web 2.0 depot

badge: One Billion Bulbs

2006-12-06T09:33:00.000-06:00

big idea: The Bitchun Society

2006-10-05T09:17:00.000-05:00

Cory Doctorow's Down and Out in the Magic Kindom come alive at The Bitchun Society
xposted to HipSmart

multitude of doohickeys: Google Gadgets

2006-10-04T10:37:00.000-05:00

In this press release, Google announces that their large variety of Google Gadgets, previously available on their personalized home page or through Google Desktop, can now be embedded in any web page. Wow! Lots of stuff.
Here's one:

blog post: I'm Drowing in Web 2.0 Apps

2006-09-28T15:15:00.000-05:00

A notable sentiment at Mark Evans's blog, along with a call for a web 2.0 portal. Hmm.

badge: squirl

2006-09-28T14:17:00.000-05:00

Non-interactive badge. Widgets coming soon?
Also, oh, man, I find myself not especially motivated to accept the data-entry position Squirl offers me to catalog my stuff.
x-posted on HipSmart

web tool: GroupLoop

2006-09-22T23:23:00.000-05:00

With its page title, "GroupLoop ™ - Centralize, organize. Keep your group in the loop!" you can see GroupLoop is an online collaborative manager. It seems to me it falls somewhere between 37signals' Backpack (more of a personal organizer) and Basecamp (project manager). I may give GroupLoop at try to see what it's like, though I've been planning on using Backpack for my next small group project. I'm already invested in Backpack and it will keep my group stuff right next to my personal stuff.
xposted on HipSmart

badge: Twitter

2006-09-22T11:15:00.000-05:00

flash version:

follow Erik at Twitter

JavaScript version:

xposted at Hipsmart

mashup: Flickr + business cards = Moo

2006-09-21T15:37:00.000-05:00

MOO has launched to great fanfare, and without actually having used it yet, it's probably deserved. Glossy, half-business-card-sized cards with your flickr photos on one side and some contact info on the back--pretty neat! For a design professional, these should make for some distinctive business cards, and they'll be appealing in lots of other cases, too: bands, events, real estate.
Once I get my hands on some, I'll update with a review of the quality and the experience.
xposted on HipSmart

web tool: Weebly

2006-09-21T10:58:00.000-05:00

You'll need an invitation to join the beta of Weebly - Website Creation Made Easy, but that shouldn't be too hard--drop your email in the form on the front page, and the creator of Weebly will probably get back to you right away.
Weebly is a very slick AJAX WYSIWYG editor. It's incredibly stylish and easy to use.
I've just started playing with it, and it's admittedly a beta; so, then, my hiccups: the text fields (really the main thing you will be adding to a site) won't render JavaScript, so you get a funky looking mess like http://esswedl495.weebly.com/. Also, you'll notice that publishing is to their own server, not via FTP--kinda like the Blogger Beta, which forces you to use BlogSpot servers. Speaking of Blogger, here's one more limitation of Weebly: we're talking static pages.
Still, looks promising.
xposted to HipSmart

mashup: BookMooch meets LibraryThing

2006-09-20T16:01:00.000-05:00

It's still hand-driven at this point, but I like the idea of using LibraryThing's bookshelf and tags to display my BookMooch inventory.
LibraryThing has an awesome Universal Import function that can grab all the ISBNs off my BookMooch inventory and add them to my bookshelf. Then, it's a simple matter of using their widget to output the covers of the books I've tagged bookmooch (automatically done on import, natch):

Unfortunately, the cover links lead to Amazon, not my BookMooch inventory, should someone want to mooch a book. Another annoyance: my LibraryThing shelf will have to be manually updated when I do give away a book.
I'll have to see what I can do about that.
xposted on HipSmart, Wrybrarian.com

update 20 oct 2006:
Let's see if this one updates, cuz the original ain't:

trick: meebo.com

2006-09-20T13:33:00.000-05:00

Want to keep an eye on your meebo buddy list? Open the website in Firefox's sidebar (there's even a preference you can check off on your bookmark) and it'll be visible as you browse. Caveat: sounds won't work. Also, it takes some fiddling to get the sidebar width narrow enough to comfortably browse yet keep the buddy list from jumping all around, and some scrolling to log in or see preferences and chat windows.

badge: ThisNext shopping list

2006-09-19T11:58:00.000-05:00

Men's Shower Luxuries

by esswedl

You stink. So, you shower. Now, do it in style. Wake up grumpy if you will, but once you stumble to the bathroom, these products will make your day.

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badge: Google Reader

2006-09-18T14:56:00.000-05:00

badge: FeedButton Beta

2006-09-18T12:07:00.001-05:00

Check out the button from FeedButton in the sidebar. It went all wonky when it was over here in a blog post.

directory: Go2Web20.net

2006-09-18T10:15:00.000-05:00

Except for the part where it's all Flash, Go2Web20.net - The complete Web 2.0 directory, is the sort of thing I was envisioning for web2.0depot.net. I've found the name, now I just need to fit my site to it.

huh: Google Base

2006-09-15T15:54:00.000-05:00

Google Base is still around. Still don't know what to do with it.

video: YouTube

2006-09-15T15:52:00.000-05:00

YouTube doesn't want to hook up to my old Blogger blogs (maybe that's just a beta Blogger thing), so here's a boring old embed:

article: 2.0Culture

2006-09-15T15:49:00.000-05:00

Roman Mittermayr's article, "2.0Culture," presents some basic tenets of web 2.0 design in a cheeky manner. From some of the offhanded comments, you might think he's not a fan, but the article shows a real understanding of and appreciation for good design (in particular, the final section on descriptive HTML).

icon: Tiny Icon Factory

2006-09-15T14:55:00.000-05:00

Tiny Icon Factory

badge: blufr

2006-09-15T14:47:00.000-05:00

badge: LibraryThing

2006-09-15T11:58:00.001-05:00

badge: meebo

2006-09-15T11:53:00.000-05:00

Fine providers of the depot chat in the sidebar.

badge: Web2.0 Logo Creator

2006-09-15T11:51:00.000-05:00

Web2.0 Logo Creator by Alex P

badge: shopcast

2006-09-14T16:32:00.000-05:00

See more of esswedl's picks at ThisNext.

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Erik & Liz at wedding

2006-09-14T16:14:00.000-05:00

Erik & Liz at wedding
Originally uploaded by esswedl.

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