Social streams may eclipse RSS, but the blogosphere's roots run deeper.
by Jon Udell
| @judell
| 22 September 2010
Most people and organizations think of the calendar information they push as text for people to read. Few realize it's also data networks can syndicate. When that mindset changes, a river of data will be unleashed.
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The Mifos Initiative is using open source software to serve the developing world.
by Matthew Russell
| @ptwobrussell
| 21 September 2010
Creating financial software for the developing world is tricky business. Variations between countries -- and between the banks within those countries -- make proprietary solutions unsustainable without massive investment. The Mifos Initiative has gone a different route: manage an open source project that lets banks customize software to meet their unique microlending needs.
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Twitter's URL shortener could give marketers a key tool for off-site engagement.
by Alistair Croll
| @acroll
| 13 September 2010
If Twitter is so inclined, the company could turn the new t.co shortening service into a powerful analytics tool that solves the marketing and tracking issues of off-site engagement.
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Assertion and delegation of identity can now be easy or safe. But we need both.
by Jon Udell
| @judell
| 10 September 2010
It's good to see Twitter driving a stake into the heart of the password anti-pattern. But the Twitter ecosystem wouldn't exist if it hadn't been possible to sketch ideas, and to explore the unanticipated uses that can emerge from the soup of active ingredients that the web has become.
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Mobile, utility and server-side development will define the future of maps.
by Adam DuVander
| @adamd
| 7 September 2010
Map APIs took off in 2005, and during the ensuing years the whole notion of maps has changed. Where once they were slick add-ons, map functionality is now a necessary -- and expected -- tool. In this piece, Adam DuVander looks at the current state of mapping and he explains how mobile devices, third-party services and ease of use are shaping the map development world.
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by Brady Forrest
| @brady
| 20 August 2010
SimpleGeo, geo cloud services and data provider, and Stamen, creators of many beautiful data visualizations, have teamed up to release Polymaps. Polymaps is an opensource Javascript mapping framework. It's been on Github for a while, but they are finally announcing it. Out of the gate, Stamen has also launched a great example application, PrettyMaps, combining Natural Earth, OSM and...
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