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Ajax Forms Creator Frevvo Moves Out of Beta

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FrevvoNY-based Frevvo is moving out of beta today. Frevvo is a form creation tool that helps make online form creation and data collection easy. Frevvo reminds me of Wufoo which seems to be the forms creator that is mentioned the most in discussion.

Frevvo has created a few sample mashups using Google docs and spreadsheet applications. Frevvo offers a basic version which will work for most users and an XML version for those who want very advanced functionality which will allow for tying into business applications. Forms can be embedded to gather user data. Drag and drop controls make the creation easy. It seems similar in some aspects to Visual Basic.

In my limited testing I found the app to work well but it's certainly not for the most novice of users. It's a business application that requires an analyst to use. The Wufoo interface seems much more polished and easy-to-use for consumer-facing form creation.

Frevvo can run as a hosted service or as a downloadable version. Pricing looks pretty standard and they actually do a great job of pushing users into a paid plan. I've written many times before about giving away so much for free that there's no reason to pay. Frevvo handles this very well.

Lastly, I'd suggest that their name is a bit confusing - the two V's together look like a W and how do you pronounce their name? Is it free-voh or freev-voh or something else?

Want to work for Apple... love CSS? This might be for you!

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Got a tip about a new opening at Apple. If you have wanted to work for Apple, this might be your chance. Looks like they want a front-end coder. I would probably apply if the position was in NYC :) The requisition is listed below.

CSS Developer for Apple Inc.

Fuel the future of apple.com Build projects that advance the experience for our customers while producing solutions that amplify the design of our innovative products. Collaborate with creative, editorial and planning teams to deliver superior work.

Do you live CSS? Breathe JavaScript? Dream in Photoshop layers? Join the Apple.com team and help us build one of the most popular destinations on the web. The usual communication/team player skills apply. We're passionate about the web and are looking for people crazy enough to do this for a living.

  • Master of hand-coded HTML, CSS, DOM, and Javascript
  • Expert in Web standards and cross-platform, cross-browser issues deployed on a large-scale, high-volume website
  • Evolve concepts with design team from comp to template to final build
  • Solid Photoshop and Illustrator slicing and optimization skills
  • Strong visual and conceptual design sense
  • Perl, Python, Subversion experience a plus

Please send an email with the subject "CSS Developer" and your resume attached to biki.berry@apple.com

Review of Clipperz.com - password storage app

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ClipperzAs we sign on to more and more social networking services, maintaining all of the passwords can be a hassle. And some services have multiple logins (wink wink) and some require different types of passwords. It can be a pain. Clipperz hopes to bring peace and tranquility to this area.

Let me begin by saying I would never use a service like this for anything that includes personally identifyable information including banks, credit cards, mobile providers, etc. While Clipperz has, what appears to be, very intense security, I still have visions of the old days when services like this would be hacked and there went your information. Clipperz says they get around that by storing things locally. So what happens at a public terminal? I am not sure on that question.

With all of that said, Clipperz might be a perfect app for all of your social networking sites. Digg, Del.icio.us, Reddit, StumbleUpon, Facebook, etc. The service only works in Firefox and they offer a bookmarklet for easy Clipperz'ing.

So what do you think? Would you trust a service like this with your sensitive site logins/passwords? Side note... I found out about Clipperz on a new blog called KillerStartups.

SXSW Panel: How to bluff your way in Web 2.0

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SXSWThe next panel is called "How to Bluff your way in Web 2.0" by Andy Budd and Jeremy Keith. Coming out of a mediocre session previously, I was not expecting much. But Andy and Jeremy ROCKED THE HOUSE. One of the best sessions I have ever attended. Yes, it was a bit of poking fun, but it was serious too. Such a great session as the focus was on the content not the speakers. Really enjoyed it. So that's a word to the rest of the presenters/speakers, you have big shoes to fill. The focus on this session was to teach you how to be out in party and business scenes and appear like you are a Web 2.0 master. Come inside for my notes and pics. (I really tried to capture everything and have a bunch of pics.)

Updated: 2:30pm Austin Time: Video added with definition of Web 2.0

My thoughts from DEMO - Five Key Trends

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The scene at Demo was cool and exciting, the crowd buzzing on fresh innovation, the hope of being noticed by an investor, and of course, great technology. Love or hate the term, Web 2.0 has breathed a new life into internet and technology business and people are moving and shaking almost as if it were 1998 all over again, with all the promise of big wins, killer apps and good tools (and plenty of VC interest). Demo 2007 was as much an example of what's going on in the industry at the moment, and there were definitely key themes woven in among all of the applications we visited. Come inside to check out the key trends.

TWERQ Review

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TWERQTWERQ is a tabbed search engine which has a lot of time-saving features. Built on the Google search engine, it is like Google 2.0.

Tools For Schools: GradeFix

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GradeFixI recently took a look at GradeFix, and found it to be really nice. At first I was kind of skeptical on how much it would help, but it did help a lot! So basically what it is, is a schedule keeper for all of your school work. Whether it be homework, reading, studying for a quiz, or studying for an exam, GradeFix will organize everything for you.

Gpokr: Texas Hold 'em on Ajax

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Gpokr LogoThis weekend, I had a chance to sit down and really enjoy Web 2.0 goodness, this time on texas hold 'em, called Gpokr. There are a few things about Gpokr that stick out to me. The community is full of good people, and it's almost always a fun experience to play with everyone. It's a good way to play hold 'em online, as opposed to things like partypoker and other big poker sites. If you haven't seen it, I'd say go check it out, and have some fun.


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