I have just upgraded my blog to use the just-released WordPress 2.0 version. The upgrade was painless and trouble-free. For someone who lost close to 50 posts in a reckless, ill-advised and ill-prepared upgrade to an alpha version of a previous blog, the first few minutes after the upgrade was akin to feeling your hand… Continue reading Painless upgrade: Cybercafe Experiments now runs WordPress 2.0
Tag: ajax
Trying out another web 2.0 personal portal
I’m trying out Netvibes.com, a personal homepage solution driven by Ajax, the current darling of the web. Netvibes allows you to create a personalized home page containing news feeds (RSS, Atom). Since GMail serves RSS feeds of you e-mail, Netvibes can also display a listing of your messages (by subjects). It’s not really in the… Continue reading Trying out another web 2.0 personal portal
Google Reader is great but I’m sticking with Bloglines, for now
If you talk of features, there is no doubt Google Reader is superior to Bloglines. Not only does Google Reader have a better interface (done with Ajax) it also allows you the choice of either going through all the feeds you’ve subscribed to or browsing feeds by topic or by website. Bloglines, on the other… Continue reading Google Reader is great but I’m sticking with Bloglines, for now
Protopage vs. serverside TiddlyWiki – which works best for you?
I stumbled upon a link to www.protopage.com in del.icio.us. The description and the fact that a lot of people had bookmarked it intrigued me. Protopage is an online, personal start page powered by Ajax (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML). With protopage, you can have an online list of the sites that you frequent as well as… Continue reading Protopage vs. serverside TiddlyWiki – which works best for you?