Archive for the ‘Internet’ tag
The Power of HTML5
There has been a lot of talk about the pros and cons of HTML5, in particular as some consider it as full replacement for other rich ui solutions. There is a nice video showing a developer presenting his HTML5 demo … and it is really an extraordinary piece of work:
Just wonder how long it will take until designs like the one used by this webpage are going to be soooo 2010 …
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My First Day with Google Buzz
Today, Google Buzz was announced. I have been testing it for about two hours. It adds value to Google’s email service by extending this social media service with a message stream smoothly integrated into your mail user interface. Actually, you may choose to send your posts to either the public world or carefully select recipients.
What makes this new tool so interesting to me is the fact that we have another “The Google Way of Order” the information of this world. It is easy, clear and yet efficient.
Of course, you have your stream linked to Picasa, Reader, Twitter and many more. You can access your stream from your mobile phone. And you manage your recipient groups choosing from Google Contacts. So you have an all-in-one solution.
But what is the difference between Google Buzz and Google Wave? Both are about some kind of a stream, right? Right! However, while Google Buzz is dedicated to social life, to sharing your thoughts, photos etc. with your friends, Google Wave is more like a collaboration tool targeting the business use case.
As a conclusion of my first day with Google Buzz I may say that this is really about adding value to an email service and that this will surely create much fun.
PGP Global Verification Service
PGP relies on the principle of the “Web Of Trust“. It also offers a service that allows for signing your key by PGP itself. It is called “PGP Global Directory Verification Service” and is quite easy to handle:
- Go to http://keyserver1.pgp.com/vkd/ and upload your key.
- You’ll receive an e-mail by PGP. Open this e-mail and click on the provided link to finalize the verification process.
- Check the fingerprint and continue.
- Now download the verified key and click on o.k.
- Import the key.
- Update the public key-servers
Your done.
Twitter Essentials
Here I go: I’ve found a new stunning tool on the internet: Twitter. Twitter is a micro-blogging tool optimized to record small messages rather than exhausting posts. In particular, it is capable of receiving messages and pictures from your mobile phone. However, there are some enhancements that should be considered when using twitter:
- http://twittermail.com/ Create an e-mail adress to sent posts to.
- http://twitpic.com/ Enable pictures
- http://karrierebibel.de/zwitscherzone-40-twitter-tools/ German only list of top tools.
BTW, have a look to the top right of this blog to watch the latest entries of my own twitter 
