./emilychang design + tech

We're pleased to provide an alpha release of two examples of AJAX image galleries by Max Kiesler and Emily Chang of Ideacodes. One uses PHP and MySQL and the other requires no database and simply pulls images directly out of a designated directory on your web server. Read more...

I had gotten an email from the Netvibes team to take a look at the site last week and signed up and took a quick spin around. I finally had a chance to explore further tonight. The buzz around Netvibes is well warranted.¹ In previous posts, I'd been writing about the desire for tools that make it easier to navigate our variety of information sources. Netvibes provides a fast and efficient interface from which to do just that. Read more...

There have been some excellent examples of Google map applications recently like Plazes, which allows you to discover locations and find people by proximity or location, and Mappr, where you can view Flickr photos by US geographic landmark or region. While these apps provide a social network for specific social purposes, the other wave of Google map applications like gVisit and MapStats provide another: a new way to discover, navigate and humanize your web statistics. Read more...

eHub is a constantly updated list of web applications, services, resources, blogs or sites with a focus on next generation web (web 2.0), social software, blogging, Ajax, location mapping, open source, folksonomy, design and digital media sharing. Read more...

Like a lot of web people these days, I've been actively tagging my "stuff" in del.icio.us, Flickr, rojo, BlinkList, and Technorati. The more I tag both the content that I produce (blog posts, photos, links) and the content that I find (bookmarks, news stories, blog posts), the more I'm looking for a web application or an installable program that will allow me to view and navigate this kind of two-way view of tags: my tagging and my tagging of "others." Read more...

Looking for a cool web t-shirt and want to help the cause? Get your ajax, ruby on rails, ping me, tagging, beta, design is strategy t-shirts today. All proceeds will go to the Katrina relief efforts. Read more...

Yesterday I wrote about the need for more integrated tools to organize the various bits of information that we need, use, and collect in our daily digital lives, both online and offline, work-related and personal. Read more...