Optaros Labs

In this video from a webinar session with Optaros, Greg Brown and Todd Volkert explain and demonstrate Pivot Tookit, a Java framework for building Rich Internet Applications.

The audio is a bit noisy for the first 3 minutes or so but cleans up after that. To really see the code samples you’ll likely need to be at full screen, or download the high resolution mpg from Blip.tv.

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Microformats are “a set of simple, open data formats built upon existing and widely adopted standards” – essentially small html markup standards for representing specific kinds of data, like contacts, events, and relationships between people.

In this post we’ll look at three microformats tools for popular browsers:

1. The Operator plugin for Firefox
2. The Safari Microformats Plugin
3. The Microsoft Oomph! Add-in for Internet Explorer

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