In response to the Learn 2.1 lesson, Web 2.0 Continues, I went to the SEOmoz's 2008 Web 2.0 Awards site and puttered around a few websites to get a feel for them.
An honorable mention, I checked out CrazyMenu.com to see what Orlando businesses had their listings and menus up. Well, I guess the website has potential, if you have a dedicated user group who will plug in businesses and menus. But as of now, I prefer Urban Spoon. I gave Bikes, Beans & Bordeaux an "I like it" vote because the place is a great local sandwich shop and cafe, and the owners are super-nice. Clicking on a list for "cheap eats" brought up Udipi Cafe, a place I've been wanting to go to in Longwood for sometime now. I'm just hardly ever in Longwood.
As one of the ones frustrated with Last.fm's update earlier this year (gah, we went from a gorgeous website to something so poorly designed and ill-working... grumble, grumble), I was interested to see if Mog would be a suitable replacement. Sadly, many of the images didn't come up on Internet Explorer (Mozilla Firefox, anyone?), but a happy shard of light was the ability to listen to streamed songs in their entirety, or at least that was the case with one of my most favouritest bands, The Clientele. Have a listen to Rain by The Clientele and let me know what you think.
I don't know if Mog will replace Last.fm for me, as I'm still kind of iffy on the design of the website, but they get props for having The Clientele up for all to listen to.
What, how did Etsy get second place to Threadless? Shenanigans. Etsy is the super-jam, selling all kinds of stuff from all sorts of good people. According to my Etsy account, I've purchased 108 items since March 2006, and I'm currently waiting on a vintage 1950s/60s chiffon nightie-top in baby blue from Etsy seller madecute. This holiday season, I'll be turning to Etsy for unique gifts for the cool people in my life, and you should, too.
Oooh, BBC iPlayer! It's so sleek! So pretty! So... oh, bugger! I can't watch video unless I'm in the UK! Boo. At least I can listen to the radio, and BBC 6's Rock & Indie page looks dead cool. Since I'm on a work computer that doesn't have Real Player (double boo), I'll have to check out some of the audio when I'm at home, but it looks great.
As for the Adventure activity, I'll have to get to that one in a future posting.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
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