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Archive for April, 2007

Giving My TV Some Joost

Apr
29
2007
by Gary Barber

The Joost Interface

The other day managed to get hold of an invite to the service , that is currently in Beta (and we all know what that means). First off, I have no invites, so don’t ask; okay. Update - I do have a few invites (900+) in reality I think Joost maybe open to the public soon anyway, however you can still email me for an invite (if you want the invite you find my contact).

You connect up to Joost via a downloaded purpose build desktop application. It launches you into the Channel Selector and straight into the programs that are available. The interface is very simple are easy to use with either a mouse or keyboard.

Take the Survey

Apr
24
2007
by Gary Barber

A List Apart are taking the bold step and attempting to work out how the web industry really ticks. They are doing a Web Design Survey.

It’s more on what the industry is about than web design. Are we all just young hoods or are we all Web Rock Gods.

Go on take the survey, its only 10 minutes or so of your life. Survey closes 22 May 2007, cool stuff to win (if you’re lucky).

Go on do it…..

I Took Part in the Survey Have you?

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Top Twitter Mobile Phone Applications

Apr
21
2007
by Gary Barber

Twitter goes Mobile

Well Twitter is well over a year old now and pushing the edges of the G2G universe (thank you Bronwen of Perth Norg ). As expected people have found a use for this technology, from social chat, help desk functions, news broadcast, micro blogging, and storytelling. It almost seems now when you get geeks together; twitter will be topic of conversion, out come the mobile phones and the twittering begins. Point in case the Perth Webloggers Meetup this month (April 2007).

Bulletproof Ajax, a Review

Apr
8
2007
by Gary Barber

A battered copy of Bulletproof Ajax by Jeremy Keith

Rating:
4

I first encountered Jeremy Keith via his book DOM Scripting, and then again in Sydney at Web Directions 2006, where I attended a very good workshop he ran on DOM Scripting.

Unlike Jeremy’s first book DOM Scripting, which is basically a getting starting guide on DOM Scripting and its use to enhance a web site. , his latest book, takes things to the next level, in a way. It deals in-depth with the use of Ajax on a web site front end and it’s implementation with the least impact on accessibility and usability of the web site.

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