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I'm a sucker for cool new online interfaces, especially those that find a way to bring traditional paradigms into the networked environment. To that end, let me point you to one of Amazon.com's latest projects: Amazon Windowshop Beta. Here what...
I stumbled across Widexplorer.com this weekend and wanted to share it with you all. The premise of the site is to be a search engine aggregator, but with a twist. While many sites allow you to put in a keyword...
To start with, Flickr is a website that lets you upload, organize, and share photos with friends, family, and the world. Flickr is a Web 2.0 application in that the data on its site can be easily inputted into other...
Presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences for more than a decade, the Webbys are annual awards acknowledging excellence on the Internet. While much of the focus is on the best advertising, website design, and interfaces rather...
I don't often link to stuff that's pure advertising, but in this case I made an exception. Go check out NASA @ Home and City. Click on the link and you'll open a new window that showcases an impressive, interactive...
What I find often to be one of the biggest cool factor of the Internet is its ability to introduce new ways to interact with and visualize information. There are just so many things that can only be done online,...
Webware.com is a leading site covering the rise of Internet applications. Each year they put their mission to a vote and compile a list of the top 100 applications as decided by their readers. This year not only have they...
A long-running theme on App-Rising.com is the exploration of how the Internet introduces new ways to interact with and visualize information. It's not just about on-demand access and search and sharing; the digital revolution can also change the nature of...
It's time again for everyone's favorite, the Broadband Article Roundup! Here are some of the stories I've found interesting over the last week for your reading pleasure: "U2 3D" Brings Hyperreal Arena Rock to the Multiplex This story is about...
As regular readers may have noted, I have a strong affinity for interface design. Computers offer untold opportunity for creating new ways to interact with information, a reality often pushed to its furthest reaches online through broadband. Whether an interface...
Earlier this year a group called the New7Wonders Foundation held an online contest to construct a new list of wonders, seeing as how the only remaining structure from the original roster are the Great Pyramids in Giza. On July 7,...
While tracking the coolest new applications is always fun, sometimes what garners my interest even more is the introduction of new ways to look at old things. In particular I find the limitless mutability of online interfaces to be a...
TGIF everybody! As we head into the weekend I wanted to take a moment to share some lighter fare with you, something fun to explore and get you ready for a weekend that's hopefully carefree and fun-fillled. Today I'm pointing you to an interesting implementation of Flash that combines thousands of pictures to create an interactive mosaic, which serves the purpose of promoting the first in a series of films called A Moment On Earth.
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