Category: web 2.0
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How to set up a database for Ruby on Rails
On thing you have to over-think very well before you start programming in Ruby on Rails(RoR) is the database design and the relationships between tables. How do I name the tables and fields inside the database and what are the relations between tables. In this blog post I explain some things you have to do…
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Google OpenSocial
Is Google launching a new competitor for Facebook or is it something completely new? And OpenSocial, what is that? Well it is definitely not a competitor for Facebook. Google is not opening a new community website where you can share things with your friends. OpenSocial more a set of tools (API’s) for developers to create…
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How to make your website search engine friendly
There are already a lot of tips on the internet how to optimize your site for search engines but before you do this you first have to make sure that search engines can find your website. On the website www.usarchy.com Ruben Timmerman wrote a nice article about the 10 basic rules to make your site…
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Usability
Most people think good coding and a nice design is the most important part to make a great success of a website. I agree these things are important, but usability is just as important. I just finished my book from Steve Krug (If you like the book by it from his websites he earns more)…
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Tutorial: Flex 2.0 with WebORB
One year ago we started a project in the next web minor with Flex, WebORB and Ruby on Rails. The goal of the project was to create a video site for concert video’s shot with a mobile phone or something like that. That is not really the point of my post. During that project I…
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New function in Google Docs: Online PowerPoint
Google already provided the possibility to make text documents and spread sheets in the Google Docs section, and now there is a new function. It’s now possible to import or create presentations and modify and review them with people all over the world. They worked it out pretty good. Google kept it very simple… or…
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Is OpenID the future?
OpenID. I already readed global about if way before the summer vacation but I start thinking about it again. Everyone knows the problem that you use a lot of website with different usernames and passwords. OpenID is solving this problem.
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How to create a web 2.0 design
What is web 2.0? For Wikipedia it is enough if the site is interactive. For me it is more than that. Not only the interactivity of the site is making it web 2.0 because then a forum is also web 2.0. For me a web 2.0 site is a mix between interactivity and feeling. Well…