This tool is compatible with mydigitalspace onDemand and allows for the presentation of infomation in different visual forms, within a web-browser.

You can see an example at http://mbostock.github.com/d3/tutorial/circle.html and more information at http://mbostock.github.com/d3/

This tool is used by application interface developers as a resource to create the visual views based on the information held within mydigitalspace onDemand.

Another great example of the power of an open interface layer.

A great tool for sharing content managed on the mydigitalspace Platform (or any other platform).

http://www.addthis.com/

We just cracked the 300th web page on the http://mydsondemand.com website! - including getting started guides and all the details of the 280 methods.

The platform just keeps on getting more and more powerful - if you can imagine an organisational app - the mydigitalspace onDemand platform can probably turn it into a reality quicker than anything before it...

A Friday afternoon quote from someone we meet reccently - they spent 10 minutes trying to force mydigitalspace onDemand into the traditional standard software space and it failed - they then stopped, thought for 2 minutes and came out with:

"Put a line through mass produced user interfaces – they no longer need to exist because we now have information utilities based on a service oriented architecture - and organisations never wanted them.

Every use-case can be achieved based on the inherent economics contained within this much sort after architecture.  The "mass production" has shifted to the utility layer and no longer needs to live in the user experience layer.

Re-imagine everything..."

Very cool.

We have been doing some research on the new Windows 8 operating system and associated "Metro Apps" - both being highly optimized for touch devices and also content oriented interfaces.

The following article provides a quick overview:

http://verekia.com/windows8/overview-developing-windows-8-apps-html-css-javascript

Although it is technically focused it has some key business messages with in it.

Similar to ibCom with mydigitalspace, Microsoft as reimagined Windows and is now highly focused around the "model-view-controller" (MVC) and "service oriented architecture" (SOA) frameworks - which model how humans work and thus results in "apps" that are inherently more aligned to human activity and more engage and dynamic in nature.

Given the ibCom mydigitalspace framework is also based on MVC & SOA for its organisational information management services - then there is a natural fit.  To take advantage of a new platform like Windows 8 means a basic tweaking of the controller layer and then building designs (the view) based around the Metro apps framework provided by Microsoft.  Conceptually highly aligned.

A great phrase in the linked web page is "New platform = new market" - there are so many new opportunities emerging around this new thinking and now is the time to be considering what MVC and SOA means - its been 30 years in the waiting.

The bottom section of http://mydsondemand.com has links to explanations of MVC, SOA etc

See also: http://mydsondemand.com/gettingstarted_windows8

Up until last week, the iPad and iPhone have been unable to run rich text editors as we use to edit news, emails, documents etc.

We have just confirmed that the new iOS5 operating system released last week now supports it. 

This means there are no limiting factors when using the iPad or iPhone to run webbased applications.

We have updated 1blankspace.com to reflect this change.

If you're a developer, just make sure you reference the latest TinyMCE @ /jscripts/tiny_mce-3.4.4/tiny_mce.js and it will work.

If your a business user - it means now can create any type of rich application on an iPad or even iPhone.