*2.0 is disruptive to the nth power!

We have heard about Enterprise 2.0 and Web 2.0 being really disruptive and the possibilities of them churning out un-thought of possibilities and capabilities very real. Here is an example of "Crowd Sourcing" coming to the forefront after wikipedia. We are Smarter is gathering people to write the first book on business by means of Crowd Sourcing! They have even sorted out the problem of Royalties by allowing the authors to decide on what charity the money should go to! While I was reading about this book, I found it really interesting to note that Microlending websites are already up and running to allow individuals to loan money and the decision on to whom the money should go to will be decided solely by the individual! Now who said Web 2.0, SaaS and Enterprise 2.0 are not for the "real" businesses?

Cool Mashup

I have come across some wierd as well as some cool websites and mashups across the web. But this one mashup happens to be the coolest and wierdest of them all! I came across this website which is a mashup with Satellite Picture capabilities of Google Maps that gives you the ability to send across messages with individual characters being actually character shaped buildings! I mean every character is a building somewhere in the world. Talk about "Messages from Space" :). Ok let me leave you to check this website out. Click Here to take a look.

Six Stages of Debugging

I have come across a lot of developer rants, but I think this one is way up there:) Charlie's humor:

The Six Stages of Debugging 1. That can't happen.
2. That doesn't happen on my machine.
3. That shouldn't happen.
4. Why does that happen?
5. Oh, I see.
6. How did that ever work?