Go Popfly young (wo)man!

Guys, in a previous post I talked about our upcoming Popfly service… It so happens that I had a chance to play with it today (remember, I know zip all about dev stuff, believe me and if not ask Clauer, he knows!) It is another nice example of initiatives aimed at making technology pervasive and accessible to all. Still a long way to go, but we are getting there somehow!
Anyway, take a look at the rotating sphere I just created of my Flickr photostream. It took me less than 5 minutes and the result is just stunning. It can even be imported as a Vista gadget in a flicker (see below).

 

Just register and get yourself an account now; my Popfly page can be found there.

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Popfly, create your mashup applications in a fly

Those of you interested in mashup development and gadgets should take a look at our forthcoming Popfly initiative.

Probably the best person to talk about it is the program manager himself, and you may find the top 10 reasons why he believes Popfly rocks. He also lists posts around Popfly that you may find useful.

Last, but not least, should you want to join (it’s free but you need to register) and have a look for yourself, go there and fill the blanks. 

You’ve got gadgets!

Gadgets are the new fad these days, or so it seems anyway. If you do not believe me, go check the Ubergizmo blog and see for yourself.

As far as the Internet goes, the long tail of web 2.0 makes it possible for any JavaScript programmer and their dog to create sexy gadgets that can either improve your desktop (Windows Vista and MacOSX natively support these) or improve your mashups and personal pages with nitty-gritty tweaks.

Microsoft has started a gadget gallery as part of its Windows Live broader initiative. One gadget I really do like is the Sudoku one from SudokuPark.com. Whenever you log onto your personal page, to check your email for instance, you can spend 5 minutes relaxing with a little Sudoku (or ten hours getting very very sick with a hard one – choose your poison wisely!)

If you are a developer and are interested in finding out what is involved, you may want to check dev.live.com

If you are into Sudoku, just add the gadget to your live.com page.

And remember, if it is not here yet, you may just as well create it or wait for a while… these things are spreading fast!