Ritesh on Apr 19th, 2007Suggested Reading 2
Another set of links that I feel are worth a look. Are web interfaces really good enough compared to desktop interfaces ? Choosing the right Ajax Framework for your app Web 2.0 – End of Innocence – By Om Malik JSON and browser security some tips Improving you web application performance – parallelizing downloads Future [...]
Ritesh on Apr 18th, 2007GOffice is on track….but what about MS office?
There were speculations, and predictions but it finally happened. Google has just acquired Tonic systems and their presentation suite to add to its office automation app. With this acquisition, GOffice seems to be a big reality and with Google Apps for domains being offered to SME’s there might very well be a shift towards online [...]
Ritesh on Apr 17th, 2007Infrastructure as a service
I just read an article from the web2.0 expo where Jeff Bezos of Amazon gave a talk on how Amazons S3 service , which essentially allows you to use Amazon’s servers as your data store, crossed 2 Billion stored objects. For a meager sum of money you get the scalability and the reliability of Amazons [...]
Ritesh on Apr 17th, 2007Inorganic content on the web – what am I trying to say here ?
Mashups have taken the world by storm and almost every site allows you to mix and match content from other services. Not only that, users expect to expose content that they create to be used else where. No one signs up for a photo hosting service if there is no way to share ( aka [...]
Ritesh on Apr 17th, 2007Conserving the environment – the tech way
Between efflorescent(literal) weekends and strenuous weekdays we have forgotten the art of appreciating nature and its strange ways. As the threat of Global warming rises, people are starting to take nature and its conservation more seriously, the knowledge however is very localized to urban areas. Poaching, hunting and other contraband activities are surplus in rural [...]
