Got the link for this Design Institute -> Interaction Design Institute Ivrea from an interesting article at the Adobe Design Institute, Think Tank column.
I had wanted to find a design centered site sponsored by Adobe and this morning I scored two: the Design Center, mentioned above, and the Experience Design Blog.
Friday, April 14, 2006
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Cool article with some Web 2.0 startup ideas.
Mash-Ups and 9 Other Wacky Web Ideas
InformationWeek (04/03/06)No. 1083, P. 43; Claburn, Thomas; Ricadela, Aaron; Malykhina, Elena
Among 10 startups that could potentially bring Web 2.0 to the enterprise is Blinkx, an Internet search company whose free Pico desktop search toolbar can infer the meaning of what users are viewing and retrieve relevant information from across the Web, and whose blinx.tv video search engine can index spoken words via speech-to-text conversion. Recently acquired Google subsidiary Upstartle has developed Writely, an online word processor that eliminates the need for repeated trips to the Web server when composing documents online, while SimpleFeed applies Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds toward the cultivation of customer relationships and revenue by enabling people to choose and subscribe to topics of interest from companies they do business with. Six Apart's Movable Type software for blogging and social networking is very popular thanks to its simplicity, and Socialtext capitalizes on the use of firewall-guarded wikis as tools for collaboration and information access. An example of effective mash-ups, or combinations of open online information sources, is SkiBonk, a clearinghouse for ski information that integrates the Google Maps interface with live Webcams, local weather reports, slope conditions, trail maps, ski area locations, and lodging, gear, and food listings. DreamFactory, from the company of the same name, brings application customization to a new level by allowing interactive features to be downloaded to an Internet user's computer without overloading the machine with code. Small businesses could coordinate events, conferences, and networking among employees through 83degrees' free online "social calendar," while Jigsaw Data aims to improve salespeople's capability by building and offering access to a business contacts database. Finally, Laszlo Systems enables Web application authors to build user-interactive programs via the Laszlo XML high-level language and the OpenLaszlo declarative language platform.
InformationWeek | Web Startups | 10 Hot Web Startups You Should Know About | April 3, 2006
Mash-Ups and 9 Other Wacky Web Ideas
InformationWeek (04/03/06)No. 1083, P. 43; Claburn, Thomas; Ricadela, Aaron; Malykhina, Elena
Among 10 startups that could potentially bring Web 2.0 to the enterprise is Blinkx, an Internet search company whose free Pico desktop search toolbar can infer the meaning of what users are viewing and retrieve relevant information from across the Web, and whose blinx.tv video search engine can index spoken words via speech-to-text conversion. Recently acquired Google subsidiary Upstartle has developed Writely, an online word processor that eliminates the need for repeated trips to the Web server when composing documents online, while SimpleFeed applies Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds toward the cultivation of customer relationships and revenue by enabling people to choose and subscribe to topics of interest from companies they do business with. Six Apart's Movable Type software for blogging and social networking is very popular thanks to its simplicity, and Socialtext capitalizes on the use of firewall-guarded wikis as tools for collaboration and information access. An example of effective mash-ups, or combinations of open online information sources, is SkiBonk, a clearinghouse for ski information that integrates the Google Maps interface with live Webcams, local weather reports, slope conditions, trail maps, ski area locations, and lodging, gear, and food listings. DreamFactory, from the company of the same name, brings application customization to a new level by allowing interactive features to be downloaded to an Internet user's computer without overloading the machine with code. Small businesses could coordinate events, conferences, and networking among employees through 83degrees' free online "social calendar," while Jigsaw Data aims to improve salespeople's capability by building and offering access to a business contacts database. Finally, Laszlo Systems enables Web application authors to build user-interactive programs via the Laszlo XML high-level language and the OpenLaszlo declarative language platform.
InformationWeek | Web Startups | 10 Hot Web Startups You Should Know About | April 3, 2006
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