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Web 2.0 Selects
By Michelle | August 4, 2008
Since the dawn of web 2.0 (the term was coined in 2004 though the phenomenon it describes has been around for longer) there has been an explosion of internet tools aimed to facilitate information sharing and interaction among end-users. All in all, the choice is amazing.
Unfortunately, it’s not a given that in the end the best tools will prevail. Since web 2.0 is a community-driven concept, any new tool has to reach a critical mass of active users before it become self-sustaining — something sort of like Malcolm Gladwell’s “tipping point.” Therefore, I’ll take this moment to advertise some of the tools I’ve found most useful, innovative, well-designed, or otherwise intriguing.
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Flickr: Probably the best online photo-sharing site out there — easy to navigate, endlessly flexible, enough professional-quality photos to make my jaw drop |
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del.icio.us: Although there are countless social bookmarking sites, the top English-language sites are probably digg, del.icio.us, and StumbleUpon. What choose del.icio.us? It seems to have the most Japanese-language users. |
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Spicy Elephant: A newcomer to the web 2.0 scene, this site lets users create decks of virtual flashcards and share them with other users. Not an entirely new concept, but the interface is easy to use, and the color scheme is soothing. |
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Timetoast: Users create interactive timelines to share over the web. There’s a lot of randomness but also some pretty nice submissions. |
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Forvo: An interesting concerpt still in beta phase, this site is a collection of words spoken in dozens of language by (supposedly) native speakers across the world. |
Topics: Internet |
August 6th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
wow, it´s great to be on that list.