2 posts about '2007/11'

  1. 2007/November/07 Springnote and Openmaru at Web 2.0 Expo Tokyo!
  2. 2007/November/01 [Part 3] The Springnote Platform

Springnote and Openmaru at Web 2.0 Expo Tokyo!

November 7th, 2007 02:34

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There is going to be the arguably biggest Web 2.0 Conference in Asia next week, organized by none other than O'Reilly Media and CMP: Web 2.0 Tokyo. And you can finally meet us at the Expo!

More than anything, Springnote is being featured in Launchpad. Yes, we've been around for a while, but this is the first time we'll be making a public entrace to the rest of the world. We'll also be hosting a booth at the Expo, so feel free to come by and talk to us--about anything!

openmaru members are travelling as tech experts to participate in many of the sessions. ChangShin Lee will be giving a talk "Trinity for Evolution from Closed Service to Open Platform". (I don't need to remind you of our mission for "open platforms", any more, right? :) We'll also be participating in many of the sessions, including the ones on Ruby on Rails, on which many of our products are built, and a session on OpenID.

What's unique about us going to Japan for the conference is that this isn't just about us doing marketing for our products as we will be reporting from Japan to the rest of the world how far Web 2.0 has come. We'll be travelling with some of the most renowned bloggers in Korea as blogging journalists. One of them is Danny Kim. Danny is actually responsible for writing many of the posts for this blog; he's our blog marketing agent. He is also well known for his TechnoKimchi blog, which covers the digital tech and culture in Korea. You'll be able to hear much about what's going on during the conference through this blog as well as his TechnoKimchi blog.

Excitement is our motto for this year and the Expo will only make it more visible. We're excited not only to meet you all there, but also to learn about the Web 2.0 landscape is like in Asia, esp. Japan.

So, see you all soon!

p.s. You can find an excellent coverage of Springnote on Read/WriteWeb. It talks about what's cool about Springnote and what more we need to work on. It's always very nice to hear what others think about our product. We've been very closely listening to what everyone has to say about us--including myID and Springnote. And how rewarding it has been! More details on this to follow in the next article :)

TAG japan, myid, openid, Ruby on Rails, springnote, technokimchi, web2expo
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[Part 3] The Springnote Platform

November 1st, 2007 15:57
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This post is the last of the "What's so great about Springnote" series. We talked about the awesome Springnote editor as well as the collaboration features. Making Springnote even more "Web 2.0" is how Springnote can be used as a platform. We've explained before why openness is our ultimate goal at openmaru.

Springnote not only supports various formats for importing/exporting data in and out of Springnote, but also offers an Open API for extending features to Springnote.

First, all of the Springnote documents are XHTML-structured, adding meanings to different properties of documents, such as titles and tags. This obviously makes Springnote documents much more easily machine-processable, however that might suit your needs. What's notable about structuring documents is that it can be done at the editor level, even allowing you to convert regular documents into slideshows in a minute like this:



We believe that many of the Springnote documents will be good for blogging, so we've also added a feature that'll simply transport your Springnote documents to your blog! Among the supported blog tools are: Wordpress and Tattertools, the No.1 blogging tool in Korea.

But obviously, the true openness of Springnote can be witnessed through its support of Open API. Do you want to make Springnote truly yours? Create mashups? Don't hesitate to check out the Open API center. Here you'll not only learn more about the things you can do with the API, but also meet other mashups and the creators behind them. A 3-step process of "Request/Get Approved/Get Pass" will get you started.

I could go on to show how Springnote is being already well used among many; but until you jump in and taste it for yourself, you probably can't realize the value of Springnote. You know what that means. Here's the starting point :)
TAG openmaru, openness, springnote, web2.0
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