Ryan Merket’s Blog

Ask500People.com lets you ask a question to, well, 500 people. As you enter the homepage the homepage you are presented a map and a question. As people start answering the question the map scrolls to where they are in the world, and the answer they gave. It is VERY well done, and a great testament […]

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Great inspiration piece. I found it at ffffound.com. I’m not sure who the designer is or when it was made. So if you know anything about it please leave a comment and enlighten me.

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NBC announced their video download site, but they forgot one thing — other browsers and operating systems. Huge mistake.
Hey NBC, I hate to break it to you but not everyone uses Windows or Internet Explorer 6. Smooth move.
How do they ever expect to compete with iTunes when they are not even […]

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Google has confirmed that there is no way to authenticate users on non-Google containers, thus allowing spoofing of accounts to occur, and people with the right amount of knowledge can hack OpenSocial to take over others applications.
Now, can someone please explain why Google, the world’s most successful internet company, with the smartest engineers, largest IPO, […]

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With developers scrambling for API keys to be the first to launch applications on the new OpenSocial, it seems that Google scrambled as well to get the platform out the door. From my research, it seems that each social network involved will have its own system for sandboxing, regulatory policies, terms of service and other […]

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A lot of hype surrounds OpenSocial, but a few things may keep it from taking off the way Facebook applications have.
#1 - Can it be monetized?
If developers can’t make money off the applications, then what is the point of developing on the platform?
#2 - Is it truly open?
Can you communicate across social networks? Can I […]

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