Exploration Age:
Most people really like the embedded Google Maps, but don’t know how easy it is to add them to any page. I’ve had a few people ask me how it is done. With a little bit of HTML knowledge, anyone can quickly have a map up and running in just a few minutes.
Category Archives: Services
Delivering Content with RSS for Web Developers on Mac OS X
Apple Developer Connectrion: RSS is revolutionizing the delivery of web content. RSS is an XML format for coordinating the delivery of time-based content streams, or ‘feeds.’ This means that RSS can be used to deliver content that changes over time. RSS provides for the inclusion of additional data, similar to email attachments, using the <enclosure> tag.
Using Ruby on Rails for Web Development on Mac OS X
Apple Developer Connection: Simply put, Ruby on Rails is an open source tool that gives you the advantage of rapidly creating great web applications backed by SQL databases to keep up with the speed of the web.
Google Homepage API – developer guide
Google: “The Google Homepage API provides a way to put third party content onto the Google homepage. The main use of the Googe Homepage API is to create modules that users can add to their Google personalized homepages.”
Talking-head video is boring online
Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox: “Eyetracking data show that users are easily distracted when watching video on websites, especially when the video shows a talking head and is optimized for broadcast rather than online viewing.”
Swicki Home
Eurekster Swicki Home Swickis are search engines taylored to you and your community.
Stanford iTunes
Stanford iTunes is a collaboration between Stanford University and Apple to provide free files of lectures, music, and other university material. I downloaded an hour of St. Lawrence String Quartet music on my first visit.
Weather on your web
Mambo
Mamboserver.com: GNU/GPL content management software, available at Dreamhost.
Google – My Search History
Google – My Search History Doesn’t work on Safari