Thursday, November 15th, 2007
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there are a lot of options out there for prediction market software, prediction market public sites, and general “wisdom of crowds” (such as idea selection and voting systems).
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“… waits in the edit comments dashboard until you’ve decided to respond to a comment. Type in your response inside the dashboard and Comment Ninja will post the comment to your blog, or send the comment by email (or both) while you keep commenting.”
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common programming idioms in multiple languages: “repository for code examples that go beyond the traditional “Hello World!” example. A variety of tasks are listed, and visitors to this site are invited to solve the tasks in the language of their choice.”
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“allows JavaScript and Java execution for trusted domains. NoScript optionally blocks Flash and other potentially exploitable plugins too, and provides the most powerful Anti-XSS protection available in a browser.”
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“The OpenSocket Facebook application allows you to run OpenSocial gadgets within Facebook!
As soon as I tidy up the source code and add some documentation, the framework will be released as an open source project.”
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“Unaltered Google gadgets work on all Open Social platforms… They need not be altered to work in Open Social containers or anywhere else. [The] Google gadget syndication directory is essentially a directory now of gadgets that can be added anywhere”
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# Logging in Firebug (with String Substitution pattern )
# Grouping the logs or messages
# console.dir and console.dirxml
# Assertion (console.assert() )
# Tracing (console.trace() )
# Timing (Measuring the time of your code)
# Javascript Profiler (intro)
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# Javascript Profiler
# Tracing error
# Tracing XmlHttpRequest object
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“any time you load [a] Beacon-enabled page, Facebook knows exactly what you are looking at. In essence, this setup is sending your clickstream and path data to Facebook, precisely correlated to your Facebook identity.”
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“I hereby do notify the world that I shall not join any form of online service that has any of the following features:
* Requires me to work out who my friends are.
* Asks me to approve you before we can communicate.”
(Sigh. What about context…)
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“Pre-teens in Mattels’ free Barbie Girls virtual world can chat with their friends online… But as an ingenious (and presumably profitable) bulwark against internet scum, Mattel only lets girls chat with “Best Friends,” - people they know in real life”
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“it didn’t produce a darn thing that was productive except for being a giant black hole for energy, time and resources. There may come a day when this technology is capable of doing what it says it can deliver, but boy, that’s not now.”
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the easiest way to monetize their content is to turn bits into atoms and sell the atoms:
1. Single order custom manufacture
2. Small order custom manufacture
3. Tying an online experience to an offline purchase
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