2 days ago I mentioned about how web applications like GMail, 30Boxes, Meebo can save some RAM on the computer and are replacing desktop applications.
Of course saving RAM is not the only motivation for web application. No install required and up-to-date software are very attractive factors.
Writely is a web word processor like Word. And guess what?
It is the latest in the line of web applications acquired by Google.
What is Google thinking? Many people have their guesses. Predictions of Google dominating the desktop had been floating around for a long time.
No, not by creating an operating system. But by domainting the web. Web applications that is.
Now let see who Google acquire for the web-based spreadsheet and presentation application.
Oh, have you heard? They are already rumoured to be creating a calendar application.
Looking at online calendars and contact list. I found Plaxo to be a very good fit. Going to try it more thoroughly when I have more time.
On s separate note, I’d heard of Plaxo way before Web 2.0 became the vogue. Nice to see a Web 1.0 service still around.
Found a number of opensource projects and web services in the calendar/groupware space. None of them is near mature. None integrate contact and calendar (like birthday). I still like Yahoo Addressbook but they should give it a big usability upgrade.
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Over at Whitespace Paul Scrivens talk about setting up an idea in a weekend.
A while back I muse about rapid idea prototyping and also learnt, that the egoSurf idea was create in a day.
This is a start of instant applications?
Already Ning offers anyone with a little time, programming skill and imagination the tools to create social applications. But this is still using a web app. How about creating own web app?
There are alot of opensource tools that one could use to put together a quick prototype of an idea. What are some good tools you are using?
Why isn’t there alot of weekend apps we heard about?
One thing that has to change is the perfection mindset. Yes this is linked up with the idea of extreme programming maxim of releasing fast and often.
Perfection aside, there is merit in asking for quality before releasing.
Of course getting the idea out is one thing. Getting it to market and tuning the idea is a continuous as many sites out there can attest.
Got an email today to sign up for Ma.gnolia Beta.
My first impression: Yet another del.icio.us (YAd)
The about tells a good story but that is it. Here’s an insider’s view.
I’m not a fan of del.icio.us, but just became a new convert because of its post to blog feature. If any of the YAd implements this, I will seriously consider jumping ship.
Personally I think the concept is too shallow and will not gain enough traction from the “the rest of us” to fly. Wait and see what more is up it’s beta sleeve.
I have nothing more to add about Magonlia.
Sometime one wonders if there really is a ghost in the network.
For the last few weeks I was wondering how to collect the “massive” amount of surfing I’m doing into this blog. del.icio.us is a natural choice, but there is no easy way to extract the bookmark into a daily post.
I had noticed there is a “daily blog posting” feature under settings in del.icio.us. Looks promising. But …
… if you click on it, you will see a rather ugly table with no explanation whatsoever, so go figure out. I didn’t bother.
Then today, I came across this post. Old news you said? I wasn’t very motivated to use del.icio.us before. But now I am.
What are the engineers at del.icio.us doing all these while? Letting such an important feature look so ugly and undocumented.
- job_name : any title you want
- out_name : your WordPress Username
- out_pass : your WordPress Password
- out_url : http://[username].wordpress.com/xmlrpc.php
- out_time : the time to post. (in GMT) 0-23
- out_blog_id : leave blank
- out_cat_id : 2200 (doesn’t work, probably leave blank)
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