A different kind of Microsoft

klevereblog — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:38:49 GMT

I came across a New York Times article from February that talks about mashups and Microsoft's Popfly. It talks about John Montgomery and his team that develops Popfly and how they somewhat break the Microsoft Mold. It refers to Microsoft as a company known for building Shrink Wrap products that require large development teams. The article goes so far to say that the Popfly team would be more suited for Silicon Valley. Popfly appears to be a product of a more traditionally web-centric company.

If you have never tried Popfly you should check it out. It allows you to create you Web mashups using Web based services, as the article puts it, like Lego blocks. Here's a quick example below. Sort of a variation on the Mole Game. This one I did for fun pulls photos from Flickr and then integrates them into the game. Remember this was just for fun.

If it is not showing on the page you can access it here: My Mash-up

The Web and Microsoft : popfly

A different kind of Microsoft