links for 2006-11-01

• Google has acquired JotSpot
  
  
  We announced some big news today...!
  
  
  (tags: jotspot wiki google)
  
  

I'm Now a Googler

We announced some awesome news today: JotSpot has been acquired by Google!!

I can't think of a better way to accelerate our mission here at Jot than to join the amazing resources and people at Google, particularly for JotSpot developers. 

links for 2006-10-18

• Office 2.0 Not About The Online Spreadsheets -- But The Next Attempt At Situated Software
  
  
  "One of these days, a company will figure out what that secret killer app is for this space, that makes it so just about anyone can easily understand and appreciate the value of being able to plug together an instant, useful, specialized app."
  
  
  (tags: situatedsoftware office2.0 webapps2.0)
  
  
• Homophily in Social Software
  
  
  "Social software designers first need to decide whether homophily (hang out with people who are like you) is a a feature or a bug... To break homophily, recommend something for reasons other than 'this meshes very tightly with your profile'... Doing th
  
  
  (tags: socialsoftware)
  
  
• Flapjax
  
  
  "Flapjax is a new programming language designed around the demands of modern, client-based Web applications."
  
  
  (tags: webdev javascript opensource)
  
  

links for 2006-10-14

• Office 2.0 Conference Wiki
  
  
  (tags: office2.0 wiki)
  
  
• Will Google Office’s solution to the “offline” problem mean trouble for MS-Office?
  
  
  It's interesting to think about a desktop service, maybe open source, that could be used by ALL web app vendors to solve the offline problem.
  
  
  (tags: saas office2.0 writely)
  
  

links for 2006-10-13

• Blog Juice Calculator - Text Link Ads
  
  
  (tags: blogging)
  
  
• » Office 2.0, Enterprise 2.0, and other numerological mysteries | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com
  
  
  (tags: office2.0)
  
  
• » Teqlo to let users assemble Web applications | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com
  
  
  (tags: webapps2.0)
  
  
• Coghead
  
  
  (tags: webapps2.0)
  
  
• Zoho Creator - Create Online Database Application in minutes. Build Forms, Collect Data and Manage.
  
  
  (tags: webapps2.0)
  
  
• Is salesforce.com’s Apex just another procedural language?
  
  
  (tags: webapps2.0 apex)
  
  
• Stowe Boyd - Social Versus Collaborative Tools
  
  
  (tags: collaboration socialsoftware)
  
  
• A micro-wiki for micro-ISV’s
  
  
  (tags: wiki)
  
  
• Incremental adoption sells SaaS to the enterprise
  
  
  (tags: saas)
  
  
• Signal Without Noise--by Guy Kawasaki: Ten Questions with Polly LaBarre
  
  
  (tags: books)
  
  
• GigaOM » The Future of Social Networks - Communication
  
  
  (tags: socialsoftware socialnetworking community)
  
  
• JungleDisk - Reliable online storage powered by Amazon S3™ - Jungle Disk
  
  
  (tags: productivity homeoffice backup)
  
  
• S3, Online Storage & BingoDisk
  
  
  (tags: productivity backup)
  
  
• THINK IT Services: Debating the Significance of Dreamforce 2006 on the SaaS Movement
  
  
  (tags: saas)
  
  
• Soundflavor
  
  
  Music mixes from your own collection. Looks great, exept I don't use iTunes...
  
  
  (tags: music)

Slideshare.net -- YouTube for PowerPoint

How many times have you heard, "will your slides be made available after the presentation?" 

To the rescue comes Slideshare.net, a very slick presentation sharing service that helps folks get their preso word out quickly and easily.  It's got tagging, most popular, recently added, and the rest of the stuff we expect in a sharing service.  Think YouTube for Powerpoint.

To test it out I uploaded the PPT file I used to create a recent JotSpot developer tutorial.  It worked flawlessly -- check it out.




While the original full tutorial includes voice-overs and animation thanks to Articulate presenter (would LOVE to see this capability added to slideshare.net btw), the ease of use and instant gratification of slideshare is very compelling.