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How lists benefit everybody in the twitter ecosystem
Twitter’s ‘lists’ feature demonstrates again how the twitter development team totally understands the way that the web works. They have managed to create a feature that not only improves a user’s individual twitter experience but also adds value to a user’s network.
Unsurprisingly, the new functionality allows a user to add people to a number of [...]
6 fantastic web sites built to promote iPhone applications
A recent trend in web design is the increased appearance of beautiful websites built to promote iPhone applications.
From what I can see there are several factors at work here:
Graphical artists and web designers have always favoured Apple Mac computers
Many iPhone applications are ‘2nd income’-type projects, and therefore are created out of love rather than as [...]
Why use web standards?
Web standards are the rules which dictate how the ‘code’ behind web pages should be written. They specify how the html tags should be ordered and which can nest within each other to ensure that the code is set out in a logical way.
However, web pages do not have to follow these rules to be [...]
Augmented Reality
The augmented reality Twitter client, TwittARound makes fantastic use of the compass capability inside the new iPhone 3GS. The application shows the user which direction and how far away their friends are and where their twitter mesages are originating from.
Initially I presumed the compass was added purely for in-car GPS applications. However I now see [...]
SpyMaster or SpamMeister
Over the last couple of weeks, Spymaster has become quite a talking point on twitter. Spymaster is an online game, in which the only way to succeed is to let it tweet messages from your twitter account, each of which are appended with the tag ‘#spymaster’.
You can see people currently playing the game by searching [...]
Are Google turning evil?
Is this the first sign of Google going against its motto of ‘Don’t be evil‘?
On the Google Apps sign-up page, the standard (free) version has been hidden under a large button which directs people to the paid-for premium edition.
This may not seem like a big deal, but Google prides itself on not being evil. Here, [...]
How to make money on the Internet
There are lots of ways to make money on the Internet and many can be done with little or no investment at all. Some proven methods are to:
1) Start a blog
You could start a blog about your favourite topic. Just add a quality new article every few days and eventually you’ll become a respected voice [...]
How to launch a web startup
Paul Buchheit is a web developer who I admire greatly. He has worked on some of the best web applications ever made:
Adsense, responsible for 99% of Google’s revenue
Gmail. The ground-breaking email system which solved the spam problem and helped to made Ajax popular
and friendfeed.com, a popular life stream application where all of your online content [...]
Twestival brings the world together
In 200 cities around the world, volunteers held ‘Twestivals’ which attracted 10,000 people. All this was organised in the space of a month, through the web application twitter.
The wide-spread nature of the event, and the speed in which it was organised highlight how the world is now more connected than ever before.
Naturally, a large portion [...]