January 26th, 2009 by Daiko
For some months now I’ve neglected my faithful users with absolutly no updates and/or bug fixes. For me the widgets have been a leisure project with no plans to use them commercially nor as a career change.
I’m still uncertain whether I’ll get any spare time to pick up where I left in the forseeable future. On the other hand it is comforting to know that the code is out there for anyone to improve and develop further.
Look at this as a small sign of life from me, and an open invitation to those of you feeling tempted to carry on where I left. It is actually fun if you have the time and very rewarding to watch the download numbers just ticking away.
I will continue to write, and keep the site running so let’s just keep in touch.
Daiko
October 6th, 2008 by Daiko
Facebook, Twitter, Digg, Wikipedia, MySpace and others have simply revolutionized the way we act online and socialize on the web. From regarding the web as a place to publish your content for others to read (if they find it), the web has truly become a place where people meet and interact.
The connection and interaction between people on these sites and with these tools has just amazed us all. It is slowly but steadily putting the individual and its personal features center, and instead of focusing on what they may have recently published (a hurdle for many), the individual is right there, able and ready to share the things they know with people they know.
The hurdle to share things with a more focused group of people, whether being relatives, schoolmates, former collegues or friends, is much lower than just throwing it out in cyberspace to a bunch (if you’re lucky) of anonymous readers. Suddenly the web becomes more humane, simply because sites become people.
The one group lagging behind here are Governments. Few Governments, and their agencies, have taken on board the obvious challenge of, through social networks, actually using the possibility to engage in a direct dialogue with their constituency. The mantra should of course be “Follow the Audience“. Traditional media simply isn’t enough if you need to reach your audience. Simply because a lot of them aren’t there like they used to be.
Continue reading ‘The Social Network as a Government Vehicle’
June 23rd, 2008 by Daiko
Daiko’s YouTube Widget is now available in norwegian, translated by yours truly….
In addition there is a pot-file included for other enthusiasts to translate it into their languages. Please send me a copy of your .po and .mo files if you do so for inclusion in the official download. And don’t hesitate to report any problems…..
As always! Have fun!
May 21st, 2008 by Daiko
This is basically a test of the amazing service provided by Mogulus. They let the users produce their own live/recorded video channel including clips from YouTube. You can include collaborators and run a multi camera show from multiple location with total control over the broadcast right from your browser. This is simply fantastic.
This is my channel where I show you some clips from the youtube archive of some of the best Saami artists:
April 30th, 2008 by Daiko
I must say I’m very impressed with the look and feel of Insoshi. After strugling to get it up and running on my Mac (a path error resulted in MacPort not installing, thus FreeImage install having problems), I started to play around with the default users and Lorem postings. As with all new systems you spend some time wondering whether things are bugs or features. These are some of my initial questions:
1 Too open information when not logged in
Being used to Facebooks closed environment you soon wonder whether it is intentional to show all people and blog/forum posts to non-members. At least that could be controlled by Admin.
2 What do you gain by being connected!?
You get a limited feed, but you still get to see the full profile of people ++ (as I understand it). You can also send messages to people you are not connected to.
3 How about an invitation only option?
If Insoshi could be used as a closed social network that was open by invitation only, it would be the perfect tool for larger networks of professionals. I guess that could be an Admin option to configure that.
4 No upload function
The blog feature is very limited. I miss the oportunity to upload files and photos, +++. I’m not that concerned with text formatting tools. Again the size limits for uploads must be possible to control by Admin.
All in all I really think Insoshi has something going here and a long awaited Open Source Social Network has a bright future.
April 8th, 2008 by Daiko
I’ve updated the Daiko’s YouTube Widget with support for “Post in Category(-ies)” conditional testing. That means that you will be able to specify that the widget will only display on certain posts belonging to certain category (or categories). The widget will also display on the respective Category archive pages.
Please enjoy and report any problems with it. Since this widget actually includes two widgets (the videoplayer also), make sure you test the flexibility of being able to change the way you display the video’s from the various YouTube widgets you have running.
Download it here: Daiko’s YouTube Widget
Have fun! 
April 4th, 2008 by Daiko
After a question from one of my users I’ve included an additional conditional tag option in the widget that shows the widget only on posts belonging to a specific category or even a collection of categories. It will also display on the respective category archives.
Check it out and please give me feedback on it’s functionality.
You find it here.
January 15th, 2008 by Daiko
As we all wait for Steve Jobs to reveal the secrets that bloggers and others have been speculating on for months now, it seems that someone has put the 2008 keynote up on Wikipedia (Later removed as vandalism). Fraud or leak? It looks rather convincing and you can compare it to the actual keynote later on today.
MacWorld January 2008 Keynote
Rough Outline; draft 5
Continue reading ‘MacWorld 2008 Keynote leaked!(?)’
January 7th, 2008 by Daiko
2008 will be the year of iPhone competitors rivaling the user experience introduced by Apple Inc on mobile handsets.
The interesting part is that there are several new comers in the Open Source segment. Linux seems to dominate the field, while taking different approaches, the goal seems the same; Establishing solid alternatives to Windows Mobile and Symbian.
Continue reading ‘Finally User Experience rules mobile development’
November 21st, 2007 by Daiko
Personally I find the recent clarification from Google on the gPhone a huge relief. Google simply (or not) wants to give all handsets the power of iPhone when it comes to OS and extensibility. Although the boring big play stupid:
- What will customers get on an Android-powered phone that they can’t get on their current devices? New content? New applications?
- Will the system be secure enough to prevent viruses, hacking and other potential problems? * What safeguards will be in place to protect customer’s privacy?
- If Gmail is the default e-mail, how easy will it be for customers to access other email platforms? AT&T: We’re unsure what Android brings to the table - Google Phone
Others really sees the potential in the concept Google has come up with when launching the Linux based Java supported (or Java-like) foundation for a new mobile OS.
Continue reading ‘Android get people excited about the possibilities’
