Title says it all. Here’s the link http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/13/2316207&from=rss
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Just found a great article on Youtube SEO utilizing Youtube’s query suggestion tool. This information can help create a better video title or even help suggest video content in order to increase video views.
The AJAX Libraries API is a content distribution network and loading architecture for the most popular open source JavaScript libraries. By using the Google AJAX API Loader’s
google.load()method, your application has high speed, globaly available access to a growing list of the most popular JavaScript open source libraries
A friend of mine just showed me Maniac Mansion playing on his HTC Tilt! The old LucasArts game looks perfect on the phone and the interaction works flawlessly! This is all possible through an open-source project called ScrummVM - a program which allows you to run some of the old classic point-and-click graphic adventure games. The software runs on a variety of mobile devices (including the iPhone) and desktop operating systems.
Userplane Mediaplayer™ is a next-generation video player with unlimited uploading and playback. If that weren’t enough, Userplane is offering free, unlimited video hosting. Learn more about the key features of this Flex-based, centrally hosted app…
ReadWriteWeb has a really good article on how Gen Y is the future of the web. That’s kind of an obvious statement, but the change is happening now. One of the paragraphs that really stood out to me was:
Work Isn’t Their Whole World: Sure, they’re going to go to work, but it had better be fun. For Gen Y, work isn’t their identity. It’s just a place. Gen Y sees no reason why a company can’t be more accommodating, offering benefits like the ability to work from anywhere, flex-time, a culture that supports team communication, and a “fun” work environment. They’re also not going to blindly follow orders just because you’re the boss. Sometimes dubbed “Generation Why?” they need to “buy in” as to why something is being done. Old school bosses may find their questioning insubordinate behavior, but they would be best to just change their management techniques and adapt. Gen Y hasn’t known much unemployment and they’re not going to put up with being treated poorly just for sake of a paycheck. (Bosses, your survival guide is here).
That made me laugh because I’ve been frontin’ that attitude since ‘97. But the one thing this paragraph overlooks is the money factor. The internet industry is so hot that it’s not hard to increase your salary by $10k-$20k every year just by switching jobs.
YouTube Insight, a free tool that enables anyone with a YouTube account — users, partners, and advertisers — to view detailed statistics about the videos that they upload. For example, uploaders can see how often their videos are viewed in different geographic regions, as well as how popular they are relative to all videos in that market over a given period of time. You can also delve deeper into the lifecycle of your videos, like how long it takes for a video to become popular, and what happens to video views as popularity peaks. For now, you can find currently available metrics by clicking under the “About this Video” button under My account > Videos, Favorites, Playlists > Manage my Videos.
SearchMonkey is Yahoo! Search’s new open platform.
Using SearchMonkey, developers and site owners can use structured data to make Yahoo! Search results more useful and visually appealing, and drive more relevant traffic to their sites.
How does it work?
The SearchMonkey developer tool helps you find and construct data services that you can use to build apps. Once you’ve built your app, you can use it yourself and share it with others.
FontStruct is a very cool online app that allows anyone to create a font using their flash font creation tool, then save it as a True-Type Font for free!
The Yahoo! Internet Location Platform provides a resource for managing all geo-permanent named places on Earth. Our purpose in creating the Internet Location Platform is to provide the Yahoo! Geographic Developer Community with the vocabulary and grammar to describe the world’s geography in an unequivocal, permanent, and language-neutral manner.
The Internet Location Platform is designed to facilitate spatial interoperability and geographic discovery; users can traverse the spatial hierarchy, identify the geography relevant to their users and their business, and in turn, unambiguously geotag, geotarget, and geolocate data across the Web.