tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283680242012-04-13T07:41:47.043+10:00Working Towards Web 2.0 ConformityAdamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17818463741177252005noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28368024.post-12757374318729237902007-09-27T13:21:00.000+10:002007-09-27T13:55:30.914+10:00

Hi I'm Adam and I'm a slacker.It's been far too long since I wrote anything here, or anywhere for that matter. So I thought it about time to sign in and give my web presence a bit of a check up. The Web 2.0 journey continues at a steady pace, however a few other changes in the 'Smoiled Sphere' have made it difficult to motivate myself to blog about it. Since I last wrote, I have built two

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Since I first found and begun using Google Analytics, I have been addicted to watching the visitor stats of the various sites I administer. This blog is no exception and while I haven't really gone out of my way to advertise this Web 2.0 journey of mine, it continues to receive a steady trickle of traffic. The primary source of said traffic being search queries. Of the 80+ keyword combinations

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Those of you that read my personal blog should be well aware of my recent trip to Thailand. Although initially I suspected the Internets would be available sporadically throughout the trip, I was somewhat troubled by the prospect of limited or even no connectivity. Being a geek from bones to breath, the loss of permanent online goodness was something I needed to plan for carefully. Offline

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So I've left this whole blogging thing on the back burner for way too long. There's no excuse for it beyond laziness, but in case you're interested here's what I've been up to.Another year begins and the world according to geeks continues to move. Instead of coping out again and writing another update post, I decided to just get on with it and talk about something new. So last week I signed

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Long ago, in a place far, far away, a young man was hired by a bunch of spammers and asked to pimp their latest online service. That site was MySpace, and long have I dreaded this day.MySpace has been around for a while now and up until recently I have avoided it like the plague. Partly because of the the reputation it has as being a hangout for teenagers and people who like to hang out with

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A number of friends have been unknowingly compelling me to join a 'Web 2.0' scene I am none too keen on. I will post on this shortly but in the meantime check this out to see what I'm up against and how I feel.Categories: Personal, MySpace

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The superstars of Web 2.0; Flickr, Digg, Blogger et al, have made their way into the hearts of millions on the back of the 2.0 phenomenon. There is one player that continues to draw me however; Google. Looking back over the 20 or so posts I have made, Google continues to pop up and although I try to avoid the big G, it is becoming increasingly difficult. It seems that almost every week

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Isn't it always the way, you get to the last hurdle and fall flat on your face. I managed to post 6 days in a row, but today it just didn't happen. 6 out of 7 isn't too bad but a Heptagon with 6 sides is just a lame old Hexagon. Oh well, guess I'll just have to do an extra post next week.Categories: Personal, Blogging

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I first started hearing about RSS (Really Simple Syndication / Insert Acronym Of Choice) during my final years of uni. Back then it was a new technology, under trial by a select few as a means of providing and accessing online content without having to go directly to the source. Having far too many more important things on my mind (thesis, girlfriend & beer) I took little notice thinking it

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A while back Digg.com under went an overhaul moving to what they have dubbed Digg v3. Although this is old news now, and every geek worth his salt has taken stock of the spiffy AJAX enhanced features, my experience may have been a little different for I am one of 'the cursed freeloaders'. No news to anyone that has read my past entries, but after the accusations made during the lead up to Digg

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Owning a domain name is one thing, but putting it to use is an entirely different matter. During my final year of University I spent up big for my own little place on the Interweb; smoiled.com. Up until now I have tried and failed to make something with this name for countless reasons. One major obstacle that has popped up time and again was a lack to anywhere to host a server to do all the

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Over that past few months I've signed up for and and blogged about a bunch of Web 2.0 services from all over the Interweb. One of the most striking differences between these new sites and those of the past is their eye-catching beauty and user friendliness. Every single new online service I have tried out, from Blogger to the Google Homepage, makes use of techniques that leave a lowly coder

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Every time you open your browser, a familiar page will show up. For many this may be the installation default, MSN for all you poor IE users, but for those that like to tinker and go against the norm it is more likely to be something a little more useful. In the past my default homepage was the good old google search page. The speed at which it loads, it's search mastery and the pretty colours,

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I mentioned a couple of posts back that I was not exactly happy with the way this blog was progressing. I know its very conceited considering my massive readership of Blxxdlust and myself, but I am trying to take my Web 2.0 Journey seriously and would like it to flow in certain directions. One of the main issues I have faced has been the infrequency of my posting. Blaming this on a constant

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Change can be a wonderful thing, but as outlined in the Theory of Evolution, this may not always be the case. Having your finger on the pulse is one of the most vital skills any IT professional can possess, as the area is in a constant state of change. Since I started this mission to join in the Web 2.0 community I have tried a number of different services that have both impressed and and

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Thus far my Web 2.0 escapades have been very self centered, focusing mainly on me creating accounts with a number online services. A couple of months back I decided that this approach, although initially interesting and fun, was lacking in some of the more important aspects of the Web 2.0 phenomenon. Although I had begun to share many things via this blog, my Flickr account and my tagged

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How time flies, two months have just disappeared from my usually boring existence. Things have been pretty crazy lately a promotion at work, travel, and the general craziness that comes with being me. Although I understand that this is no real reason for going on a massive hiatus, I have been feeling the pressure recently and decided to take a break. During this time I have taken sometime to

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Another day, another Web 2.0 announcement. Last week the latest release of Flock was announced and having whole-heartedly jumped aboard the Web 2.0 bandwagon, it was only natural to download it and give it a run. Flock is what I like to call a 'Web 2.0 Browser' based on Mozilla's Firefox. Once again, I had heard about flock when it was first announced last year, but as I often did, I thought to

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"A picture is worth one thousand words" - Fred R. BarnardIt was during my last holiday that I began setting up and later writing to this blog. I had been thinking about doing so for many months, however it wasn't until I was given a larger then usual amount of free time, not to mention free broadband, that I took the first step and signed up to Blogger. One of the main things that made my mind

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My journey towards Web 2.0 conformity has been cruising along pretty well thus far. Unfortunately I have run into a slight hurdle this week and as a result will not be able to finish my next post until it is resolved. The post in question covers my experience with Flickr and the hurdle is an account reset that has stopped my quest in its tracks.I had spent some time over the weekend using the

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With the Smoiled blog now up and running, it's time to announce it to the rest of the world. Leading on from my earlier post covering Del.icio.us, I decided to take another step on my Web 2.0 journey and join the greater blogosphere.Technorati is an online service that provides a way to announce your blog to its users and track what else is going on in the wide world of blogging. The approach

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Since moving to Melbourne and gaining full-time employment, my online habits have changed substantially. The most prominent of these changes has been that my time online is now spread out between several locations: Home, Work and anywhere else I can grab a fix. Because of this, I have at times found it difficult to continue or even remember what I was doing online in one location when I log on

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I guess if I want people to read what I have to write, I should probably let them know who they hell I am.Long ago, in the time of the good old 286 under the guidance of Trevor (dad) and Jackie (mum), I caught the bug. The blissful days with QBasic powered Nibbles and monochrome monitors begun my passionate relationship with computers. This quickly led to an obsession and the rest is

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So where does a quest for Web 2.0 conformity begin? With a blog of course.From the outset, one of the main objectives I have had in terms of an online presence has been to create and continue a blog of some description. All of these ideas running around in my head needed an outlet as my friends, family, co-workers etc. were getting sick of hearing me say, 'I saw the coolest thing on the net

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Web 2.0; a term that's been kicked around the Internet for a while now (Since 2003/04 apparently), with every man and his parrot jumping on the bandwagon. It is the goal of this blog to follow the trials and tribulations of one such parrot wielding buffoon as he dives, head first, into the Web 2.0 puddle.Over the coming months, this blog will document my attempts to become Web 2.0 compliant. Why

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