In the conference, Mr. Halligan piqued my interest by asserting that all good websites in the near future would customize the content to the reader similar to how books are offered on Amazon. I recalled the mall scene from the movie “Minority Report” (Youtube).

I read a similar article on the Economist on electronic education. The article talks about how an adaptive technology is modifying the learning experience in a pilot project in the California.

I remember a similar experience during my GMAT preparation with Grockit. The website basically created tailored the learning for me and the experience was extremely addictive.

The above indicate an interesting trend where the concept of segmentation is irrelevant. Each individual is just that – an individual with a unique set of characteristics. This trend in my opinion can not only be applied in Marketing or education, but across industries.

An inventory of this beast.

• Get Firefox
  • Download Firefox

• Add-Ons – External
  • FfChrome – trims the number of items in your context menu (right click menu)
  • Download Statusbar – removes the additional download window
  • Download Helper – best tool to download videos from YouTube etc
  • Down Them All! - a download manager for resume / split into parts / etc
  • Foxsaver – a screensaver for your Firefox
  • Locationbar2 – Highlights the key domain in your address bar (similar to Chrome)
  • New Tab Button on your right – Adds a new tab button (+ sign) on the right of tabs (similar to IE7)
  • Open in Browser – Offers possibility to display documents in the Browser
  • PDF Download – helps download the PDF documents
  • Personal Menu – Remove the Menu Toolbar and add most recent items using one button
  • Resizeable Text Area – resize text area to your needs
  • Stumbleupon – stumble upon new and amazing websites
  • Tab Scope – preview and navigate through tabs by hovering over them
  • Other good ones that I dont use – FastDial

• Add-Ons – IBM (These are only available over the IBM Intranet)
  
  • IBM CCK – Makes firefox an IBM Edition one (use the latest version)
  • SmallBlue W3 Injection – Add small blue functionality in W3 searches & bluepages records
  • Foxear – Add the power of Dogear to Firefox
  • Other good ones that I dont use – IBMBar, SmallBlue Toolbar, BlueTwit

• Mirroring Chrome UI Design
  • Chromiglass – Add-On
  • Chromifox 2 – Theme
    

• Search Engines – Mozilla Link
  
  • W3 – Added by IBM CCK
  • Bluepages – Added by IBM CCK
  • Google
  • Yahoo
  • Wikipedia
  • Del.icio.us
  • IMDB
  • LinkedIn

• Other Usability Aspects
  • Organized Bookmarks – classify them as folders on the bookmarks for very quick access
  • Middle Click to Open/Close Windows – I use the middle click of the UltraNav (the red tracker and its button) to open/close new windows

Let me know if you liked any of the above ones or any others that you would suggest in the comments.

Formed in 2006, previous guildmasters have been:
* Kevin Aires
* Dave Kamalsky
* Brian House

The VUC as it is known was the breeding ground for the formation of the the Digital Convergence EBO (Emerging Business Opportunity) outfit in IBM Research in late 2006.

This should be a very challenging and interesting job !!

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