23 posts tagged “web 0.2”
Does Twitter appear to be down at the moment? Are you not sure how you will survive without giving people 140 character updates on your life? Have no fear! I have created a new application just for such scenarios.
Introducing ManualTweet!
In a few easy steps, you can be posting tweets about your lunch, what's on TV, or that joke that you're sure people other than you think is funny.
1. Download the ManualTweet application.
2. Print the ManualTweet application.
3. Enter your username, tweet, and timestamp.
For your convenience, markings for 140 characters have been provided.
Integration with other services (such as posting pictures or URL shorteners) will be in a future release.
A password is not required for ManualTweet.
4. Add Your Avatar to Your Tweet in Space Provided
While the Manual Tweet suggest pasting the avatar, other adhesives, such as tape, may be substituted.
- Walls
- Refrigerators
- Bulletin Boards at Coffee Houses
- Telephone Poles
- A Series of Tubes
That's all there is to it. ManualTweet is compatible with all operating systems, and many mobile phones. It is the Web 0.2 way to communicate!
ManualTweet is a free download!
In 1952, he was, in effect, tried for being gay--unreliable in the face of espionage. This set off a chain of events that culminated in his suicide.
The Gordon Brown, the prime minister of the United Kingdom, has apologized for this, and has honored him as the hero he is.
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Ahhhh....kids today. As an experiment, a 13-year-old tries a vintage Walkman for a week. It's amazing to hear his experience, such as having to learn to flip the cassette. He alludes to a "limited amount of music." I have seen similar experiences with my daughter. At four-years-old, she has a hard time understanding that, if I leave my iPod at home, I simply don't have every song I own with me.
My favorite quote:
Personally, I'm relieved I live in the digital age, with bigger choice, more functions and smaller devices. I'm relieved that the majority of technological advancement happened before I was born, as I can't imagine having to use such basic equipment every day.
Get off of my lawn!
Surprisingly, retro computing comes out not-too-bad.
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BREADBOX64 is a twitter client for the C64/128 which allows you to tweet from a real C64 and show your friends timeline. It uses Contiki, a very nice embedded OS, and the MMC Replay cartridge with the RR-Net add on for the physical connection to the net.
VisiCalc was the first spreadsheet application for a computer. It was originally on the Apple II, but was eventually ported to many of the common computers available at the time (Commodore PET, TRS-80, Atari 800, and IBM PC to name a few).
Prior to VisiCalc, personal computers were mostly used by hobbyists. People would build them for fun, and see what neat things they could do with them. They might write a program to have it play music, or a game.
By and large, however, these folks were the first to hear one of the most common questions in computing. It was heard when people first started buying these machinese, connecting them to the internet, or typing 140-character statements: "Why would you want to do that?"
VisiCalc was one of the first answers to this question. It was something that made the computer useful for something, and not as and end to itself. Businesses would buy personal computers in order to run VisiCalc.
In other words, VisiCalc was the First Killer App.
Dan Brickman, one of its creators, has posted a detailed history on his web site. Even cooler, you can download a copy of the IBM version to try it for yourself. Windows users should be able to run it out of the box; others might need to do some virtualization (as well as a DOS operating system).
I see this happen all the time. The sad fact is, once you get above a certain size, it is the easiest way--not just due to transmission rates, but also the amount of massaging necessary to get the data into the database, as well as the impact of if something fails (i.e. if you have to start over again).
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I first got onto the Internet in 1991 while in college. Most people (myself included) wouldn't see web browsers for a few years, much less broadband. The Web 0.2 experience was done with dial-up modems, dumb terminals (or terminal emulation software such as Procomm), and ASCII text. Mostly we used USENET, e-mail, FTP, and MOOs.
The sound of a modem connecting was a common thing for the second half of my time in college. Today, working a modem is a vanishing skill--I got tapped about a year ago to troubleshoot one. These days, broadband connections and "port-per-pillow" at schools is the norm. It's not surprising that Miami University is no longer providing dial-up service to their students.
TV Squad did a post about stars in commercials before they were stars. This one was to highlight Kevin Costner in an Apple commercial. This one advertised the Lisa, the first computer with a GUI to hit the market.*
Two things strike me about the commercial. When it came out in 1983, a computer on an executive's desk was inconceivable. There might have been a dumb terminal on a desk in specific situations, but not something that we would recognize as a modern computer. But the image is quite familiar here in the twenty-first century. Going into the office (on a bike no less!), and working on a personal computer on your own desk.
The second thing? It's freakin' huge! compare the big box/small screen of this thing to a MacBook. Wow. I know things improve, but it is still quite amazing.
An interesting look at computer storage through the ages.
