So what is the long tail and how is it applied in the web? Well to be honest, the long tail doesn’t have to apply to the web, in fact it wasn’t originally but in more recent times it has been used to describe the strategy internet companies have taken to leverage the online market. [...]
So what is a Perpetual Beta? Lets look at some dictionary meetings before going further: Perpetual – perpetually – In a perpetual manner; Seeming to never end; endlessly; constantly en.wiktionary.org/wiki/perpetually Beta – A software release is the distribution (whether public or private) of an initial or upgraded version of a computer software product. The software [...]
It has been nearly three years since Tim O’Reilly talked about ‘Software Above the Level of a Single Device’ on his blog (click here to read it), yet it is still relevant to today. Why? Well the concept is a good one in it’s broadest view every web application embraces this. For a user to [...]
Every day, consumers from all over the globe are uploading, transferring and downloading valuable data online. Web 2.0 has become a vastly growing global resource for people to connect with each other and gain instantaneous information. Google is one example of a service that has transformed dramatically over the last decade. It primarily began as [...]
Just a quick post to let you know that I have 16 Google Wave invites to hand out. If your not sure what a Google Wave is then have a quick look at the video below: So now that you have an overview of what Google Wave is (if you didn’t know already). Just send [...]
I’ve mentioned before the one of the goals I had for myself was to increase my web presence. I’ve been monitoring the results and posting progression updates along the way so other people can compare. If you have missed out on my other posts take a look at these ones: http://www.jason-v.com/2009/08/01/have-you-googled-your-name http://www.jason-v.com/2009/08/10/web-presence-update To give a [...]
This week in the lecture there were some very surprising results which were put to the class: Your blogs (66 enrolled) – 17 enrolled but no blog URL provided (26%) – 31 blogs look inactive (only 1 or 2 posts) (47%) – 18 blogs tracking well (27%) The results above at this stage mean that [...]
Hi All, I thought I would give everyone a bit of an update of what is happening behind the scenes with my site. One of the key objectives was to entertain the idea of creating a web presence. So how will I know how I’m going and if I’m heading the right way? Monitoring with [...]
Have you googled your name? This was a question posted by the guys over at RockTheJob and yes, yes I have googled my name. The results: 0 hits out of 100 on google.com when searching for Jason Van Dyk. 1 hit out of 100 on google.com when searching for “Jason Van Dyk”. 0 hits out [...]
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