelogs are easy

May 19, 2007 – 11:05 am

To make a simple analogy: If blogs are journals, tumblelogs are scrapbooks.

That’s the first line in Tumblr’s FAQ section, but I like Wikipedia’s definition better:
A tumblelog is a variation of a blog, that favors short-form, mixed-media posts over the longer editorial posts frequently associated with blogging. Common post formats found on tumblelogs include links, photos, [...]

By me | Also posted in API, Beauty, Blogging, Communication, Community, Convenience, Design, Future, Identity, Innovation, Internet, Links, Micro, Mobile, Social Media, Standards, Startups, Technology, Tumblr, Usability, Web 2.0, Web Design, XHTML | Comments (0)

Twitter Atlas may have leg up on Twittervision

April 3, 2007 – 9:46 pm

Check out this new Twitter mashup:

I like how the new Twittervision has a login feature now, but this new Atlas application looks pretty impressive. The Microsoft maps look sharper when zoomed in too.

By me | Also posted in Geography, Google, Mapping, Maps, Mashup, Mobile, Twitter, World | Comments (1)