I just finished reading a really amazing article by the creator of Mozilla's Firefox Alex Faaborg.
You can read his personal Firefox Blog Here

I will explain the gist of it to the best of my ability. The basic premise will be that everything you view on the web will be linked to your favorite websites. Below is the best explanation I have seen.

"Much in the same way that operating systems currently associate particular file types with specific applications, future Web browsers are likely going to associate semantically marked up data you encounter on the Web with specific applications, either on your system or online. This means the contact information you see on a Web site will be associated with your favorite contacts application, events will be associated with your favorite calendar application, locations will be associated with your favorite mapping application, phone numbers will be associated with your favorite VOIP application, etc."

An example would be if you see an e-mail address you want added to your G-Mail account. Normally you would have to log-into G-Mail then copy and paste the e-mail into your contacts. This new way of thinking would eliminate that process and adding an e-mail to your G-Mail account would be as simple as clicking the address and adding it. The browser (in this case Firefox) would send the new e-mail address to your G-Mail Contacts List or it could even send it locally to your Outlook.

This wouldn't just be for contacts - thats just the short vision. This new way of thinking could effect us in all kinds of ways. You could automatically call companies by clicking on their phone number and Skype would start to dial out. Finding directions to an address would no longer require you to log into Google Maps, instead clicking on an address would open Google Earth and give directions from your home to your favorite restaurant or even friends house. The possibilities are endless for this new technology.

Click Below for the Original Articles:

Microformats - Part 0: Introduction
Microformats - Part 1: Structured Data Chaos
Microformats - Part 2: The Fundamental Types
Microformats - Part 3: Introducing Operator

Click Here for a more indepth article on "Microformats"

We like to keep up with new trends and directions and this certainly merits a few moments. By now most people know about and make use of RSS feeds to keep up to date on breaking news or maybe just to keep up with one of your favorite blogs. If you don't know what RSS is about, check out this link to bring you up to speed. That being said most people know about subscribing to RSS and it does a good job providing raw information. If the you are the type that likes a little more flair, you would do well to check out mb3dengine.com. The mbd3engine user interface takes getting used to, but it provides quick access to a lot of information. Also just looking cool earns it a plus in my book. It wouldn't hurt my feelings to see more of this in the future!

I just received a link to this interesting article about new uses for LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) as a possible replacement for conventional incandescent and fluorescent lightbulbs.

I have been playing with LEDs for many years and have often wondered why they haven't been used in home and office light fixtures -- This article explains past LED challenges and gives good support for how LED lighting might help us reduce the need for new fossil fuel power plants and pave the way to U.S. energy independence.

While "Stumbling" across design articles I found an article which really hits home for designing Web 2.0 sites. There has always been a good look and feel for sites like flickr and youtube, but this article explains the breakdown of their design really well. Showing how they tend to use alot of soft curves in both their borders and their text along with the use of much larger fonts than ever before. The reasons they do this to try to show the user they are "easy to use" almost like a kids site is very interesting.

Read the Article @ Pixel Acres

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