I have to use air quotes whenever I mention “web 2.0” for fear that if I forget them, someone will call me out to explain what “web 2.0” actually means. There’s no real in-depth entry here, just a few things that made me do a double-take as of late:
Technology
Minty Fresh Mint, Now Available
Shaun Inman’s statistical brainchild, Mint, is now live. He (unfortunately) never shot a demo version my way, so this is my first time playing with it and I have to say it’s exactly what I thought it would be, and a lot more. It’s very cool, and I hope he makes a mint from sales 😉
IE7 Built-In Aggregation Thoughts
I’m currently sitting at the BBS keynote, watching a Microsoft engineer demonstrate the new RSS capabilities built into Microsoft Windows Internet Explorer 7. Read more about it over at ForeverGeek.com. Personally, I don’t really “get it.”
New TypePad and MovableType Features
SixApart just announced some great new features to TypePad, their hosted weblog service:
“Weblog owners now have the option to turn on default comment moderation for all posts made to any of their weblogs. With comment moderation turned on, new comments will not be visible to the public until they have been approved by the owner.”
I’ve already played with some of these new features on my blog and they work really well. It also has a cool comment preview feature where you can read comments without clicking to go anywhere — very useful in getting rid of spam.