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adperk.com [beyond web 2.0 review]

 Innovative, disruptive (in a good way of course), adperk.com is poised to make a big splash….

Concept: Users watch commercials from different categories and get free items in exchange for their time.

Reality:  Users watch commercials and get free magazines (There does not appear to be a large selection right now).

When more advertisers sign up and there are numerous commercials and in addition there is a greater variety of rewards, this site will make oodles of money.  It was clear and easy to use, it’s just a matter of adoption.

Users watch the short commercials and are forced to enter the word shown at the end of the video in order to earn credits. Credits can be used to earn magazines, but imagine earning ‘Sky Miles’ or coupons to use at a restaurant or 20 cents off at a gas station. The possibilities are endless.

adperk.com

gotjeela? rating: 4/5

mog.com [beyond web 2.0 review]

Cool technology, Great website! Instead of a ‘blog’ , how about a ‘Mog?

Share your song lists, your favorite MP3’s, your thoughts on songs and the music industry and interact with moggers with similar interests. Customize your own page with colors and images, receive comments from visitors and listen to music on the page itself….

Search and read the latest ‘Music News‘ , ‘Concert Reviews‘ and listen to the latest MP3’s posted on mog.com.

Download the ‘Mog-O-Matic’ to enhance your viewing by only showing posts by ‘moggers’ who match your tastes with music, video or posts, something the Jeela.com team went crazy over…

mog.com

gotjeela? rating: 4/5

Wridea.com [Beyond web 2.0 review]

The team at Jeela.com liked the concept of Wridea but had some reservations as to how (or if) people will actually use it. The UI is slick and very ‘Web 2.0′ complete with rounder corners and drag and drop.

I create a few ideas and added some notes but then it was unclear what I was suppose to do with them. I feel this may be similar in nature to 37 Signals ‘Ta Da List‘ application but lacking the clarity.

Don’t take this as all bad, this site has a lot of potential and with the right target could take off, the technology is impressive and the ‘Collaborative Brainstorming Sessions’ really intrigue me.

wridea.com

gotjeela? rating: 2/5

IPhone: Let the developing begin

With the release of the IPhone coming close, developers should start thinking about the constraints and limitations for coding to the IPhones display based on the Safari engine.

A good link I found on the Apple site should get you started in the right direction. It’s obvious that memory needs to be used sparingly but a point I found interesting was the time you have to execute a JS method. In reality you shouldn’t need more than 5 seconds for a method but you never know.
“JavaScript execution is limited to 5 seconds for each top-level entry point. If your script executes longer than 5 seconds, an exception is raised. This timeout ensures that JavaScript execution does not prevent the user from interacting with your page or navigating elsewhere.”

and for all you Flash and Applet lovers, bad news: No Flash and No Java

Also notable is that Safari on iPhone does not support:

* window.showModalDialog()
* Mouse-over events
* Hover styles
* Tool tips
* Java applets
* Flash
* Plug-in installation
* Custom x.509 certificates

What is positive is that the IPhone uses the same SSL certificates and handles numerous Mime types so viewing a PDF on the IPhone should be no problem.

So I sit hear and wait, pondering if I should be 1 of the first to get an IPhone or wait for it to come down in price and agree to that ‘Gazillion’ year enrollment period with my carrier?