ReceptacleJason Carlin on Web design, development, user experience, and other such tomfoolery.Measure Map home page design- October 25, 2005 I'm very excited. The first piece of work I've done for Measure Map is now live. I spent a good portion of the last few weeks brainstorming this design with Jeff and Jen and I think we came up with something simple, accessible, and fun... but mostly I'm just excited to have been a part of the project thus far. There will be more to come before and after the yet-to-be-determined release date of the Measure Map service. Keep checking in with Jeff to get the latest news and be sure to...http://www.escapist.net/receptacle/archives/2005/10/measure_map_hom.php Flock: Blog This- October 21, 2005 Blog This!You can easily blog interesting web content with Flock, in just a few clicks.Example: 1. Highlight a passage on a web page that you would like to blog about. 2. Right-click that selection and choose Blog This. 3. The blog editor opens with that selection already inserted. Not only that, the selection is properly formatted as a Blockquote and appropriate citation is included.Flockhttp://www.escapist.net/receptacle/archives/2005/10/flock_blog_this.php Goowy Beta released- October 18, 2005 While I'd love to be able to find the time to do a proper roundup of recent online productivty suites and email apps.. That's something of a herculean task. In the meantime, I'll just mention that the Goowy public beta is out there and has far exceed my expectations. The sole Flash suite out there fighting a wave of Ajaxian productivity suites and email doodads (read: Zimbra, Roundcube, et al), Goowy certainly had potential, but also the stink of the many failed Flash apps to come before...http://www.escapist.net/receptacle/archives/2005/10/groowy_beta_rel.php |