kuler

kuler

Kuler is an easy-to-use but advanced color creation tool that's great for designers. It's also fun for people who just like playing around with color ...

Adobe Edge: December 2007

Adobe Edge: December 2007

The scoop on Buzzword, the first web-based word processor

Three years ago in October 2004, I was on the O'Reilly Media campus and the proverbial light bulb clicked on. Tim O'Reilly was in front of the group and he was rolling out his Web 2.0 spiel. I'd heard him do it once before, but this time a key phrase grabbed my attention: platform shift.

I have been in the software industry since the 1970s. In fact, in the '80s I was responsible for managing Lotus Manuscript, a DOS word processing product. I have also been an English teacher, writer, and bookstore owner.

Google to Buy GrandCentral

Google to Buy GrandCentral

Google is about to acquire GrandCentral, a service that links all your phone numbers and gives you a new number with additional features:

* Check your messages by phone, email, or online
* Keep all your messages online for eternity
* Record and store your phone calls (just like voicemail)
* Quickly (and secretly) block an annoying caller
* Click-to-dial from your address book
* Surprise your callers with a custom voicemail greeting
* Turn your MP3s into the ring tones your callers hear
* Forward, download, and add notes to your messages

"GrandCentral gives people one phone number for life. This number is not tied to a phone or a particular location; it's tied to you. GrandCentral is a unified communications service that integrates all your existing phones, numbers and voicemail boxes and bridges the gap between voicemail and email."

The service is available only for the US and Canada,