Content tagged web2.0

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Clay Shirky’s tantalising suggestion that perhaps TV is a temporary spare-time-filling measure, and that sometime soon we’re going to come up with … gulfstream/2431

Worth trying if you aren’t having much luck with Google. Notable recent successes: giving lower priority to bug tracking tickets on technical sites … gulfstream/2335

Experimental Google feature: digg/reddit-like vote up/vote down buttons in search results. gulfstream/2354

Good, uh, “appreciation” of Facebook from Ben Brown: “Facebook’s crack engineering staff will continually release new applications and features … gulfstream/2372

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Make camera-phone ready “barcodes” for URLs. Intended for pasting Wikipedia URLs on monuments, but it works with any URL. (And arbitrarily … gulfstream/1831

Just discovered this. Are there any other groups aside from 43* and now 23* [update: oh, and 37*, whoops] that are using a number as a domain prefix?  … gulfstream/1906

Promoting works of art: the Tate Britain has been running an unusual ad campaign recently. Basically, instead of doing what’s generally done, and promoting … gulfstream/2013

Overheard in NY + Google Maps mashup. Nicely done! gulfstream/2108

Live geographic traffic stats for the BBC news. This is pretty sweet, despite not being very usable. (The colours that represent different traffic levels … gulfstream/2137

“Get a First Life.” gulfstream/2223

Good overview of possible applications of OpenId, a promising approach to single sign on. gulfstream/2243

Google search of all the pages you’ve ever visited. You need to have the Google Toolbar installed. Must require a really nasty amount of computing … gulfstream/2273

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