Ritesh on May 31st, 2007PlayMyGame - create your own games
The last time it was elfyourself which was a rage, and now it might be PlayMyGame. The site lets you create your own game where you feature as the main character, there are a wide variety of games to choose from like boxing, swat me etc. You can even embed them in your Myspace or [...]
Ritesh on May 31st, 2007Google Gears - first effort towards offline web
The craze for offline web has just started and we will see more and more momentum in this area. It was Brad Neuberg and the Dojo’s offline toolkit that started offering a swf based mechanism to access files offline, it was followed by some hacks and some other mechanisms. Now its the goog in action, [...]
Ritesh on May 31st, 2007Job rotation in IT
Thanks to Nishant from office, I got this great article from Forrester Research about job rotation in the IT industry and why it makes sense. I don’t really know If can put these things up on my blog, but I shall do it anyway ( apologies Forrester, its for the betterment of mankind) .
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Ritesh on May 30th, 2007Implications of OpenId
OpenId is becoming bigger and more widely accepted as a worthwhile solution for the multiple account -multiple signon mess. Many services are accepting OpenId authentication for their sites. Even popular portals like Digg have moved in support of OpenId. I found thi great presentation by Simon Willison on Implications of OpenId which I think should [...]
Ritesh on May 28th, 2007Some updates
Yahoo rolls out unlimited storage for its mail users.
Myspace is acquiring its leading photo sharing widget provider photobucket for just over 250 Million dollars.
Yahoo photos will be shut down in a couple of months to promote flickr. One touch migration to flickr, photobucket, shutterfly etc will be provided.
Microsoft gives a sneak peak at its [...]