Posted on January 17th, 2008 by Mitch Brisebois
If you’re a small business, there’s no doubt you need a web presence. But why mess around with novice tools like FrontPage, only to create an amateurish-looking home page? Here’s an interesting idea from Jung von Matt - A swedish advertising designer. [update - Jung von Matt is a full ad [...]
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Posted on September 21st, 2007 by Mitch Brisebois
So a gazzzillion people have their pictures on Flickr, right… sure they’re public - but most of us wouldn’t worry becoming a “spokesmodel” for Virgin Mobile without our consent. That’s what happened to Texas teen Alison Chang. Under the auspices of Creative Commons licensing, Virgin Australian used her image in a [...]
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Posted on August 9th, 2007 by Mitch Brisebois
For 45 Euros, you too can proudly display the current time for everyone to see… why??? not really sure. Especially that you’ll be stretching your neck out to see the time yourself (upside down!). We’re also not sure what the usability of this clock is - but you REALLY DON’T want [...]
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Posted on July 31st, 2007 by Mitch Brisebois
There seems to be a whiff of competitive cake-making on Flickr… who can make the best iphone cake?? So far DebbieDoesCakes has the best entry! There are a lot more pictures of Blackberry cakes - but then they’re MADE from blackberries…
It also appears that iphone cakes are much harder [...]
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Posted on June 4th, 2007 by Mitch Brisebois
Sure Flickr is great for sharing your pictures with people who actually care. But…really…how many really care? Pictogame kicks it up a notch! It has one of the best 2.0 user interfaces I’ve ever seen. Pick a game template: something like a puzzle or tetris-like game… Then personalize it with [...]
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Posted on May 7th, 2007 by Mitch Brisebois
Zooomr is one a Flickr’s biggest competitors. Its upcoming release should make it a favourite among “serious” photographers by allowing users to sell their images directly from the site.
But despite being “cash-flow positive”, all is not rosy for Zooomr. According to c|net, its VC pulled out their investment when it found out about the cash [...]
Popularity: 32%
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Posted on March 22nd, 2007 by Jobe Roberts
Flickr impresses me a great deal with its elegant user experience for navigating and exploring photo content. As pictured below, with the creation of sets and collections visitors to your Flickr site can surf through your content effortlessly.
You hardly notice the interface as you click to see thumbnails of the sets and navigate by [...]
Popularity: 41%
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