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Mashups: The next major new software development model?

At last weeks Mashup Ecosystem Summit held in San Francisco and sponsored by IBM with an invited assemblage of leading players in this space, I gave an opening talk about the current challenges and opportunities of mashups. And there I posed the title of this post as a statement...

Tags: Gadgets, Enterprise Wikis, Enterprise Web 2.0, Enterprise Mashups, Enterprise 2.0, Collaboration, Business Process Management, Business Models, Blogs, Badges, Ajax, Global SOA, Lightweight Service Models, Mashups, Open APIs, Products, Rich Internet Applications (RIA), RSS, SaaS, Small Pieces, Loosely Joined, SOA, Social Software, Tolerance Continuum, Web 2.0, Web as Platform, Web services, Web-Oriented Architecture (WOA), Widgets, Wikis

Blog posts 2007-05-14

A tale of two Web 2.0 conferences and mashups

Ive just come off a whirlwind conference tour that started in San Francisco last week with Web 2.0 Expo and ended with the Web 2.0 Kongress yesterday in Frankfurt. I was fortunate enough to be able to speak at both conferences and it was fascinating to see the differences...

Tags: ATOM, Badges, Convergence, Encouraging Unintended Uses, Enterprise Mashups, Enterprise Web 2.0, Enterprise Wikis, Global SOA, Lightweight Service Models, Mashups, Open APIs, Rich Internet Applications (RIA), Right To Remix, RSS, SaaS, Small Pieces, Loosely Joined, SOA, Web 2.0, Web 2.0 Platforms, Web as Platform, Web services, Web-Oriented Architecture (WOA), Widgets, Wikis, WS-*

Blog posts 2007-04-27

Tracking the DIY phenomenon Part 2: Mass customization, mashups, and recombinant Web apps

In my last post, I took a look at the recent proliferation of Web widgets, which are modular content and services that are making it easier for anyone to help themselves to the vast pool of high value functionality and information that resides on the Web today. Companies are...

Tags: Architecture of Participation, ATOM, Badges, Business Models, Design Patterns, Enterprise 2.0, Enterprise Mashups, Enterprise Web 2.0, Gadgets, Global SOA, Lightweight Service Models, Mashups, Open APIs, Products, REST, Right To Remix, RSS, Small Pieces, Loosely Joined, SOA, SOAP, The Long Tail, Two-Way Web, Web 2.0, Web services, Web-Oriented Architecture (WOA), Widgets

Blog posts 2007-02-25

Tracking the DIY phenomenon Part 1: Widgets, badges, and gadgets

One of the hallmarks of a good Web 2.0 site is one that hands over non-essential control to users, letting them contribute content, participate socially, and even fundamentally shape the site itself. The premise is that users will do a surprising amount of the hard work necessary to make...

Tags: Ajax, Badges, Business Models, Design Patterns, Encouraging Unintended Uses, Gadgets, Global SOA, Lightweight Service Models, Mashups, Network Effects, Open APIs, Right To Remix, Small Pieces, Loosely Joined, SOA, User Generated Content, Web 2.0, Web as Platform, Widgets

Blog posts 2007-02-19

Additional Resources

Microsoft gives a new Xbox 360 experience

Despite having what is regarded as one of the best user interfaces of all the major consoles, Microsoft is reinventing the Xbox 360's look. Despite ostensibly having what is regarded as one of the best user interfaces of all the major consoles, Microsoft is reinventing the Xbox 360's look....

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Microsoft Xbox Live, Video, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, LiveParty, Spotlight Channel, Xbox Experience, Games, Game Players, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Marketing, Xbox 360, Microsoft, user-generated, video games, Xbox Live, Sarju Shah, Gamespot

News items 2008-07-23

Researcher claims thousands of identities stolen during Social Engineering pentests

Kelly Jackson Higgins of Dark Reading, reported on research conducted by Joshua Perrymon, hacking director for PacketFocus Security Solutions and CEO of RedFlag Security, who has been performing social engineering exploits for numerous clients in the past year and has apparently stolen thousands of identities with a 100 percent success rate. ...

Tags: Social Engineering, Identity, Dark Reading Article, Identity Theft, Security, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-01

From CFrom Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe

From CFrom Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM MainframeDitch all this Cr@p!They need to simply go with Vista Server and MS Access 2008 Server! Problem solved!http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.comRE: From CFrom Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM MainframePlease bear in mind that the 360 came out ten years before the ideas...

Tags: Mainframes, Programming languages, Servers, maintenance programming, COBOL, CFrom Chapter, data-processing, pianist, IBM mainframe, IBM Corp., mainframe

Discussion threads 2008-06-20

OnMerge Images (zip)

For Microsoft Word: Mail Merge photos and mail merge variable images. Easily mail merge photos, merge signatures, mail merge images and merge variable graphics into documents or e-mail. Low-cost, high-end variable data solution has features that rival expensive products, retains Word's familiarity and usability. Eliminates manual Include Picture coding, auto-resizes...

Tags: Mail Merge, OnMerge

Software downloads 2008-06-20

Galactic Justice (exe)

Join the Galactic Council in the battle against the evil Boomdragons. Select from over 20 weapons and 50 orbs to create the ultimate vehicle to deliver justice. Travel to 5 distinct planets to earn badges of justice and take back the galaxy. Take the yoyo of justice and walk their...

Tags: Justice, PoisonAxe Games

Software downloads 2008-06-12

iPhone is about to get a whole lot more social

As expected, during the company's WWDC keynote Steve Jobs and co. demoed some of the early fruits of Apple's official iPhone SDK and unsurprisingly we saw a number of social applications on display. Social networking While we didn't see the rumored MySpace client, we...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Blogging, Internet, Steve O\'Hear

Blog posts 2008-06-10

WWDC keynote highlights: iPhone 2.0, MobileMe

Steve Jobs has taken the stage at WWDC and here's what we know so far: The next version of Mac OS X is indeed called "Snow Leopard" In the first 95 days of the SDK being available, over 250k people have downloaded it. iPhone 2...

Tags: Apple iPhone, 3G, Desktops, Cellular Phones, Corporate Communications, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Marketing, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-06-09

Live from Google I/O 2008

An estimated 2500+ developers descended on Moscone West today as Google started its first (annual?) Google I/O conference in San Francisco. The two day conference drew folks from all over the world. While I was waiting in line for registration, I met a...

Tags: Google Inc., Google App Engine, Performance Management, Telecom & Utilities, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-05-28

Sony MEX-BT2600

For 2008, Sony makes a minor update to its entry-level Bluetooth-equipped car stereo. The MEX-BT2600 retains many of the positive features that we liked in the MEX-BT2500, including Bluetooth hands-free calling, the capability to play songs streamed via the A2DP Bluetooth profile, and support for a range of digital...

Tags: Cellular phones, Sony Corp., Sony MEX-BT2600, Bluetooth

Product reviews 2008-05-14

Brewster Kahle offers a cookbook for fighting security letters

Brewster Kahle offers a cookbook for fighting security lettersHope springs eternal.Seriously...this is just what I needed today. ThanksRE: Brewster Kahle offers a cookbook for fighting security lettersI know that every lawyer that I have contacted in regards to taking my casewere more than likely sent a "NSL" -- which discouraged...

Tags: security letter, Brewster Kahle, cookbook, security

Discussion threads 2008-05-08

What would you change (first) about Windows' look and feel?

What would you change first about Windows' look and feel?RE: What would you change first about Windows' look and feel?With so many people nowadays using widescreen monitors, I would reserve a portion of the screen for all the MS junk to happen in there (notifications, warnings, popups, etc.) and leave...

Tags: Operating systems, Office 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2008-04-30

Avaya Changes the UC Game

Avaya Changes the UC GameThis is not Avaya of the Glory of Old;sound advise to consumer markets,No"This is a NEW! Avaya and well designed in futures with SOA Servers and municiple potential. I can only cry for the stupid puder badges as social workers of unknown and developer deployment to...

Tags: Games, Avaya Inc., Avaya Changes, UC Game, game

Discussion threads 2008-03-17

Smart badges? We don't need no stinkin' smart badges. Or do we?

MIT's Human Dynamics Lab is working on a form of social networking as old as humanity itself: Face-to-face introductions and subsequent chit-chat. Users wear badges that calculate how far apart people are standing (a good indicator of their reactions to one another, perhaps); record their conversation; and track their movements....

Tags: Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Norm, Internet, Ed Gottsman

Blog posts 2008-03-07

Google Talk's new chatback badge: is there a privacy issue here?

Now here's something I am trying to figure out. First, I go to the (non-Google) Google Operating System blog, and their new entry about how to chat with your site's visitors using Google Talk. Well, I guess I need to provide some explanation:Now you...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Talk, Privacy, Blogging, Web Site Development, Internet, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2008-02-26

Chatback: Let people comment using Google Talk

Most blogs let you leave comments, but often it's a hassle because you have to log in and/or create an account. This is one of the reasons Google launched "chatback" -- a badge that users can put on any webpage that gives readers a direct link to speak with...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Talk, Cyberthreats, Spam, E-mail Providers, Security, Spam And Phishing, Internet, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2008-02-25

Lawrence Lessig, congresscritter nominee

TWiL regular John Palfrey announced a great idea last week while we were recording the forthcoming episode: a Facebook group drafting Professor Lessig for a recently vacated Congressional seat. Says John, "It's high time we had our first true Free Culture candidate for public...

Tags: Ars Technica, Facebook, Professor, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Denise Howell

Blog posts 2008-02-18