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Are Business Plans Still Necessary?

Both Sides of the Table

Ajax was the new buzzword and many companies went overboard. People mistook extra doses of Ajax for a successful product. I remember going to an Under the Radar conference in 2006 in the heat of the Web 2.0 There were tons of young entrepreneurs showing their latest Web 2.0

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The End of the Web? Don’t Bet on It. Here’s Why

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A series of standards emerged known as “AJAX” (asynchronous javascript and xml) that gave the web-based designer much more control over the browser. AJAX was one of the major drivers of the “dot com renaissance” that became known as Web 2.0. And that’s what happened.

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Design for the Novice, Configure for the Pro

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lean startups or even the advent of AJAX. I’ve had a long-standing rule of thumb in product design, which I call “design for the novice, configure for the pro.&# I started saying this back in 2001/02, long before the era of Web 2.0,

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App is Crap (why Apple is bad for your health)

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Enter the huge innovation in AJAX (asynchronous Javascript and XML), which let us redraw individual portions of the screen and therefore mimic user behavior on on-premise applications. That meant that user experience was not as rich as it would be for a client-side app. But the trade-off in terms of flexibility and costs were enormous.

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Twitter Link Roundup #31 – Design, Copywriting, Marketing, Small Business, Social Media And More

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Astounding Ajax/CSS Forms: 30+ Modern Trends , Tips and Techniques – [link]. Ultimate Photoshop Tutorials to Enhance Your Skills – [link]. How to Kill the Design Community – [link]. The Crime That is Business Clip Art – [link]. 30 Stunning Graphical Vector Tutorials for Improve your Graphics Skills – [link].

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Good enough never is (or is it?)

Startup Lessons Learned

The team was demoing their AJAX-powered map solution, the first of its kind, to senior management at Google. The team was demoing their AJAX-powered map solution, the first of its kind, to senior management at Google. One such rumor, which I’ve heard from several sources, tells of the launch of Google Maps.

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11 Trends in Web Logo Design

mashable.com

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