Category: Web & Early Blog

Mollyguard Ridiculously cheap RSVP and pre-pay services for events, including survey features, promotions tools, and membership management. And when I say ridiculously cheap, I mean free or (for “premium” services) 2.5% per transaction, minimum 99 cents per RSVP. Part of the Web and Early Blog archive collection. See also: Building AI Companions w/ John Anthony

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Hacking A More Tasteful MySpace The social phenomenon that is MySpace is one I don’t fully understand, and yet, one I must fully respect. In fact, with over 50 million unique users, it is something everybody must respect. Any website which rolls up that amount of usership is doing som Part of the Web and

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What Web 2.0 Means for Your Church Web 2.0 is the latest rage. It’s on the cover of Newsweek and everyone is speculating if it’s the revenge of the dot com boom. This is the beginning of an multi-part series on web. 2.0 and what it could mean for the church. Part of the Web

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OpenMute OpenMute is a web resource project aiming to support cultural practice in the information age. Through the provision of server space, tools, practical guidance and critical contextualisation, we seek to develop open and collaborative ways of working, and Part of the Web and Early Blog archive collection. See also: Building AI Companions w/ John

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The Cost of Bootstrapping Your App: The Figures Behind DropSend (part one) I bet a lot of your are thinking about building your own web app. But how do you get started if you have no idea what it’s going to cost you? How can you budget for the unknown? Part of the Web and

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Video on the Net is a Solved Problem, Many Times Over Their argument is a tottering inverted pyramid of bullshit, and they need to be called on it publicly. Part of the Web and Early Blog archive collection. See also: Building AI Companions w/ John Anthony Hartman of IHAVEROBOTS.

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The dark secrets of the organic-food movement. Is Whole Foods Wholesome? Part of the Web and Early Blog archive collection. See also: Building AI Companions w/ John Anthony Hartman of IHAVEROBOTS.

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Newbie’s Guide to the Wide Wonderful World of RSS. Chances are, you’re not entirely sure what the point of RSS is. I saw that little orange icon in Firefox, I’ve also seen their “live bookmarks” feature, which just looks cumbersome, and just never thought it could be helpful to me. Now, I wouldn’t live wi

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A directory of the best in Web 2.0 applications There’s a lot of innovation going on in the new web right now, with ground-breaking applications coming from individual developers as well as big, well-funded companies. It seems like every day, there’s a new service out there giving you a new way to coll Part of

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Man ‘took 40,000 ecstasy tablets’ Doctors have revealed details of the biggest recorded user of ecstasy – a man estimated to have taken 40,000 ecstasy pills in his life. At the height of his use, the man was taking 25 tablets a day, Psychosomatics journal revealed. Part of the Web and Early Blog archive collection.

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Web 2.0 for Good Web 2.0 for Good is the first event in the UK to explore how Web-based tools such as blogs, wikis, podcasting and social bookmarking can be used to promote social change and innovation. These new tools offer unprecedented potential for campaigning organiz Part of the Web and Early Blog archive collection.

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Greenpeace UK CMS Project I’ve been retained by the Greenpeace UK web team to continue working with them on the project we started planning at our away day three weeks ago (also since my last entry, I’ve learned that “away day” is the term used for “offsite” over here). The projec Part of the Web

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More bangs for the buck: Ben Brown IMterview Online matchmaking is just like the real world: shit happens. The Wall Street Journal points out a few failures and the new effort to perfect it — we can do it better with TECHNOLOGY — from eHarmony, True, and Match.com. And the goal is always marriage. Part

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Megan Cole Starts At Raincity Studios Hello internets. My new post as Marketing Champion, aka Agent99, has officially commenced at Raincity Studios here in fabulous, sunny Vangroovy. As of today, I have joined the team of Robert Scales, Mark Yuasa and the other lovely gems here at Raincity. Part of the Web and Early Blog

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YouTube – The web at its best? YouTube is the most popular online destination for watching and sharing videos. They are currently serving up over 30 million videos a day and that number is steadily growing. In a matter of minutes, you can create an account, upload a video (up to 100MB) Part of the

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7 Ways Nonprofits Can Use Podcasts e been talking to some nonprofit pals about how they can use podcasts, so I thought I’d share this list, as well as the blogging one. Part of the Web and Early Blog archive collection. See also: Building AI Companions w/ John Anthony Hartman of IHAVEROBOTS.

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Culture Jamming the Chevy Tahoe Chevrolet has opened up a site asking visitors to create advertisements for its ginormous SUV, the Tahoe, using a collection of clips and soundtracks, as well as your own text. Thing is, there’s no reason you have to make ads in favor of ginormous SUVs… Part of the Web and

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10 Ways Nonprofits Can Use Blogs According to an NTEN survey of nonprofit techies, 20% said that they published a blog and 20% said that they didn’t (but they want to). Don’t you want to get yours up, before they get around to it? Part of the Web and Early Blog archive collection. See also:

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