http://www.CarlosJustiniano.com/ The weblog of Carlos Justiniano en-us Mon, 26 May 2008 03:42:00 GMT Mon, 26 May 2008 03:42:00 GMT http://www.CarlosJustiniano.com/rss 5 http://www.carlosjustiniano.com/200807.aspx Today Google released a beta version of Knol, a web application for creating and sharing articles on any subject. Wed, 23 July 2008 08:17:00 GMT http://www.carlosjustiniano.com/200807.aspx#DE0EB2E3-8309-496f-8A24-1D6CD39DA946 http://www.carlosjustiniano.com/200805.aspx Adobe has selected ZoeyBot as an official Adobe Site of the Day. Tue, 20 May 2008 06:00:00 GMT http://www.carlosjustiniano.com/200805.aspx#34F81138-CADB-46f0-AE17-EF07C1243CCC http://www.carlosjustiniano.com/200805.aspx In what has surprised many, news is surfacing that Wikipedia is unsafe for children. An article published last night states that the FBI is investigating Wikipedia regarding a photo which could violate federal child-pornography laws. Thu, 8 May 2008 18:32:00 GMT http://www.carlosjustiniano.com/200805.aspx#E4028EB3-710A-48e9-B9C7-7F4EB017145B http://www.carlosjustiniano.com/200805.aspx I've been using Twitter for just over a month. During that time I've started following educators, both to understand their needs and to reach out to them to share ZoeyBot. I've watched as educators have shared technology related information. Wed, 7 May 2008 20:11:00 GMT http://www.carlosjustiniano.com/200805.aspx#3C85B471-1CD1-4f8f-8D18-2C1F840E23B4 http://www.carlosjustiniano.com/200804.aspx The new ZoeyBot website has been reviewed by KillerStartups.com Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:22:00 GMT http://www.carlosjustiniano.com/200804.aspx#272DC46B-7256-4011-9416-970E67B83280 http://www.carlosjustiniano.com/200804.aspx Lately I've been spending a lot of time micro-blogging on twitter.com During the past few weeks I envisioned a service which would complement twitter. Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:17:00 GMT http://www.carlosjustiniano.com/200804.aspx#E90717AC-2AE2-41dc-A957-6DC19E12730F http://www.carlosjustiniano.com/200804.aspx WeNominate.com is a web service which allows members to nominate and vote for virtually anything. Sat, 12 Apr 2008 10:46:00 GMT http://www.carlosjustiniano.com/200804.aspx#AE87A8AD-FA79-41c3-9873-62E7F76A5972 http://www.carlosjustiniano.com/200803.aspx Virtual worlds are 3D computer simulated environments where users can interact with other users and their shared environment. The genre reached heighten popularity fueled by massively multiplayer games such as Ultima Online and EverQuest in the late 90s and early 2000s. In the early days the market catered to teens and young adults under thirty. Sun, 16 Mar 2008 08:08:00 GMT http://www.carlosjustiniano.com/200803.aspx#04C1ABA0-5FDB-45c9-9A2D-15C2DB6DFC5E http://www.carlosjustiniano.com/200802.aspx A number of companies have been working on web sites that feature a virtual desktop. The basic premise is surprisingly simple, you log onto a web site and see icons, windows a task bar - not unlike the metaphor presented by your laptop or desktop computer. Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:46:00 GMT http://www.carlosjustiniano.com/200802.aspx#F4EF46BD-5F8F-4f07-9C51-C3CC6E06283F http://www.carlosjustiniano.com/200802.aspx The basic premise behind Wikia Search is that search should be Open Source. From a technical perspective Wikia Search leverages other open source projects such as Lucene an indexing and search technology and Nutch a web search application which builds on Lucene. Wikia search combines traditional search and people powered search, as Wikia Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:32:00 GMT http://www.carlosjustiniano.com/200802.aspx#25E706B8-1947-4a5d-B4C1-1680D702FDBF http://www.carlosjustiniano.com/200712.aspx Social Networking is all the rage these days and social knowledge sites such as Wikipedia and Mahalo.com are proving that people are far better at creating and identifying content than well tweaked algorithms designed to pull a million needles out of the preverbal hay stack. Sat, 15 Dec 2007 16:28:00 GMT http://www.carlosjustiniano.com/200712.aspx#96BA031A-5CE7-4f61-883A-7D366A63FE06 http://www.carlosjustiniano.com/200712.aspx Social Networking is all the rage these days and social knowledge sites such as Wikipedia and Mahalo.com are proving that people are far better at creating and identifying content than well tweaked algorithms designed to pull a million needles out of the preverbal hay stack. Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:50:00 GMT http://www.carlosjustiniano.com/200712.aspx#37CC6A33-6386-4af4-8949-4BAF18FE0BE6 http://www.carlosjustiniano.com/200711.aspx At the 2007 FlashForward Conference in Boston, Disney Onlines Andrew Rapo presented Disneys DXD technology. DXD goes beyond Web 2.0 by enabling a multi-tasking environment where guests can simultaneously watch videos play games chat and customize their virtual spaces. Sat, 3 Nov 2007 12:48:00 GMT http://www.carlosjustiniano.com/200711.aspx#055FEA86-34C2-4fc5-8507-17B64C02552B