Personal Workflow and the Web
As many of you probably know, the web is a constantly evolving thing, and we’re just now riding the crest of a new form of web development that tailors to the viewer rather than the content provider. This revolution is monikered as “Web v2.0″ or AJAX. AJAX is a collection of tools (or scripts) that allow developers to transform a web page from a series of documents to a media rich application.
This leads to the ability to improve workflow. Instead of one person (or group) deciding how your workflow should be organized, these media rich applications allow you to fully tailor to meet your needs. To put it into more common perspective, it’s akin to the difference between furnishing your own office, putting the computer and the chair into the spot that is most comfortable to you, to rigid, carbon copy cubicles that stifle creativity. A good example of this form of application woud be ProtoPage, a site that allows you to tailor your home page as you would your own computer’s desktop and take it wherever you would go.
It’s quite a promising technology, and I’m quite excited to explore what it has to offer.
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