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+Last week was a busy one and I didn't get around to the Tutorial o' the Day for which I apologize, but it's back and this week we're tackling a hot one: Ajax. Ajax is an acronym for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, coined by Adaptive Path's Jesse James Garrett (Garret doesn't capitalize the acronym and I've followed his lead since I believe the all-caps version refers to a Colgate registered trademark).

The term Ajax gets bandied about quite a bit, usually in conjunction with that wretch-inducing catch phrase -- web 2.0. Depending on who you're talking to, Ajax can alternately be celebrated as the panacea of the future or, more cynically, the "skip intro" of the 21st century. 

To get a good overview of how Ajax works, have a look at Garrett's [article][2] on the subject; it gets fairly technical at times, but if you have some background in web development it shouldn't be too hard to follow.

In order to help you decide whether Ajax is right for your site, I thought we'd start off with another nice overview tutorial/guide from Eddie Traversa of DHTML Nirvana, entitled, aptly enough, *[Ajax: What is it Good For?][1]*.

Traversa walks you through Ajax's history and provides a nice synopsis of what Ajax is and how it can be useful.

>It also needs to be clear that Ajax isn't a technology as such but rather is a technique that combines well with other technologies and techniques. For example, xml, dhtml, css, xhtml. In fact, Ajax really is DHTML with the xmlhttprequest object thrown in

That last sentence is just about the best sound-bite summary of Ajax I've ever heard. 

The tutorial also walks you through a simple example and provides all the necessary files to get your Ajax experiment up and running.

Photo from [Colgate-Palmolive][3].

[3]: http://www.colgate.com/app/Colgate/US/HC/Products/HouseholdCleaners/Ajax.cvsp "Photo Credit"

[1]: http://dhtmlnirvana.com/ajax/ajax_tutorial/ "DHTML Nirvana on Ajax"
[2]: http://www.adaptivepath.com/publications/essays/archives/000385.php "Ajax: A New Approach to Web Applications"
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+Continuing a welcome trend of mashing together various parts of its empire, Google has [added maps to Google Book Search][1]. Currently the feature is far from universal, but in those places where it's most applicable, e.g. guidebooks, the "about this book" page now features a Google map with markers representing all the locations mentioned in the book.

The Google Book Search blog says:

>When our automatic techniques determine that there are a good number of quality locations from a book to show you, you'll find a map on the "About this book" page.

What constitutes "quality locations" is anyone's guess, but a few random searches outside the guidebook genre turned up some interesting maps including one for Bram Stoker's *[Dracula][4]* and Neal Stephenson's globe trotting *[Cryptonomicon][5]*. The Google Book Blog lists some other, non-guide examples including *[The Travels of Marco Polo][3]* and *[Around The World In Eighty Days][2]*.


Each map pin has shows the revelant text from the book and there's a direct link to that page in the book which allows you to see if the information contained is germane to your needs.

While it's fun to zoom to locations in Jules Verne's classic, it may not ultimately be very useful, however, for those looking for a guidebook, the new mapping features are quite helpful.

Unfortunately in some cases the mapping data is not particularly relevant. For instance in the Dracula link given above one of the listings is for Waterloo, Canada (just outside of Toronto) when in fact the book is referring to the more famous [Waterloo][6] of present day Belgium.

Of course a Google search for Waterloo also brings up the Canadian city far ahead of the site in belgium, but since standard Google searches aren't contextual, that isn't really a problem. But maps within Google Books are contextual and somewhat misleading as a result.

Technical quibbles aside, the maps-books mash-up is still quite fun and I'm looking forward to seeing it improve over time.

Mapping for the [Rough Guide to Guatamala][7]:

Example of highlighted in-book reference:

[7]: http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1858288487&id=zS3TjIGbOXkC&dq=rough+Guide+to+Guatamala "Rough Guide to Guatamala"
[6]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Waterloo "Wikipedia: Battle of Waterloo"
[3]: http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC02715307 "The Travels of Marco Polo"
[2]: http://books.google.com/books?id=2_OflXjThdIC "Around the World in Eighty Days"
[1]: http://booksearch.blogspot.com/2007/01/books-mapped.html "Google Book Search Adds Maps"
[4]: http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0486411095&id=1I1wtCeJ1nAC&dq=Dracula "Bram Stoker Dracula"
[5]: http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0380788624&id=FUha9wJrSXMC&dq=Cryptonomicon "Cryptonomicon"
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+After close to a year of beta testing, Adobe has announced that its new flagship RAW processing software, Lightroom 1.0 will be [available beginning mid February][1]. Lightroom will be available for both Windows and Mac (universal) and will sell for $300, mirroring the pricing of Apple competitor, [Aperture][2].

We should note that, [according to Ars Technica][3], while Lightroom will run fine on Windows Vista, users will need to wait for a free update for full disc-burning support.

New features in the final version of Lightroom include:

*	Improvements to Develop, Slideshow, Printing and Web output

*	Improved import dialogue with more flexible file handling that allows Lightroom internal data to better match disk structure.

*	A new Key Metadata Browser improves the ranking and rating system and now incorporates color labels and a pick/reject system that sorts and locates photographs.

*	Additional tools including a Hue, Saturation and Luminance adjustments.

*	Full compatibility with Photoshop Camera RAW 3.7

*	Virtual Copies and Snapshot tools allow multiple RAW settings on a single physical file.


Camera RAW 3.7 will be released at the same time as Lightroom and features a number of upgrades as well including support for Lightroom's new non-destructive RAW editing tools.

Adobe claims that more than 500,000 users participated in the public beta program over the last 12 months. John Loiacono, senior vice president, Creative Solutions Business Unit at Adobe said in a press release, "this was truly a collaborative effort and we extend our thanks to everyone who provided invaluable feedback."

Adobe says that, despite the "Photoshop" in Lightroom's official name, the program will not be part of the Photoshop suite, but will remain a standalone program. Nor will Lightroom, as some have claimed, replace Bridge, Adobe's basic RAW editing tool that ships as part of Photoshop.

Most of the features in Lightroom mirror that of Apple's Aperture tool and with nearly identical price points, the competition between the two should start heating up. As soon as we get our hands on a copy of Lightroom 1.0 we'll let you know how the two stack up against each other.

[Lightroom beta 4.1][4] will continue to work until expiration on Febrary 28.

[1]: http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshoplightroom/ "Adobe Lightroom 1.0"
[2]: http://www.apple.com/aperture/ "Apple Aperture"
[3]: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070128-8720.html "Ars Technica on Lightroom"
[4]: http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs%5Flightroom "Download Lightroom beta 4.1"
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+<img alt="Any_key_3" title="Any_key_3" src="http://blog.wired.com/photos/uncategorized/any_key_2.jpg" border="0" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;" />The Morning Reboot:

*	Adobe [announced today][7] that is will release the full Portable Document Format (PDF) specification in hope that it will be ratified by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Perhaps not coincidentally Microsoft Office 2007, which hits retail shelves tomorrow, includes a new file format XPS which aims to dethrone PDF as the de-facto standard.

[7]: http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/200701/012907OpenPDFAIIM.html "Adobe to Release PDF for Industry Standardization"


*	YouTube's Chad Hurley hints that YouTube will begin [sharing advertising revenue with users][2] (video) who contribute to the site. Speaking at the at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Hurley said the system would launch in a "couple of months."


[2]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlYtu63_uDE&eurl= "Chad Hurley at Davos"


*	Google's Sergie Brin recently [admitted][5] that agreeing to China's censorship was, "on a business level... a net negative." Brin says the move has hurt Google's reputation in the U.S. and Europe. The half-hearted apology probably hasn't helped either since Brin implies that the problem isn't the censorship itself, but the [reaction to it][6].

[5]: http://business.guardian.co.uk/davos2007/story/0,,1999994,00.html "Google admits censorship was a mistake"
[6]: http://techdirt.com/articles/20070129/005115.shtml "Google's China Censorship Non-Apology Apology Really A Swipe At The Press"

*	Adobe has announced the [official release][1] of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom which will arrive in stores on February 19th. Contrary to what the name might imply, Lightroom is not part of the Photoshop suite and will remain a standalone program. Lightroom 1.0 will be $300 though there is a introductory special of $200 if you purchase before April 30.

[1]: http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshoplightroom/ "Adobe Lightroom"
*	[Fake Finder][4] is a new torrent search the lists fake torrents uploaded by the MPAA and RIAA. The torrents are supposedly used to entrap downloaders, but it's doubtful whether such tactics would actually hold up in a court of law. [via [TorrentFreak][3]]

[3]: http://torrentfreak.com/how-to-find-fake-torrents-uploaded-by-the-mpaa-and-riaa/ "How to Find Fake Torrents Uploaded by the MPAA and RIAA"

[4]: http://fenopy.com/fakefinder/ "Fake Finder"
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+People who upload their own movies to YouTube will soon get a [share of the ad revenue][1]. As we mentioned in the Morning Reboot, YouTube's Chad Hurley let slip this weekend that a revenue sharing program is in the works (see video after the jump).

What remains unclear is exactly what form the revenue sharing will take, the [BBC][3] reports that one of the options might be pre-roll ads, but hopefully that won't be the case. Arguably one the keys to YouTube's success thus far is that they have eschewed in-stream ads.

But lack of compensation has driven many YouTubers to turn to competing services like [lonelygirl15][5], who now posts on both YouTube and the monitized site Revver.

Sites like [Revver][4] and [Metacafe][2] have differentiated themselves from YouTube primarily by offering compensation for content creators, but with YouTube jumping in the revenue sharing game they may lose their appeal. 

Revver shares in-stream ad revenue with users and Metacafe offers Producer Rewards which functions in much the same way. Metacafe manages to set itself apart from YouTube a little bit more by reviewing and filtering content and catering more toward semi-professional video producers. 

As Arik Czerniak, co-founder & CEO of Metacafe says, "a 5-minute clip of your toddler's birthday isn't going to make it to Metacafe's site but it will sit on YouTube."

Czerniak says that the challenges YouTube will face lie in finding the content that will make advertising dollars. There's also the issue of exposure, which can be hard to come by on YouTube. How do you stand out and earn revenue when there's already a million existing videos of backyard ninja stunts on YouTube?

Then of course there's the copyright issues, if users are able to monotize copyrighted clips of the Simpsons you can bet the lawsuits are going to come crashing down. Presumably YouTube plans to address the copyright issues before it goes public with the new revenue sharing service.

Metacafe's Czerniak isn't worried about YouTube's planned sharing model. "You have to market and promote your own video to get noticed and it's very easy to get lost," he says. He believes that Metacafe's reviewed content model offers a better solution, "if your content is good, it will rise to the top."

Much like Czerniak's vision of Metacafe, the most financially viable of these sites will also likely rise to the top, and only time will tell which one will come out ahead.





[2]: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,72022-0.html?tw=rss.index  "Runner-Up Takes on YouTube"
[3]: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6305957.stm "YouTubers to get ad money share"
[5]: http://www.wired.com/news/wireservice/0,71780-0.html?tw=wn_tophead_6 "Piercing the Veil of Lonelygirl15"
[4]: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.05/networks.html "Wired Roundup of video sharing sites"

<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JlYtu63_uDE"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JlYtu63_uDE" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>

[1]: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W/WORLD_FORUM_YOUTUBE?SITE=WIRE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2007-01-27-10-10-20 "YouTube to Share Revenue With Users"
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