Tim O’Reilly answers the question “What Is Web 2.0?”
Category Archives: Technology
Check Out GeoBloggers.com
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Check out GeoBloggers.com if you want to see a really cool application that was written around the Google Maps and Flickr API’s. I haven’t quite figured out how to use it, but it looks really interesting and is a good example of what is possible when systems are designed with service orientation in mind.
The Anatomy of a Search Engine
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For nostalgia sake, here’s the first paper Sergey Brin and Larry Page wrote on the PageRank algorithm, called The Anatomy of a Search Engine
A Cognitive Analysis of Tagging
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Rashmi Sinha has written an article called A Cognitive Analysis of Tagging. This is as much a note to me to read as it is you, as I only started reading it this morning and got part way through. I found this one on the DrunkandRetired web site. Benjamin Booth has written a response called The Present Failure of Tagging as well.
Apple Releases iTunes Update
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Apple has released iTunes 5.01. This release addresses some “stability issues” with the 5.0 release. Download it now.
Google To Bid on AOL?
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IE UI Designer Switches to Firefox
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Nalla sent me this link to an article by Scott Berkun , a former Internet Explorer designer, on his switch to FireFox from Internet Explorer. Definitely an interesting perspective that you don’t normally hear.
Google Blog Search
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Check out Google Blog Search.
iPod Nano
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Would you kill your best selling product in order to realize your vision and keep innovation happening in your market? Steve Jobs did.
Bieber Labs 