I came across an interesting article on Techcrunch that discussed How to Build a Web App in Four Days. I really like this approach, and I've always felt it could be extremely successful given the right team and the right environment...

I noticed an idea in the article that I liked so I thought I'd blog it. The author makes a great suggestion to paint an entire wall with blackboard paint. I've used blackboard paint in the past in my daughter's room, and it works really well. If you have an extra (yellow) wall, and creative people around, you should give it a try....I'm sure they'd fill it up in no time.

As for the website that they built in four days, well, you can watch more about it here:

jottit.com

Good news from Techcrunch:

Adobe has created a special Flash player for the search engines that acts like a virtual user going through each application. It actually goes through the runtime of each Flash application and translates it into something the search engines can understand. So all of those fancy interactive Flash Websites and other rich Internet applications that have been invisible to search engines, can now be seen by them.

Techcrunch Article

This is a very cool little application that will allow you to very easily install and run Internet Explorer 3, 4, 5, 5.5, 6 and 7. It's especially nice to be able to test pages in IE 6 and 7 on the same machine during development...

http://tredosoft.com/Multiple_IE

This may not be a new technology, but it's new to me. And, I spent $9.00 calling information last month. So, if you like to call information, but don't like spending the cash. Check this out:

http://www.google.com/goog411/

I've found some helpful tools, cheeseball humor, jobs and other random information about freelancing on this site:

http://freelanceswitch.com/

Every now and then, there is an idea executed on the internet so well, it could make almost any concept look wonderful. But what if the concept was great to begin with AND was executed flawlessly? This is rare, but a friend of mine turned me onto such a case: Grooveshark.

Grooveshark allows you to search for and stream basically any song in the world. How this is legal, I don't know, but it works wonderfully. The interface has animation and smoothness not seen in many desktop, let alone web, apps. And its usability rivals iTunes.

I have a feeling this website could replace many iPods at work, having a phenomenal selection with no setup, installation, or signup required. Just logon and start listening.