Category Archives: Web 2.0

Presentation: 3 ways to improve your website

Posted on Friday 12 September 2008 by

These are my slides from today’s meeting.  I was looking at: Improvement 1 – Adding hCard to Contact Details and hCalendar to Events Improvement 3 – Search Auto-discovery Improvement 6 – Add hint text to search boxes It’s published under … Continue reading →

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Silk icons

Posted on Wednesday 3 September 2008 by

I was recently needing a number of small (16 x 16 pixel) icons for a project and came across the Silk Icons collection from FamFamFam, which I can thoroughly recommend. “Silk” is a smooth, free icon set, containing over 700 … Continue reading →

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BBC Beta

Posted on Saturday 22 December 2007 by

I’ve been enjoying playing with the new BBC home page which is in beta just now. (As spotted on the Information Architecture Institute mailing list.)

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WriteMaps site map application

Posted on Wednesday 5 December 2007 by

Also spotted on Boagworld.com: WriteMaps Site Map Application. From the intro blurb: WriteMaps is a free web-based tool that allows you to create, edit, and share sitemaps online. As a WriteMaps user, you and your team will be able to … Continue reading →

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Tokbox – cool live video many to many free Web 2.0 app

Posted on Friday 21 September 2007 by

Folks – check out http://www.tokbox.com/ and see Brian Kelly live at: http://www.tokbox.com/ukwebfocus (note: no slash at the end of this URL)

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Teaching & Learning with Facebook group

Posted on Sunday 29 July 2007 by

BJ Fogg from Stanford University, author of Persuasive Technology and founder of startup YackPack (a Web 2.0-style service for live talk and voice messages), has started a Facebook group for “people interested in pushing the envelope of education” using Facebook. … Continue reading →

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Real World Racer (Google maps mashup)

Posted on Saturday 21 July 2007 by

Here’s an interesting Google Maps mashup: Real World Racer, which describes itself as “A Google Maps Racing Game”. It takes Google Maps data and allows you to race a tiny red car against other white cars on a predetermined route … Continue reading →

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