SonSpring | jQuery Portlets

Portlets. The demo is sweet. Several panels on a page, drag and drop… a sort of instant PageFlakes. Nice demo indeed.
SonSpring | jQuery Portlets:

I am going to go out on a limb here and say that this whole crazy notion about Ajax (it’s not an acronym), JavaScript and Web Standards is more than just a [...]

2007 Predictions, Round Two – Mashable!

More fun 2007 predictions: widgets – mobile data – social media marketing
2007 Predictions, Round Two – Mashable!:

The predictions for 2007 just keep on coming today, with our blog tag game still bouncing around the blogosphere. Some ideas seem to be coming up repeatedly – widgets, the mobile web, social media marketing – while others are [...]

AjaxCFC for jQuery Alpha Release

The beginnings of a library to use Jquery directly with Cold Fusion. Must dig into it later.
AjaxCFC for jQuery Alpha Release:

I finished today the implementation of AjaxCFC for jQuery. It’s the same Ajax <-> CF integration you already know, but using the jQuery Ajax engine. It supports full JSON and WDDX serialization, has improved error [...]

Advice for Computer Science College Students – Joel on Software

Well I’m not a fresh grad, or an almost grad, but an old grad… well not that old… still interesting none the less.
Advice for Computer Science College Students – Joel on Software:

Learn how to write before graduating.
Learn C before graduating.
Learn microeconomics before graduating.
Don’t blow off non-CS classes just because they’re boring.
Take programming-intensive courses.
Stop worrying about [...]

Six Apart Launches Open Widget Platform

Just how many major widget platforms are there right now?
EContentMag.com: Six Apart Launches Open Widget Platform:
Six Apart, a provider of blogging software and services for individuals and businesses, has launched a new, open widget initiative to expand choice and functionality for TypePad subscribers and readers. Thirty-three widgets are ready that put new interactive features into [...]

Widgetbox : Directory of web widgets for WordPress, TypePad, MySpace and other blogs and web pages

How long has the widgetsphere been a word? Up and coming for sure. The other new term for the day is the “widget economy”… but data portability is going to be big for sure.
Widgetbox : Directory of web widgets for WordPress, TypePad, MySpace and other blogs and web pages:

Widgetbox is an online directory of web [...]

Textbook Revolution

More in the quest for free education. When I used to work at Lucent, they wanted to send me to grad school. But there wasn’t anything I knew I wanted to study… Now I know and going is… well.. a bit of a challenge…
Textbook Revolution:

Textbook Revolution is the web?s source for free educational materials. This [...]

FreeTechBooks.com – Free programming and computer science books, ebooks and lecture notes

OK. I am beginning to think how can I get the equivalent of a Master’s degree from available information on the web. Hmm… how to get the equivalent of a Master’s online for free… Is it possible?
FreeTechBooks.com – Free programming and computer science books, ebooks and lecture notes:

This site lists free online computer science and [...]

Widget Labs

It’s all about widgets and the new “widget economy”
Widget Labs

We cover everything widgets and here are the categories

WidSets Beta

This looks promising as well. The world of widgets and mobiles colliding. The barrier to entry seems rediculously low…
WidSets Beta:

If you have some time and patience on your hands and know a thing or two about web development, then you have the possibility to hack a widget for your own blog or website. Download the [...]

Widgets & Web Services

Good starter info on hooking up with mobile widget platforms.
Widgets & Web Services:

Mobile Widgets will certainly be among the hot topics of the coming months, with companies such as Mobidgets, Nokia Widsets and Bluepulse developing nice widget platforms.

Everything I Wish Somebody Would Have Told Me About Graduate School Admissions

If you’re not sure about a Master’s or a Ph.D., go for the Ph.D. Schools want those more than Master’s students. And, you really don’ thave to pay for graduate school in Computer Science. This is from Matt Lepinski’s info, what he wish he knew… Quite interesting. So then the trick is just getting accepted! [...]

2007 Web Predictions

This is a paraphrase for reference. Visit their site for the goods.
2007 Web Predictions (readwriteweb):

In our previous post we reviewed the Web trends of 2006, noting trends such as the hyper-growth of social networks, the push of RSS into the mainstream, consumerization of the enterprise, and the continued rise of the read/write Web.
In this post [...]

Crazy Egg – visualize your visitors

See where users are clicking, see how they are using your site. Sort of like Clicktale? But free? And without the animation?
Crazy Egg – visualize your visitors:

Test different versions of a page to see which works better
Discover which ad placement gives the best results
Find out which design encourages visitors to click deeper
Learn which content leads [...]

How To Research Your Competitors – PPC Advertising Campaigns

Wondering what the other companies and web domains are using for their keywords?
How To Research Your Competitors? PPC Advertising Campaigns:

Researching what keywords your competitors are buying can be a great way to jump start the process. I?ve looked at Spyfu (See Searching Real Estate PPC Advertising) in the past and today Rebecca at SEOmoz highlights [...]

EContentMag.com: Six Apart Launches Open Widget Platform

Just how many major widget platforms are there right now?
EContentMag.com: Six Apart Launches Open Widget Platform:

Six Apart, a provider of blogging software and services for individuals and businesses, has launched a new, open widget initiative to expand choice and functionality for TypePad subscribers and readers. Thirty-three widgets are ready that put new interactive features into [...]

Simple Solution for secure logins | drupal.org

Simple solution for secure logins | drupal.org:

Here’s a simple way to do secure login that doesn’t require any patching to the Drupal core modules:

Quickfile | drupal.org

Too bad this wasn’t out a year ago! Aiya! But there would still need to be a good deal of custom code to be done. Perhaps we can help contribute to this project though.
Quickfile | drupal.org:

The Quickfile module allows instant selling and download of digital products such as ebooks, photographs, music and software. Clients don’t [...]

CatWalk

Oh my… Gots to try this out… along with TurboGears as well…
CatWalk:

A model browser for TurboGears CatWalk is a single page (buzzword compliant) Ajax application build on top of TurboGears. With it you can easily interact with your application model and manage your data. Think of it as phpMyAdmin or pgAdmin at the ORM level [...]

ShowMeDo

Kind of like The Goto and Learn site for Flash, except for a lot more, including, Python, Linux, Ruby and more.
ShowMeDo:

This site is dedicated to showing demonstrative videos produced by our community. For many subjects seeing something done is the most effective way to learn, whether it’s peering over an expert’s shoulder while they explain [...]

Slicehost, VPS Link, and GPLHost

Looking at hosting solutions for developing other types of projects, i.e. TurboGears or mod_mono based projects. Two came up
Slicehost:

Which Slice is right for you? Plan RAM Storage Bandwidth Monthly Price 256slice 256MB 10GB 100GB $20 sign up 512slice 512MB 20GB 200GB $38 sign up 1024slice 1024MB 40GB 400GB $70 sign up No contracts, no setup [...]

Re: [support] how to make drupal admin section https only?

Just a note about securing the login for a Drupal site.
Re: [support] how to make drupal admin section https only?:

A friend passed this code on to me and I am sorry to say I am not sure where it came from originally, but I have greatly benefited from it on my Drupal sites. Just replace [...]

Free C / C++ Compilers and Interpreters (thefreecountry.com)

Tons of info and resources on these and other languages.
Free C / C++ Compilers and Interpreters (thefreecountry.com):

Looking for a free C compiler or a free C++ compiler? This page lists numerous free C and C++ compilers, cross-compilers and interpreters for a wide variety of operating systems (including embedded systems)

Top 25 Web 2.0 Apps for Money, Finance, and Investment

I still don’t go for the idea of managing my personal financial info stored on someone elses servers, i.e. not my bank or other known “trusted” provider, but there are some useful apps in this list. Zillow is mentioned, along with Rentometer. Note that “trusted” is in quotes.
Top 25 Web 2.0 Apps for [...]

SharePoint/Powershell Quickie: Upload a directory of files in 4 lines

Hmm… need to start a Powershell category now!
SharePoint/Powershell Quickie: Upload a directory of files in 4 lines:

Heres 4 lines of code to upload a whole directory of files, in this case pictures, to a SharePoint document or image library. The directory pictures contains the images. The destination is the image library SiteCollectionImages for the portal [...]