Because she’s preaching to my choir, I’m adding Charlotte-Anne to the blogroll. She’s a little ahead of my 2.0 curve, however. Reckon I best be catchin’ up:
Thanks to the wonders of Ajax, I can now have my 25 current favorite niches fed into little modules on my Netvibes start page. Among other things, I have the local weather, my three favorite news feeds, an online magazine, a half dozen journalism and news blogs, a Flickr photo montage of photos tagged “San Antonio,” a YouTube feed of video tagged “politics,” and a dynamic Craigslist search for something I’m in the market for.
And if the local news organization does something smart, like offering me a feed of content that I can’t get anywhere else – content about my neighborhood, for instance – then it will earn a piece of real estate on my Netvibes start page.
You are too kind, Jim!
As for the 2.0 part, I spend my spare time trying my damndest to stay at least two weeks ahead of my students. So far, with the help of a snorkel, I’m pulling it off.
There are others besides Netvibes, but that’s the one that works for me.
Here’s a rundown from Web Worker Daily on the pros and cons of the Ajax start pages: http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/01/02/top-ajax-start-pages-reviewed/