Posts Tagged ‘Web 2.0

Rant: Bacn

In: General| Internet

24 Aug 2007

Bacn is a new term for any email you receive that isn’t spam but isn’t a personal message. For example, an electronic bill that you get through email is bacn. It’s been Web 2.0-ized so it’s not spelled bacon, it’s bacn. I just don’t like that it’s pronounced “bacn.” It should be pronounced “back-en.” I [...]

Thumbalizr is a simple site offering a simple service. You enter in a URL and it produces a thumbnail. You can also choose what size thumbnail you’d like it to create. Thumbnail is a little misleading because it’s really creating a screenshot of just the website. It’s actually a great tool to “quickly” create [...]

MizPee is a website that helps you find public bathrooms in your area. This site is in its Beta phase so there aren’t many listings. Of course when you have to go, you won’t have time to find a computer with internet access, so this website is mostly a mobile service. You goto their [...]

Monster Dare is a social networking site where you can dare each other to do stuff. You can dare friends or complete strangers. The dare can be for street cred or it can be for money. Since I’m rich with street cred, I would probably do stuff for money. The dares range from silly [...]

iJigg combines the idea of Digg with music. You can post music like you submit stories on Digg and visitors can listen to them on a little Flash player attached to each post. Users can then Digg Jigg the song.
The developers have commented on Digg that it’s like youtube as well. I’m guessing that’s [...]

Dandelife

In: Internet

14 Jul 2006

Dandelife is a “social biography site”. People can add their events on a timeline. You can wander around to other timelines and biographies. It’s like how people on mySpace blog about things they’ve done or places they’ve been but much more organized. One cool feature is the integration with your Flickr account. You can associate [...]

Here are some screenshots Erica Joy took of Google’s new service that is going to come out next week called Google Notebook. It seems like Google Notebook is a tag-based search service. It is pretty much a direct competitor to del.ico.us.

NewsVine Invites

In: Internet

30 Jan 2006

NewsVine is another Web 2.0 website. They give you news and the ability to blog the news in a different way then other websites. It’s started by Mike Davidson with some other people that he worked with at ESPN and Disney. I’ve been following Mike’s blog ever since I found a good article about CSS, [...]


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