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A.viary.com

Filed Under (Pix Sells, Reviews, Tech Takes, Web Dee) by Ankur on 28-10-2008

A.viary.com - online image editing tools

New Aviary Logo
Creative Commons License photo credit: Michael S Galpert
Guys, do check this out! Especially people who like photography and / or editing photos. A.viary.com is an online image editing suite with such stunning capabilities that I found it hard to believe that it was actually a web app! And they have more online tools slated to come soon - including Penguin, the word processor. If they make products as equally good as these I can safely predict that a product like this going to revolutionize the way we look at web apps. Elegant. Intuitive. Powerful. Responsive. Totally swept me off my feet.

PS - There’s also a comparison of different photo editing suites (albeit on Aviary’s own blog), but it’s quite a fair comparison. Oh, and the Tara Reid photos count too as to the reason why I’m linking this from here. ‘Bulge tool’ - LMAO!

WordPress Blog » The Visual Design of 2.7

Filed Under (Tech Takes, Web Dee) by Ankur on 17-10-2008

WordPress Blog » The Visual Design of 2.7

I’m eagerly waiting for the November release of WordPress 2.7. Screenshots released today show how it’s gonna be like. I’d participated in the user interface surveys which they had done before arriving at this product, and I’m happy to see the interface is going to turn out a lot the way I wanted it. The screenshots which have been put up definitely seem to suggest that navigation at the administrator end will be much more simpler. Fingers crossed…

BarCamp Delhi 5

Filed Under (Education, Food For Thought, Linux Rules, Tech Takes, Updates, Web Dee) by Ankur on 10-10-2008

BarCamp Delhi 5

BarCamp Delhi 5

BarCamp Delhi, the 5th Edition will be held on 11th and 12th October at IIT Delhi. In their own words:

BarCamp is an international network of user generated conferences often focusing on early-stage web applications and related open source technologies, social protocols, and open data formats.

It would be incorrect to call it a ‘global phenomenon’ or any such thing yet, but it’s an excellent opportunity to hobnob with key people in the Web 2.0 industry in India. I’ve already added an event for this on Upcoming. The theme for this year’s BarCamp is Collaboration. You can find out about the event on BCD5’s official site, register for it, or find out about the sessions which may be held there.

PS - I dunno if I’ll be making it there on time. Why on earth is it so early in the morning!

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