Digital Bucket - online file folder

Came across this interesting and elegant site for online file storing and sharing.

http://www.digitalbucket.net/

I like the simplicity of the functionalities in the site - where they have maintained our age old windows explorer feel in a web based utility.

No software is required to install.
Fully drag and drop capability between files and folders.
Copy, Cut, Move, Delete, Rename and zip files or folders.
Folder publishing using direct links or RSS feeds.
Sharing with digitalbucket.net users with permission assignment.
Photo Album and Photo editing capabilities.
Word, excel online editing and PowerPoint presentation viewing.
Online music and video players.

1GB space is there for free. I tried it and i liked it. :D

Copyright your content! Numly

Yes you have read it correctly. We can copyright our content on teh web now, using Web 2.0 technology provided by "http://www.numly.com"

Now the advantages of doing this is that one can track who is viewing the content and when it is views, ratings can be monitored and to top it off no matter where the content is published it can be consolidated.

Final verdict is this is a must watch out Web 2.0 feature for all you bloggers/content writers out there in the Cyberspace :D

RIA job trends and salaries

Everyone is talking about how RIA is growing, next in thing, etc.... but here is actual facts which support these enthusiastic statements. The growth of Flex jobs and the salaries are shown here. One can also search for other RIA technologies to understand the job trend.

http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=%22adobe+flex%22 - (Adobe Flex Job Trends)

http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=%22AJAX%22&l= ("AJAX" Job Trends)

http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=Nexaweb&l= (Nexaweb Job Trends)

http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=Java+FX&l= (Java FX Job Trends)

http://www.indeed.com/

Flex based virtual desktop

For those who assume FLEX is only for playing around with page data and UI elements. Here comes a pleasant surprise.

http://www.thereplicants.net/flex/test/Dashboard.html

Imagine a 4 sided desktop which can be personalized. Here one can drag and drop availabe tools on to teh desk top and also rotate between the desktops using the following key comobo

Shift+Esc+mouse click(right or left) to rotate the desktops. This gives a 3D cube effect.

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/