Archive for the 'Web 2.0' Category

Serious Microsoft trashing

Monday, March 27th, 2006

The recent postponement of Vista has not been met with positive comments. There have been two hard hitting articles wondering if Microsoft has been starting to dig its own grave with the ever increasing Windows code base.
The New York times writes Windows Is So Slow, but why? … each new version of Windows carries the […]

The next Google

Friday, March 3rd, 2006

Business 2.0 has an article about the Next Net 25.
Not to many interesting companies though. There is a Social Media category with Tagworld, Digg and YouTube.
I have a serious problems with the content of the Social Media sites. They are populist and in many cases they favour stupefying and sensational content. Sure that […]

New York Times Sunday Book Review - Amazon Mash up

Wednesday, December 14th, 2005

I just finished a new mash up. It does not look very spectacular but it is pretty cool. I download the latest New York Times Sunday Book Review and lookup the Asin-codes on Amazon. I cache the result in order not to violate Amazon Api rules.

New York Times Sunday Book Review - Amazon Mash up

Browse Amazon nodes with Ajax

Thursday, December 8th, 2005

I have started working on the Amazon API. My plan is to make it possible to compare prices with eBay with a simple click. The first step is to make a little Ajax-based browser for the Amazon categories.
The Amazon API is very straight forward BUT, the categories or browsenodes as they call them are a […]

Migrating from Google Maps to MSN Virtual Earth

Friday, November 11th, 2005

I have had a few requests on how to switch from Google Maps to MSN Virtual Earth. I am not migrating, I just made a Virtual Earth version too.
And I do not see any reasons to migrate if you already have a working Google Map application. I created a page on my site with […]

Digg and del.icio.us take on slashdot

Thursday, October 27th, 2005

The best way to get your 15 minutes of the fame on the internet was getting slashdotted (or simply /.ed). Slashdot.org is still a popular site but it is now loosing out on it its edge according to Alexa.
The new way of getting attention to your site is by gettings it bookmarked […]

eBay search RSS feed

Wednesday, October 19th, 2005

I have almost completed RSS feed support for my eBay searches. There will be buttons available from the eBay Google Maps Mashup. The feeds are dynamic and will display the results from the current search.
I am planning to add other ways to search for items on eBay, it is a little strange to find the […]

eBay Api calls restored

Thursday, October 6th, 2005

I have changed the way I call eBay and I currently have 10 000 eBay calls per day on the eBay Google Mashup.
If you are interested in other mash ups please visit ProgrammableWeb: Web 2.0 Mashup Matrix.