WOW Best Practices in Web Design and Web 2.0 Notes / Preso

The conference notes below were delivered as part of a semi-planned presentation.? Please feel free to ask / edit to make? improvements…?

Outline
Things are moving fast…
>> More web workers building more things
>> Hardware innovation is accelerating?
>> Un-Conference model could be most useful
>> Companies forming around lame? ideas are like small bubble bursts
>> Companies with high user adoption rates are surviving Darwinisms

Opportunities are huge (spending is here)
>> see links below

Everyone makes Web 2.0 fit their own world
>> Developers make web 2.0 about code, standards
>> Designers make web 2.0 about smooth surfaces, rounded corners, ease of use etc.
>> Consumers? drive better applications and stay where they are treated well.
SEO is quickly becoming much less relevant
>> Google Webmaster Tools (crawls, sitem)
>> Write for your specific target audience – code for machines

Sustainable Web Design (improve on green thinking with monetization and affordability)

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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>? ? ? ?  What is Web 2.0?? ? ? ?  < <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
From O’Reilly
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html

From Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0

From YouTube
Web 2.0 … The Machine is Using Us
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE

Much more on YouTube
Web 2.0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsa5ZTRJQ5w
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>? ? ? ?  Conference 2.0? ? ? ?  < <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
The Unconference Concept

Why “unconferences” are fun conferences
http://money.cnn.com/2006/06/05/technology/business2_unconference0606/

BarCamp
http://barcamp.org/

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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>? ? ? ?  Opportunity 2.0? ? ? ?  < <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

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From Calacanis.com
The real story of Web 2.0: Advertising 2.0
http://www.calacanis.com/2006/11/15/the-real-story-of-web-2-0-advertising-2-0/

From Om Malik – gigom.com
http://gigaom.com/2006/05/13/the-myth-reality-future-of-web-20/

From Fractals of Change blog
Web 2.0 ?€“ Greater Initial Investments Required
http://blog.tomevslin.com/2007/01/web_20_greater_.html

The Long Tail – A public diary on themes around a book
http://www.longtail.com/

Web 2.0 applications adopted by more than 2.8 million U.S. small and mid-sized businesses
From AMI-Partners
http://www.tekrati.com/research/News.asp?id=8589

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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>? ? ? ?  Syndication 2.0? ? ? ?  < <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
FeedBurner
http://feedburner.com

Feed Readers
http://newsgator.com
http://google.com/reader
http://itunes.com

Feed Writer for Marketers / Managers
http://feedforall.com
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>? ? ? ?  Standards 2.0? ? ? ?  < <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

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XHTML 1.0 – W3C Recommendation
http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/

Validator – validator.w3.org

CSS 2.0 – W3C Recommendation
www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/

Web Standards Group
http://webstandards.org

http://webstandardsgroup.org/standards/
(also see extensions for Dreamweaver)

World Organization of Webmasters
https://webprofessionals.org – for education, certification and community

Standards and CSS in IE
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2005/07/29/445242.aspx

XHTML Explained
http://www.yourhtmlsource.com/accessibility/xhtmlexplained.html
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>? ? ? ?  Developer 2.0? ? ? ?  < <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Adobe
http://labs.adobe.com –
Apollo?  – Platform, browser and desktop independence
Flex (portions open sourced recently)

Microsoft – WPFe and Silverlight
http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/

POSH – Plain ol’ Semantic HTML (link to video)
http://microformats.org/wiki/posh
http://webprominute.org/257/what-is-posh-interview-with-tantek-celik-from-technorati-at-web-2now-conference/

Microformats make HTML go POSH
http://www.standardzilla.com/2007/04/26/microformats-make-html-go-posh/

Microformats
hCard ()
hCalendar (try upcoming.org)
http://microformats.org/code

Yahoo! Support of Microformats
http://ylocalblog.com/blog/2006/06/21/we-now-support-microformats/

ProgrammableWeb.com
http://www.programmableweb.com/mashups
(also see developer dashboard)
>>>>>>? ? ? ?  More mashups that matter
zilliow.com – expedia founders
google – http://maps.google.com/help/maps/userguide/index.html

YahooPipes – feed mashups
http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/

Google AJAX Feed API
http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxfeeds/

Atom Standard
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atom_(standard)

Atom API Documentation for Blogger
http://code.blogger.com/archives/atom-docs.html

TypePad Atom API
http://www.sixapart.com/pronet/docs/typepad_atom_api

Widgets, Gadgets, Plugins,
Google – http://www.google.com/apis/gadgets/index.html
Yahoo! – http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/
Microsoft Gadgets – http://microsoftgadgets.com/Build/
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>? ? ? ?  Designer 2.0? ? ? ?  < <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Community Resources

What’s Fresh


http://alistapart.com

How to design a web 2.0 logo
http://designphase.net/web_logo2

Web Design Book – How to fake ?€¦ a Web 2.0 logo
How to fake ?€¦ a Web 2.0 logo
http://web-design-book.com/2007/01/23/how-to-fake-a-web-20-logo/

Web 2.0 logo redux
http://flickr.com/photos/stabilo-boss/93136022/
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>? ? ? ?  Management 2.0? ? ? ?  < <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
LinkedIn
http://linkedin.com – Business contacts
MyBlogLog
http://mybloglog.com – Biz and Fun!

22 Software Companies You Could Learn From
http://webprominute.org/227/adobe-announcement-tuesday-and-22-software-companies-you-could-learn-from/

Questions to ask Team
? Do we have a RSS feed?
? What?€™s the feed address? How does it look? Is it burned at feedburner?
? Where do I subscribe and is subscribing drop-dead easy? Can I subscribe via email and how does it look in IE7 and FireFox?
? How many subscribers do we have? Where can I see our subscriber list?
? Do we have a podcast or is our rss feed iTunes ready?
? Do we have an internal and external blog?
? Is our site accessible and is it standards based specifically using xhtml and css?
? How does our site look on various models of cell phone? Do we own the .mobi extension of our domain name?
? Do we have any marketing videos? Are they tagged properly with keywords our visitors are using to research our products and services? Are we on YouTube?
? The list and more resources are at wowtechminute.com.

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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>? ? ? ?  Venture Capital 2.0? ? ? ?  < <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
ycombinator – Venture Capitol 2.0 / Mashup
http://www.ycombinator.com/

TechCrunch
http://techcrunch.com
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>? ? ? ?  Collaboration 2.0? ? ? ?  < <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Use tools, IM, Wikis
BaseCamp – http://www.basecamphq.com
ConceptShare –
http://www.ConceptShare.com
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>? ? ? ?  Virtual Worlds 2.0? ? ? ?  < <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
http://secondlife.com
http://kaneva.com
http://activeworlds.com
http://www.virtualworldsreview.com/
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>? ? ? ?  Hardware 2.0? ? ? ?  < <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Hardware advancing rapidly
http://engadget.com
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>? ? ? ?  Ethics and Transparency? ? ? ?  < <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

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Domain Buys
SEO
Aliases

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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>? ? ? ?  Publishing 2.0? ? ? ?  < <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

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Moveable Type
Blogger owned by Google
Typepad
WordPress

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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>? ? ? ?  Reviews 2.0? ? ? ?  < <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
http://Judysbook.com
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>? ? ? ?  Favorites / Bookmarks 2.0? ? ? ?  < <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
http://del.ico.us
http://reddit.com
http://myyahoo.com
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>? ? ? ?  News 2.0? ? ? ?  < <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
http://digg.com (wisdom of crowds)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>? ? ? ?  Desktop 2.0 (web tops)? ? ? ?  < <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
http://netvibes.com
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>? ? ? ?  Search 2.0? ? ? ?  < <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Yes, Google

Maybe No for Chacha?

Technorati (real time)
http://technorati.com

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>>>>> Video 2.0
http://rever.com
http://metacafe.com
http://youtube.com
http://videohybrid.com (bubble busted)
>>>>> Opinion 2.0

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