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Sound promising, the free account gives you quite a bit..

Yugma is a free web collaboration service that enables people to instantly connect over the internet to communicate and share content and ideas using any application or software. Whether you are on a Mac or a PC, you can connect on-demand and real-time with friends, family, clients, or employees whether they are across the city, nation or even the globe.

Popular uses include hosting study groups or tutoring sessions, hosting virtual clubs or social events, presenting proposals or creative work, product demonstrations, conducting training, customer service, team reviews, remote support and troubleshooting, and collaboration by artists, writers, and design professionals.

Yugma is reliable and secure; adapting to organizational security models like AD or LDAP.

The name Yugma is a word from the Sanskrit language meaning "the state of being in unified collaboration." Yugma, Inc. is a privately held venture-backed company headquartered in Minnesota , USA and has offices in Minneapolis and India.

Yugma

Stephen :: Dec.21.2006 :: Promising Products, Websites :: No Comments »

Weather junkies, your site has come in. Weather Bonk gives you not only the local forecast, but also traffic webcams, monthly averages and live conditions overlaid on a Google map.

Just type in your ZIP code or city name to see the weather for your area. You can interact with the map as you normally would, zooming and panning and switching between various views (like satellite and hybrid). Click any forecast or webcam to see more detail in a pop-up window. You can also input a route and see what weather you’ll encounter along the way–great for wintertime road trips. — Rick Broida

Weather Bonk [via Google Operating System]

From Lifehacker

Stephen :: Dec.19.2006 :: Google Earth, Websites :: No Comments »

Planning a vacation anytime soon? Get seasoned travel perspectives from VirtualTourist.com, an online travel community that shares travel tips, stories, reviews, and much more.

You can use VirtualTourist as a real-life travel guide written by people who have already "been there, done that" - and can tell you what to see (and what to avoid). They’ve also got some pretty active forums where you can post questions about your destination ahead of time, share deals you might’ve found, and get an insider view on various hotspots. Definitely worth a looksee if you’re intending to get away from it all. — Wendy Boswell

VirtualTourist

From Lifehacker

Stephen :: Dec.16.2006 :: Websites :: No Comments »

Compare 8 different online mapping services with Flash Earth.

Included here are maps from Google, Yahoo, Ask, MSN, NASA, and OpenLayers. The well-designed interface allows you to easily switch between services; you can sample each one’s particular representation of satellite and aerial imagery and see if it works for you. This is a great way to compare maps quickly. — Wendy Boswell

Flash Earth

From Lifehacker

Stephen :: Dec.16.2006 :: Google Earth, Websites :: No Comments »

2006 was another wild and wacky year in software and web development. While Google launched or acquired a new product every week, Intel Macs made the unholy marriage of Windows and OS X possible, Joe Schmoe’s became the self-made video stars of the web on YouTube, Internet Explorer got tabs and Microsoft finally ponied up the new version of Windows they’ve been promising (well, kinda.)

Here it is December and you know what that means: time for a best-of-the-year list. After the jump, check out my picks for best new software and web applications that rocked our world in 2006.

Some highlights (in graphical form because who want to read)

From Lifehacker

Stephen :: Dec.15.2006 :: Computer Related, Software, Websites :: No Comments »

A good way to get an overall idea of the quality of your website:

Sitescore is a free tool which rates how well designed, popular and accessible your website is.

The entire testing process is handled by advanced computer software, which means a test is free and only takes a few seconds. Sitescore also gathers user feedback on all the websites we rate to help judge how appealing a design is.

More: Sitescore 

Stephen :: Dec.11.2006 :: Computer Related, Websites :: No Comments »

A great reference site that includes:

• Listamatic css based lists
• Floattutorial
• Selectutorial

Visit: Max Design

Stephen :: Dec.11.2006 :: Computer Related, Websites :: No Comments »

Welcome to the edge

What is this? It’s a challenge, an experiment, an exploration, a rough map of where we haven’t been. It’s a search for new ways to approach Web-based design. It’s a cry for creativity, and a stab at innovation. It’s a playground and a proving ground. It’s a rejection of what’s practical in favor of what’s possible.

Visit: css/edge

Stephen :: Dec.11.2006 :: Computer Related, Websites :: No Comments »