Posts Tagged with ‘beta’

It may seem like I'm awfully negative about Web 2.0, which isn't the case. I'm generally very excited about a lot of apps and a lot of companies, but lately, it's been the dumb things that really bother me enough to write about. Today, it's the realization that the entire set-up is killing the software development process.
Sure, it's been almost 10 years since I did any serious development other than poking around in things, but I know that the main [...]

I read Marshall Kirkpatrick's Twine review as well as Nova Spivack's response today, and realized that there is often a huge disconnect between what developers feel is a product's readiness state, and the general public's, even when it comes to those writing about tech.
I'm still a software developer at heart, and the ubiquitous Web 2.0 Beta sticker seems to have dulled the perception of what state an application is really in, resulting in a lot of disappointed users [...]

Having received an invitation to join Connectture from one of my Plaxo business contacts and ever being on the prowl for options to expand my network in the most affirmative and proficient manner possible I decided to test it out.
As always, I start my evaluations of anything new with what my first impressions are. I will admit Connectture has a great icebreaker when it comes to first impression presentation. All those cheery faces and the enticing fact that Connectture [...]

PipeBytes, as it states, is a revolutionary way to transfer files to friends and coworkers across the miles, almost free.
As an avid connoisseur of transferring or exchanging files across the miles, I am always looking for a more rapid and reliable method of doing so with as little costs to me and defiantly no costs to the recipient. Gone are the days of Rogers high-speed cable service with its minuet flaw that with a little of a little proggie [...]

We brought you word first in early March 2007 of Adobe’s development of a Web-based Photoshop utility. Then in early September, Adobe broke its silence on the subject once more to an audience at Photoshop World. There it whet the palate of the masses with a brief teaser. A month later, at the company’s Max 2007 conference, it all but pulled the curtain off the project entirely, offering a brief demo that the blogosphere grew quite excited over.
Yesterday, Adobe let [...]

Last month, I had published on Profy an article about an online language instruction service, dubbed Mango Languages. I thought it thoroughly enjoyable, and basically said as much in the Oct 18 piece.
About a week after the write-up went live, I received an email from Wendy Laxton, a community manager for another Web-based entity, also language-centric, called Livemocha. Wendy asked for my thoughts on the website of which she is a part.
And after giving Livemocha a brief look, and mulling [...]

Internet radio is not a new invention by any means. According to the almighty and omniscient Wikipedia, it had its start somewhere around 1993, a year in which a man by the name of Carl Malamud established the first Internet radio ?station,? dubbed Internet Talk Radio, using MBONE (IP Multicast Backbone on the Internet) technology. In subsequent years, new outlets proceeded to sprout, with their numbers increasing substantially, to the point at which a viable industry was established. Today, thousands [...]

You have to hand it to brokep and rest of The Pirate Bay. Juggling raids, location shifts, development plans, and lots else, the team behind the most brazen (and arguably most chivalrous) anti-Big-Media effort known and celebrated by millions upon millions across the seven seas is using what little free time it has to converse about such delicious things as its plans to continue searching for a solitary spot that it can call its own. With the help of a [...]

I was very intrigued by an article by Paul Glazowski on how Yahoo had unveiled Mash. In his initial remarks Paul stated,” Yahoo! wants to change..” “…it's launched Mash, a site that promises, not unlike all other creations…” As Paul continues, “…right now you’re probably wondering what, if anything, makes Mash special…” Ever being the curious type I read on, Paul really had my interest peaked going by this time as he is prone to do when I read any [...]