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Monthly Archives: November 2006

The Unfolded Web

People all over are talking about the end of Web 2.0 in favor of a new, distributed network of information. Some people even suggested that we should start building a Web 3.0. What are the main characteristics of this new paradigm? Here’s a short list:

easier and cheaper, on a  BusinessWeek article by Stephen Baker
giving meaning [...]

Widgets are everywhere

An interesting breed of applications is showing up all around these days. Yes, I’m talking about web widgets. Usually these widgets provide an alternative interface for an existing website. Let’s see how this software category emerged.
Widgets exist for a long time now. I dare to say that they exist since the first windowed UI appeared. [...]

Like Java for content

Java original motto was (and still is) “Write once, run anywhere”. Software written in the Java language can run on virtually any computer platform, including mobile devices. The only catch: usually applications are sluggish because they tend to consume lots of memory.
Web content is following the same path. RSS and other forms of syndication enable [...]