Powerpoint as an effective RIA storyboarding tool

I agree it sounds little unbelievable that our good old PowerPoint can be used as an effective RIA storyboarding tool.

But believe me it is - i use it almost daily to showcase various RIA features like Auto suggest, text pop ups, sliders, etc... - i primarily use animation feature in PPT and have also created one "RIA_Story_suite" where the components are created and i can just drag and drop them into the new story board i am creating.

There is one more good article on the same topic in boxes and arrows by Maureen Kelly - "

Interactive Prototypes with PowerPoint"

http://findin.gs/davids/?p=202

Silverlight VS Flex

I came across this simple but pretty good comparison between Flex and Silver Light.
Do check it out

http://blogs.bluemango.in/index.php/2007/08/02/silverlight-vs-flex/

P.S do read the comment below the comparison - that too is informative

Data Visualization

For anyone intrested in data visualization, especially with wanting to create some mashups using RIA technologies and tonnes of data. Then this site is a must read.

This is the single largest source of really appealing information i have come across on Data Visualization.

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/08/02/data-visualization-modern-approaches/

Geni - Online Family Tree

One of the most easiest and cool sites i have come across for creating a family tree. Its pretty simple, just keep adding ur siblings /spouse / kids information and it will automatically relate you to that person.

Here you can invite anyone or all in ur tree to update their links so that your treee gets to grow real big.

There are lots of features and information one can use or just stick to the basic feature of the site.

http://www.geni.com/