TheBizofCoding: April 2008 Archives

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Apr30	Jesse James Garette to keynote in Bangalore Ujwal Tickoo April 30, 2008 Know More: Web 2.0 The guy who coined the term AJAX will keynote at the Great Indian Developer Summit in Bangalore. The event will be held May 19-23. Jesse will not only keynote but hold a workshop on "The Elements of User Experience". He has written a book with the same name. You can download a chapter of the book here (pdf). The Developer Summit will feature 3 tracks: rich web, .net, and java. I plan to be there...If you are interested here is the online registration form. Go ahead sign on, seems like a neat place to be. There is also an award competition if you want to vote. Posted at 10:14 AM \| Permalink
Apr29	Photobucket APIs are now public Ujwal Tickoo April 29, 2008 Photobucket has made public its API's. According to the Photobucket blog:Developers can use the API to create applications that will enable users to:• Securely log into Photobucket accounts• Create, edit and access albums• Upload new content to... Continue Reading Posted at 11:51 PM \| Permalink
	100 Best Web 2.0 apps in 2008 Ujwal Tickoo April 29, 2008 Photobucket, Flickr, Google Maps, Opera, Facebook, Meebo...all list in the award winners for best Web 2.0 apps in 2008. My disappointment with the list is that it is not showing much exclusivity -- for example all three competitors Flickr, Picasa, and... Continue Reading Posted at 10:57 PM \| Permalink
	Microsoft's iffy Q1 -- shows need for Yahoo! ? Ujwal Tickoo April 29, 2008 There are conflicting views on Microsoft's Q1 performance in 2008 which saw a dip in profits by 11% and flat sales. Yet the company beat Wall Street Estimates. Key concern is not a great performance on Vista. BusinessWeek suggests that... Continue Reading Posted at 10:39 PM \| Permalink
Apr24	Y! has a modest Q1, Microsoft says no change in Price Ujwal Tickoo April 24, 2008 Yahoo! posted a modest Q1 2008 (PDF) with Revenue of $ 1.86 9% higher than $ 1.67 same time last year. Profits were higher though not directly from Yahoo! operations. For Q1 2008 Yahoo!'s profits were $542 million compared to $142 last... Continue Reading Posted at 12:21 AM \| Permalink
Apr22	Google & Y! Logos go Green for Earth Day Ujwal Tickoo April 22, 2008 Cute looking logos from both Google and Yahoo! When I first saw these logo's I was a bit confused. The World Enviornment day falls on June 5 so the Green logos got me wondering. Then I figured out -- its for... Continue Reading Posted at 12:54 AM \| Permalink
Apr20	How Badly Rigged is IndianPad? Ujwal Tickoo April 20, 2008 Look at the stories that reached the home page of Indianpad.com for the last 2 months. These stories would have been submitted by the same dominant set of names, that will appear again and again as contributors on the home page. These... Continue Reading Posted at 2:14 PM \| Permalink
	Again -- Is Wikipedia Controlling References to Predominantly Western Sources? Ujwal Tickoo April 20, 2008 I had a fair share of tough times before my wikipedia article on Social Network Aggregation got published. Initially the wikipedia article was put on notice for deletion several times and I had to really really push to keep it alive!I... Continue Reading Posted at 1:26 PM \| Permalink
	Encylopaedia Britannica Wakes up to Wikipedia -- Free Access to Bloggers, Webmasters Ujwal Tickoo April 20, 2008 Finally Encylopedia Britannica is opening up its walled garden to web publishers -- including bloggers and webmasters -- by offerring free access. Wikipedia is already established as the Online encylopedia -- even though controversies keep arising about dumbness of crowds,... Continue Reading Posted at 1:08 PM \| Permalink
	Link of the Week -- Astrology Predictions by The Onion Ujwal Tickoo April 20, 2008 The Onion has hilarious predications for all zodiac signs -- for those who want to check their fate online. Some examples:Your Birthday TodayFriends and family members will soon gather to mark an important occasion in your life, though you won't... Continue Reading Posted at 12:52 PM \| Permalink
	Google Has a Stellar $5b Quarter -- What Recession? Ujwal Tickoo April 20, 2008 Much to the surprise of the Online world Google posted $ 5.19 billion in Q108 results -- showing a 42% increase yoy. Reportedly this beat Wall Street's expectation of around $ 3.5 billion. TAC (Traffic Acqusition Cost -- the money... Continue Reading Posted at 12:17 PM \| Permalink
Apr19	Microsoft-Yahoo Bid March-April Top 5 Events Ujwal Tickoo April 19, 2008 A lot of action has happened since Mid March in the Microsoft's boxing match to acquire Yahoo!. Here are the 5 key events as we all wait for the final result.1) March 18 Yahoo! filed an investor presentation that stated a... Continue Reading Posted at 8:28 AM \| Permalink

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Apr30	Jesse James Garette to keynote in Bangalore Ujwal Tickoo April 30, 2008 Know More: Web 2.0 The guy who coined the term AJAX will keynote at the Great Indian Developer Summit in Bangalore. The event will be held May 19-23. Jesse will not only keynote but hold a workshop on "The Elements of User Experience". He has written a book with the same name. You can download a chapter of the book here (pdf). The Developer Summit will feature 3 tracks: rich web, .net, and java. I plan to be there...If you are interested here is the online registration form. Go ahead sign on, seems like a neat place to be. There is also an award competition if you want to vote. Posted at 10:14 AM \| Permalink
Apr29	Photobucket APIs are now public Ujwal Tickoo April 29, 2008 Photobucket has made public its API's. According to the Photobucket blog:Developers can use the API to create applications that will enable users to:• Securely log into Photobucket accounts• Create, edit and access albums• Upload new content to... Continue Reading Posted at 11:51 PM \| Permalink
	100 Best Web 2.0 apps in 2008 Ujwal Tickoo April 29, 2008 Photobucket, Flickr, Google Maps, Opera, Facebook, Meebo...all list in the award winners for best Web 2.0 apps in 2008. My disappointment with the list is that it is not showing much exclusivity -- for example all three competitors Flickr, Picasa, and... Continue Reading Posted at 10:57 PM \| Permalink
	Microsoft's iffy Q1 -- shows need for Yahoo! ? Ujwal Tickoo April 29, 2008 There are conflicting views on Microsoft's Q1 performance in 2008 which saw a dip in profits by 11% and flat sales. Yet the company beat Wall Street Estimates. Key concern is not a great performance on Vista. BusinessWeek suggests that... Continue Reading Posted at 10:39 PM \| Permalink
Apr24	Y! has a modest Q1, Microsoft says no change in Price Ujwal Tickoo April 24, 2008 Yahoo! posted a modest Q1 2008 (PDF) with Revenue of $ 1.86 9% higher than $ 1.67 same time last year. Profits were higher though not directly from Yahoo! operations. For Q1 2008 Yahoo!'s profits were $542 million compared to $142 last... Continue Reading Posted at 12:21 AM \| Permalink
Apr22	Google & Y! Logos go Green for Earth Day Ujwal Tickoo April 22, 2008 Cute looking logos from both Google and Yahoo! When I first saw these logo's I was a bit confused. The World Enviornment day falls on June 5 so the Green logos got me wondering. Then I figured out -- its for... Continue Reading Posted at 12:54 AM \| Permalink
Apr20	How Badly Rigged is IndianPad? Ujwal Tickoo April 20, 2008 Look at the stories that reached the home page of Indianpad.com for the last 2 months. These stories would have been submitted by the same dominant set of names, that will appear again and again as contributors on the home page. These... Continue Reading Posted at 2:14 PM \| Permalink
	Again -- Is Wikipedia Controlling References to Predominantly Western Sources? Ujwal Tickoo April 20, 2008 I had a fair share of tough times before my wikipedia article on Social Network Aggregation got published. Initially the wikipedia article was put on notice for deletion several times and I had to really really push to keep it alive!I... Continue Reading Posted at 1:26 PM \| Permalink
	Encylopaedia Britannica Wakes up to Wikipedia -- Free Access to Bloggers, Webmasters Ujwal Tickoo April 20, 2008 Finally Encylopedia Britannica is opening up its walled garden to web publishers -- including bloggers and webmasters -- by offerring free access. Wikipedia is already established as the Online encylopedia -- even though controversies keep arising about dumbness of crowds,... Continue Reading Posted at 1:08 PM \| Permalink
	Link of the Week -- Astrology Predictions by The Onion Ujwal Tickoo April 20, 2008 The Onion has hilarious predications for all zodiac signs -- for those who want to check their fate online. Some examples:Your Birthday TodayFriends and family members will soon gather to mark an important occasion in your life, though you won't... Continue Reading Posted at 12:52 PM \| Permalink
	Google Has a Stellar $5b Quarter -- What Recession? Ujwal Tickoo April 20, 2008 Much to the surprise of the Online world Google posted $ 5.19 billion in Q108 results -- showing a 42% increase yoy. Reportedly this beat Wall Street's expectation of around $ 3.5 billion. TAC (Traffic Acqusition Cost -- the money... Continue Reading Posted at 12:17 PM \| Permalink
Apr19	Microsoft-Yahoo Bid March-April Top 5 Events Ujwal Tickoo April 19, 2008 A lot of action has happened since Mid March in the Microsoft's boxing match to acquire Yahoo!. Here are the 5 key events as we all wait for the final result.1) March 18 Yahoo! filed an investor presentation that stated a... Continue Reading Posted at 8:28 AM \| Permalink

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