Phatic Communication
Grant McCracken looks at how social networks work. An interesting heads-up to the 'Ambient Intimacy' of Twitter and the 'Hi, remember me, I'm ok' of Facebook - Phatic Communication, the puzzle of exhaust data.
Grant McCracken looks at how social networks work. An interesting heads-up to the 'Ambient Intimacy' of Twitter and the 'Hi, remember me, I'm ok' of Facebook - Phatic Communication, the puzzle of exhaust data.
In the rush to define the next big thing, here is Web 3.0
A great new tool that helps with designing css websites on the Mac - MacRabbit
An interesting proposal for giving newspaper websites the web 2.0 treatment. Hop studios suggest making the content more interactive and granular with a more Flickr style of interface/architecture - they call it tickr
The debate about web and design conference male speaker domination has made it onto the pages of Kottke.org where he has the latest stats on the percentage of female speakers compared to male speakers
Growing up online with profiles in social media, blog entries and photos from their latest parties the teenagers of today are confusing and frustrating the older generations. New York Magazine looks at growing up in a public cyberspace and the generation gap that comes with it.
Geni is a new online family tree application that is social, viral and intuitive - Geni
Craig Newmark founder of craigslist, confuses wall street with his "it's-not-about-the-money" approach. The New York TImes and Market Watch look at the reactions
Yahoo have quietly released a new application for mobile social networking called Mixd
Lectures from some of the top Universities in the world are now available online
Over 21 days using an interface reminiscent of tamaggotchi anyone who registers online can grow via a computer interface a real radish using water, light, fertiliser etc. After the 21 days the radishes will be dug up and the winner revealed - jardiland
A weekly top 40 chart of website designs aggregated from various other charts - DesignCharts
Shopping for clothing similar to those worn by celebrities
An interesting look at Media past, present and (more importantly) the future - Media 2.0 by Andy Kessler
Interview with Jonah Peretti about viral media and what makes something contagious.
Applications where the data is stored on a server, processed within a web browser and integrated within a social network looks like a great opportunity to 'port' to a mobile platform - but is it?
Pronet advertising list their top 50 web design resources (css galleries etc)
Wired look at the winners & losers of Web 2.0
An online community for sneaker officianados - Sneakerplay
Forbes looks at the best online applications; Calendars, e-mail, information managers, spreadsheets and word processors.
As media companies 'rush-in to cash-in' on the MySpace 'community building' phenomenon - their users are becoming more and more frustrated with the lurking marketers and spammers that have leapt into the community.
Panasonic is one of the many hardware companies developing 'cellular' type phones that can utilise VOIP/Skype through wireless hotspots without the need of a computer.
Vanilla is an open-source, standards-compliant, multi-lingual, fully extensible discussion forum for the web. Free to download and use on your own webspace
Another Google Maps mashup providing you the latest feedback on the racers on the Tour de France
A fun little test to see what your 'words per minute' typing rate is - How fast can you type?
A handy new Google maps mash-up. With Quikmaps you can draw on the map and post it onto your website. Handy for giving directions or pointing to areas of interest - Quikmaps
If you are interested in trying out a new web browser, Flock may be what you are looking for. It is built with the same code as Firefox but has better blog and Flickr integration.
The scramble by media companies to get in on the social networking website boom (re: MySpace) is starting to drive their users/community/customers to leave for less sanitised/corporatised communities.
Finding a balance between a safe online space and a space designed and policed by 'parental figures' is the fine line that many media companies are finding they must tread.
How will web 2.0 effect online learning? An interesting article with good descriptions of the technology and ideas behind web 2.0
Wil Harris from Bit-tech.net looks at 'web 2.0' and how it will bring about large 'mineable' databases that will keep marketing companies in data for years to come.
Lots of website goodies - FWA
If you want to give your site that 'Web 2.0' look then Tommy Maloney from Photoshop Lab has the tutorial to make that site shiny and new.
The new tool for comparing terms, brands, products, ideologies...etc etc - Google Trends
Is the current web 2.0 hysteria about to burst or is the wave just beginning?

An interesting 3D global interface for accessing global data
With advertising struggling to make headway in a fragmented media landscape corporations are now focusing on producing their own content - some are even setting up their own online channels
Yahoo have developed a new online search application for finding the cheapest/most convenient airfares - Farechase
Google Finance - an interesting finance application from Google
Startup company Webaroo are about to release a new product where they can put the 'internet' on a hard drive so you can search through the internets when you are offline.
What's going on in the world of online mega-brands? The Washington Post looks at the growth of some of the worlds top internet sites
Interesting internet mp3 site.
Andy Foulds has some interesting experiments using Flash.
Newsweek look at Web 2.0
A step by step guide on how to convert your photoshop file into an internet ready CSS file
A fun diversion - make a drawing then receive one in return - Sketch Swap
There is another tech wave brewing and Wired magazine think this one isn't a bubble. Publishing 2.0 see this wave as a bubble that could destroy the business models used within the media industry causing chaos and a mess bigger than bubble 1.0
Using google maps, this website takes you on a tour of New York City
Google Maps can now be integrated into your webpages using a little bit of HTML knowledge and the Google Maps API key. Exploration Age has the rundown.
An interesting idea; a plugin for a web browser that lets you chat with other people who are on the same webpage as you - Chatsum
New technologies like instant messaging and the internet have created large communities of connected teenagers (there are 40 million members on MySpace.com) that spend a large amount of their time chatting with each other about what is hot and what isn't. BusinessWeek Online looks at the cultural shift occuring among teenagers and how the business world is diverting it's capital from old media to the new.
Google is growing and changing at an enormous rate, changing the media landscape. Wired looks at how Google will effect other companies, while BusinessWeekOnline sees Gold in Google
In his new book 'Ambient Findability', Peter Morville looks for connections among social software, semantic webs, evolutionary psychology and interaction design. Liz Danzico from AIGA talks to Peter about what is meant by 'Ambient Findability'
As the web moves to version 2.0 (social media), Yahoo has started to make it's move. Even while Erick Schonfeld from Business 2.0 talks about it Yahoo is actually doing it - Shoposphere
Find out where all the celebrities live with celebrity maps
Ever wondered what people are searching on the internet for - right now?
Between the 3rd and 17th of November, Yahoo has some of New Zealand and Australia's leading 'creative minds' sitting in a chair at Customs House in Sydney. Using the Yahoo Think Tank website you are able to submit a brief and vote on their concepts.
"While there's no strict agreement on exactly what Web 2.0 is, much of it involves public participation and contributions from the commons.
Web 2.0 is very open, but all that openness has its downside: When you invite the whole world to your party, inevitably someone pees in the beer. " - Xeni Jardin, Wired News Article

A funny rendition of the Back Street Boys' 'I want it that way' by two Chinese students.
A simple, hypnotic flash game - gridgame
Using many cameras and some flash sophistication Ikea have produced a great way to show off their products while capturing the moment
There is a resurgence in online activity and this article from Discover magazine looks at why - web 2.0 update: Wired is talking about web 2.0 too
Internet search portal Ask.com have decided to drop their long time iconic valet.
RIT graduate Jay, looks at some of the best Flash games on the internet.
A site where you can download/upload torrents of VJ mixes - VJ Torrents
Just when you thought Google Maps couldn't get any better - you can now have it on your mobile phone!
Time magazine has released it's list of the 50 coolest websites
The Wall Street Journal has an interesting article looking at the trend among e-tailers to move away from selling their goods on eBay
To counter bad press, companies are setting up 'link farms'. This dubious technique then places their message ahead of their critics' in the important first page of search engine results.
The Guardian looks at how BitTorrent can be used in ways that go beyond illegally downloading copyrighted movies and music.
A nice list of links to help with developing/designing web pages
Microsoft's senior program manager for security policy, Jesper Johansson has told attendees at a conference hosted by Australia's national Computer Emergency Response Team, or AusCERT, that the security industry has been giving out the wrong advice to users by telling them not to write down their passwords.
After the shutting down of some large bit-torrent sites - Mark Pesce (previously mentioned here) questions why Television broadcasters are trying to shut down such an efficient way to distribute their content.
Wirecast is an application for mixing multiple cameras and broadcasting the result online
The new list of winners have been announced.
Janice Fraser talks about the rise of the new applications that are using the internet more successfully than the dot com era. Jason Kottke discusses her thoughts in his article.
A new easy way to share photos online - Hello
Internet phone company - Skype, has introduced two new features; SkypeOut and SkypeIn. These new features, using a similar technique as p2p file sharing software look like threatening the incumbent Telecommunications operators.
If you use Firefox then you need Sage - the RSS reader for firefox
By combining Google Maps and craigslist, a new way to search for an apartment or house in America is born
Some top design and flash websites give their recommendations for which sites to visit
Search Yahoo and Google at the same time
Could Television develop into a searchable medium?
The computer software that does nothing
If you need access to a New York Times article (or any site that requires you register) then try using BugMeNot - there is even a Firefox extension which gives you a login with a 'right click'
Google has released it's list of top searches for 2004
Very handy if you use css and you own an iPod
During the festive season in the UK, internet shopping has increased by 64% from last year.
With email being the most common form of communication in corporate America, a realisation is emerging - corporate America needs help stringing a sentence together.
A list of useful links to find the information you might be looking for
A great resource of links for getting your css up to scratch
This article points to Firefox users being savvy and selective when it comes to online advertising - hence the lower click through rate. The article doesn't mention that Firefox has a very useful adblocker that stops users seeing the ads at all.
Broadband growth in Europe is as high as 120% (Italy) and 93% (UK). As research suggests, this is impacting the numbers of people watching television.
An essay debunking the idea of the 'Information Revolution' and pushing the idea of the 'Relationship Revolution'
Is getting more personal, more customisable
If you are looking for Educational material, try looking on the new Google Scholar
Using Perl RadioPod turns streaming radio stations into Mp3s ready for your iPod
The web browser Firefox has been released as version 1
Does the number of hits your blog receives translate to income received?