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Google Wave: You need to pay attention to this. – Jason Kolb re: the Future of the Internet

Jason Kolb talks about XMPP and Google Wave as “the next revolutionary leap in Internet application architecture” and goes on to explain how Google will unleash the the full power of the XMPP protocol throough it’s “Sexy” Wave client.

So here’s the deal with Wave: If you deal in technology, and you get this one wrong, you’ll miss the boat. And it’s a big boat. If, on the other hand, you get this one right, you have the potential to do some incredible innovation.

In a nutshell, this is the next revolutionary leap in Internet application architecture. Maybe the first truly revolutionary leap since HTTP itself.

I’ve been wanting to write this post for a while, but first I wanted to read fully thru and digest the specs and available code. I haven’t done any posts about XMPP for quite a while, but you’re going to start hearing a whole lot about it, and not just from me.

via Google Wave: You need to pay attention to this. – Jason Kolb re: the Future of the Internet.

Tags: Google Wave, Jason Kolb, XMPP

Office Web Apps : Demo of the Office Web Apps

Microsoft Office Web Apps enter technical preview stage (by invite only), offering better file integrity between the desktop and the web with no loss of data in the process.  Spreadsheets & Powerpoint presentations are now editable in the browser while Word online-editing is not yet ready.

Spreadsheets keep their functions and charts, Powerpoint delivered over the web, with extra functionality if SilverLight is installed though it’s not a requirement.

Office Web Apps will be delivered throught Windows Live Workspace.

Click below for a video demo from Chris Bryant.

Office Web Apps : Demo of the Office Web Apps.

Tags: Microsoft, Office Web Apps, Silverlight, Windows Live

Get Access to Web-based Microsoft Office Apps Now!

In the coming months, Microsoft will unveil a Google Docs like product that will let users create and edit Office documents in the browser itself without requiring a copy of Microsoft Office software.

The product, known as “Office Web Apps”, will include online versions of Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint. Like Google Docs, Office Web Apps will be available for free and you can use it from all popular browsers on Mac or Windows PC even without the Silverlight plug-in.

How to get Microsoft Office Web Apps

Microsoft is expected to ship Office Web Apps alongside Microsoft Office 2010 sometime next year but here’s a simple hack that will help you access the preview version of Office Web Apps right now…

via Get Access to Web-based Microsoft Office Apps Now!.

Tags: Digital Inspiration, Excel, Microsoft, Office, Office Web Apps, PowerPoint, Silverlight, Word

Apps.gov brings cloud computing to the Federal government | CTOvision.com

The Federal government embraced cloud computing today with the launch of the GSA operated Apps.gov which promises to bring efficient cloud computing services and infrastructure to the U.S. government agencies. As noted on the Apps.gov website:

“Cloud computing plays a key role in the President’s initiative to modernize Information Technology IT by identifying enterprise -wide common services and solutions and adopting a new cloud-computing business model. The Federal CIO Council under the guidance of the Office of Management and Budget OMB and the Federal Chief Information Officer CIO, Vivek Kundra, established the Cloud Computing Initiative to fulfill the President’s objectives for cloud computing.”

via Apps.gov brings cloud computing to the Federal government | CTOvision.com.

Tags: Apps.gov, Cloud Computing, CTOvision.com

Dropbox – Tour – Secure backup, sync and sharing made easy.

Put your files into your Dropbox on one computer, and they’ll be instantly available on any of your other computers that you’ve installed Dropbox on (Windows, Mac, and Linux too!) Because a copy of your files are stored on Dropbox’s secure servers, you can also access them from any computer or mobile device using the Dropbox website.

via Dropbox – Tour – Secure backup, sync and sharing made easy..

Tags: Dropbox, secure backup, sharing, sync

Basecamp

“For years project management software was about charts, graphs, and stats. And you know what? It didn’t work. Pictures and numbers don’t get projects done. Basecamp tackles project management from an entirely different angle: A focus on communication and collaboration. Basecamp brings people together.”

Well that’s what they say.. over the next week we will test drive Basecamp with an open mind. We will report our findings here at wavelinks.ie

Basecamp is made by 37 Signals who have a work ethic that includes a 4 day week… mmmm Monday or Friday off? Perhaps they can afford to as they’re are so well organised using their own software? We’ll see.

Tags: 37 signals, basecamp, Collaborative, project management