Chrome SEO by Sean Bannister

“The Google Chrome SEO Extension. Make your SEO tasks easier with Chrome SEO Tools, includes ‘all’ the stats and data you need.” These are their own words. I like using it to write down initial numbers, then showing off new ones at a later stage. In general a great tool to evaluate SEO efficiency (Or the lack there off when in a pitch).

Webpage Screenshot by Amina

I remember way back when I was at a web shop that shall remain unnamed (but not unlinked off course) there was a brilliant colleague of mine (again unnamed and this time unlinked) that had this awesome tool that would allow him to send any URL into it, and on the other end, lo and behold, a jpeg (maybe a PDF I don’t quite remember)  would come out, and not only of what was visible in the crummy browser window, no the entire page. Head to footer. Well this tool does the same, great when doing a round of QA any type of HTML and CSS.

Pendule by Christian Frey

Is there any developer can really make their way around without the Web Developer tool bar extending so many Firefox Browsers out there? I would think not. And the amount of times that I have tried convincing a colleague about the speed advantage of Chromium, but being told that the web developer tool bar is missing. Well the Pendule extension holds most of the tools I appreciated so greatly from the Web Developer Toolbar.

Firebug Lite by andrei.pervychine

Continuing down the same line, many developers can not do without Firebug either. Though I have never really needed it, as I am a CharlesProxy kind of guy. But just to stuff you on that one two, there is a Firebug for Chromium as well. As a matter of fact there are two separate developers working on an adaptation (maybe time to join forces guys)?

My Shortcuts by Thomas Hunsaker

Though I am still not convinced of the whole cloud hype (now that even Balmer swears to it, something fishy must be going on) I have been using GoogleDocs for a while now, just for it’s portability. Being able to move docs from one workplace to the other without any machine, being able to collaborate on docs etc really speaks for itself. This extensions just ads customizable dropdown of shortcuts to my favorite apps in the google cloud.

Chromed Bird by cezarsa

By far my favorite Twitter client for Chromium. Simple slick, and it does the job, enough said about that. Few words for the extension I have probably been the most faithful to.

goo.gl URL Shortener by giakomino

Why did I choose this URL shortner over the others you ask, well because it was there. And it, like the extension above, does the job. The Options I just started exploring a few days ago, so I will leave it at that.

On a closing note there is one essential extension that I am still looking for. I am looking for a proper delicious implementation. There are, obviously heaps and loads of those that claim they can please me. But so far no good. Yahoo’s own Firefox extension is still the one to measure by, but for Chromium there just isn’t one yet. If you know of any, let me know, also any other extensions you think I should use, please feel free to share…

At TED2009, Tim Berners-Lee called for “raw data now” — for governments, scientists and institutions to make their data openly available on the web. At TED University in 2010, he shows a few of the interesting results when the data gets linked up.

Viewer: are users who have no authority within the conference; their primary role is to view the presentation as well as chat amongst other participants. In a course the viewer would be the students.

Presenter: has all the same capabilities as a participant, with the added features of uploading presentations and sharing their desktop

Moderator: has all the capabilities as a participant, with the added features of uploading presentations and sharing their desktop.

And the beauty of it all being that is open source and free.

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Also looks like there will finally be something to replace the oh-so-missed class generator that existed back in the previous AMFPHP versions.

Seeing Flash Builderm I am still not clear as to what the difference is between the Flex builder and Flash builder. Especially seeing a Flex app being built in Flash Builder. but I am sold on the whole Catalyst/Builder concept since first seeing it over at the labs. Yeas I admit it, I have been dabbling around without in my freetime. No matter what some people say, Flash is not about to die just yet.

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Googling for John Perry’s online manifesto brought up this article and interview with Jaron Lanier. Well worth reading and listening into.

As for the declaration of independence itself, here you go:

Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new home of Mind. On behalf of the future, I ask you of the past to leave us alone. You are not welcome among us. You have no sovereignty where we gather.

– John Perry Barlow, “A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace”

where did I hear of it, you ask? Why, in a bbc documentary of course…

Come on, give us a bit of credit…

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mobile youth report dot com

1. Software is a poor organizing principle for digital production.
2. Digital literacy should reach beyond the limitations of software.
3. Discourse should not be trapped by production technologies.
4. Accommodate and forgive the end user, not the producer.
5. If a hi-fi element is necessary, keep it dynamic and unobtrusive.
6. Insist on open standards and formats, and software that supports them.

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The same goes for developers for whom the only way to distribute their content legally is the AppStore.

But it is not Apple’s refusal to embrace the open source universe and the hordes of developers who apparently stand at the ready, but rather the so called battle of the titans that the iPad’s release supposedly kicks of.
Let me admit at this point that I am really looking forward to my first meeting with this newest Apple-Gadget.

Apple has always wanted to depict themselves as the outsider, or the troublemaker, the different thinkers (call it what you want)…they have always been that annoying kid on the block that nag others for this and that (The year-old get a mac ads). But for the first time (that I can remember) a launch of a new product does not seem to have the unison wow-effect. This really gives me hope.

The iPad provides the ultimate browsing experience? (get used to the blue lego’s)

Adobe on their side, made the first step towards this handheld market, when they announced that Flash CS5 you can now compile your FLA directly to the iPod (and with that, I would assume, the iPad).

For years now, it has been clear that the web, as such, will move out of the browsers, and on to platforms. Why is it then then that people like Lee Brimlow (who calls himself a Platform Evangelist) are screaming so loud. A few years ago Adobe launched Air, allowing Flash developers to deploy their Flash creations in a whole new way. Yes there are now browsers that do not display Flash, but honestly, what would a full fledged Flash/Video website like Tackfilm look and feel like on an iPad. I have problems believing that the either a pod or a pad would be able to make this the memorable experience it could be.  In any case, I think this is a question of choosing ones battlegrounds. I think Apple should definetely look into making the Flash player an option, but it not being there by default really does not bother me that much. Give people the choice of what they want to do with their new gadget. But then again has choice ever been in the interest of closed source system or platform suppliers.

The iPad And Chrome OS Netbooks Are On A Collision Course

What I really found interesting in this Techchrunch article was that they where seeing this as a start of an attack of Apple vs Google (and their highly anticipated Netbook) with Microsoft suffering in the middle. The question is, is Microsoft really suffering? If this really is a Mac vs Google issue, doesn’t this mean that Apple has lost focus. Have they become too confident by opening a war on a second front? A two front war is rarely won by those that start it. Is Apple really ignoring the most basic advice of Sun Tzu, who said “Never ever divide your army into two and never fight on two fronts at the same time”. I guess only time will show how this will turn out.

There is not really any point to my post, it is more of a message in a bottle really. Now I’ll throw it out into the sea, see if it’ll land on somebodies shore.