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Most of my readers are by now probably already aware of Wordle, Java applet, that allows neat visualization tags. Given that Zemanta released early alpha API preview recently, I was looking for a fun project to showcase some of it. So for this experiment I’m going to try to visualize some of the popular classic […]
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Image by skyfaller via Flickr Traditional approaches to solving global problems: Â Treaties and conventions (Kyoto) Intergovernmental conferences (World Summit on the Information Society) Global multilateral institutions (World bank) Â At the moment, traditional approaches to solving complex world problems, are incapable. Â We new solutions, new approaches and new forum to solve global challenges. […]
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Here are a couple of Social media and Web 2.0 conferences in August and September 2008. It’s mostly European oriented since that’s my primary continent of work. It’s by no means a definitive list but mostly a list of conferences I plan to visit. UX Week, 12-15 August, San Francisco – ~$2500 PICNIC, 24-26th September, […]
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Image via Wikipedia Nick Black, Common Enterprise: Building a Business on Free Data, is involved with OpenStreet made and his company Cloudmade, that is trying to figure out if it’s possible to build business on top of it. He starts with a point – nothing is free. Most free data has a cost, there are […]
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Image by Norma Desmond via Flickr Tomaž – http://www.editor.si Content management system, “editor – spletne komunikacijeâ€. It’s supposedly not Yet Another CMS, but something more. It’s called MyPortal – set your website free. It’s of course – “betaâ€. Full of Not invented Here syndrome, everything built in-house. Main differentiator is that it’s available to all […]
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You have to get your business involved. It’s all about being keen and up to it. If you are excited it’s easier to convince them to do it. You have to keep up with your everyday work. Make sure you have a team. If you’re the only one you want to do it within your […]
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How to make the consultations process that we have now better, without changing it? How can we have more useful things within the system we have. Second question is, if we start from nothing, what’s a sensible first step in the process. Consultation is .. The government needs to do something, they need to go […]
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Image by SuLeS via Flickr It’s a talk mostly about API, Mashups, Frameworks etc. He wrote a really nice Twitter client – Snitter in Adobe AIR. He’s also behind MyMileMarker, RoR DjangoPlugables.com, a framework to manage plugins that tie into Django Overheard.it, tracking what people say on twitter, and every-time some says “overheard†Developers like […]
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Image from Flickr How do we make the data actionable? We get lot of data in form of demographics and our audience. “12% of movie goers preffer to go movies alone.†How do we figure out what to do with this piece of data? Answering questions about Mental models. What’s a mental model, how do […]
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Image from Flickr Here are my notes from tonight’s Web Standards Group London Meetup, the topic was Findability. It’s a big subject, so he’s going to focus mostly on theoretical aspect. The topic of findability has been very well research by Peter Morville (semanticstudios.com) – Ambient Findability book “Finding†and what it means. Dictionary: Discover or perceive […]