SSUG Notes for January 13

I have some notes from yesterday that are still a mess... Here are some notes that I just took:

Bryan Alexander is talking right now at the SSUG. One of the things he showed: a page on NITLE's new site that is a great starting point for a number of technologies.

Other things he is talking about...

Characteristics of Web 2.0 applications:

• they tend to use AJAX


• Focus on Microcontent: small pieces pulled from different sources to create a single page


• About connecting people


• "Continuous Beta"... constantly being developed


• There is a tension between centralized and decentralized technology
  
  
  • dispersed applications, but large corporations (like Yahoo) are slurping them up

Implications:

• We have to become more nomadic in the way we live on the web... in the way we store information on the web:
  
  
  • Be prepared to export your stuff into other technology (e.g. OPML)
  
  
  • Things move rapidly on the web, and we need to be able to move quickly with it


• With the rapid development of technology comes more irrational fears of it


• Copyright issues will also become more hazardous

Mobile Technology

• Mobile technology is a large part of Web 2.0, and the United States is still behind much of the world in this area. Examples:


• Many projects right now are tying information to geographic locations
  
  • Art Mobs
  
  
  • 34 North 118 West Project
  
  
  • Yellow Arrow