Category Archives: Web2.0

Introducing Tweepz

Posted on March 16, 2009 by Jochem

During the last couple of weeks, I’ve been spending some evening-hours on a new project called Tweepz. It actually started when I noticed that it is rather difficult to find people on twitter which might be interesting to follow. Twitter’s … Continue reading →

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How to open up the social web

Posted on May 26, 2008 by Jochem

The social part of the web is a hot topic these days. We see a development in which a lot of webapplications are incorporating some way of social interaction with friends, collegues or family. New applications arrived which enable us … Continue reading →

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Yahoo opens up

Posted on April 25, 2008 by Jochem

Yahoo’s new CTO, Ari Balogh, presented the new kind of Yahoo! at the Web2.0 expo in San Francisco. And I must say, I like it! In a nutshell, Yahoo is going to: 1) Open up their platform, enabling developers to … Continue reading →

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Here comes another bubble

Posted on December 11, 2007 by Jochem

Will there be another bubble in 2008? I don’t know but this song by Richter Scales really made me laugh: Warning: Robert Scoble had Diet Coke coming out of his nose after watching this.

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Dick Hardt on Identity 2.0

Posted on June 4, 2007 by Jochem

I attended thenextweb conference last friday. Dick Hardt was one of the speakers, he did his ‘usual’ talk on Identity 2.0. Althought it was the second time I saw his presentation in real live, it’s still inspiring and fun to … Continue reading →

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We feel fine! Visualizing human feelings

Posted on April 17, 2007 by Jochem

We feel fine is an interesting project which analyses recent blogposts and extracts information about what the world is currently feeling. Fun idea and I think they did a great job on the user interface: “Every few minutes, the system … Continue reading →

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Why is netvibes getting that much attention in the blogosphere?

Posted on March 27, 2007 by Jochem

I’m always a bit surprised by the amount of attention that is given to netvibes in the blogosphere. Sure, it’s a great app and they are pretty successful in what they are doing. The same however holds for other personalized … Continue reading →

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Musicovery, discover new music

Posted on March 19, 2007 by Jochem

Just came across an interesting site: musicovery.com Musicovery enables you to discover music that fits your mood. There’s music available for every genre (from rap to disco) and after you’ve selected your current mood, musicovery will suggest some tracks. It’s … Continue reading →

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W3C working draft for Widgets

Posted on November 10, 2006 by Jochem

Via ajaxian, I read about a new working draft from the W3C: Widgets 1.0. Everyone and their mother have created their own widget specifications, and now as a developer you need to make choices. Do you want it to work … Continue reading →

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Wikipedia articles on Google earth

Posted on October 28, 2006 by Jochem

Nice idea: grab all wikipedia articles which are enriched with geo-coordinates and make the information accessible within Google Earth. That’s exactly what Stefan Kühn has done! The KMZ-file can be downloaded from his website and you can easily import that … Continue reading →

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