I was trying to find out the other day, due to the upcoming new release of webia, if there are any other people, talented ones, who just like to review websites, just like Web International Awards does, for free. This way I have found this review site. It is not something much, it is just a blog, but it contains so much good articles.
Of course, I stopped in the web 2.0 category, because that’s the one that interested me. This guy posts, I think, around 8 or 9 web 2.0 reviews each week. That is a lot. This is why so far he has a huge list of 140 websites in this category.
I saw in there Vimeo, Nabbr, MyWaves, The Standard and many many other powerful website. It is quite a good resource, just because those reviews are so objective. So, if you’re looking for web 2.0 websites, the above blog is the point to start looking, not Google.
Cheers!
A couple of years ago, I have registered a Romanian domain name, e-shopcenter.ro, which I planned and still plan to develop as a virtual mall. The idea is quite popular these days. The 2 basic issues such a platform has to deal with would be shopping comparison between not 2, but many many shop owners, which would probably offer the same products at varying prices. The other issue would be a global shopping cart, so that people can buy simultaneously from different providers. Just like in a real mall.
Therefor, I started to research into shopping comparison, to see how others have designed their user interfaces and their way to compare different online shopping stores. This is how I found Digxa. I stumbled upon their electronics category, and started to gather information.
At first, the category was empty, but upon selecting an inline category of electronics (camcorder accessories), the search narrowed, and the next step was me selecting a price range. Then I selected the brand I like most, and then the specific thing I was looking for. And I came up with 2 lens filters priced around 35$.
I spent 40 seconds in the process, a lot less than any other online store I have seen, and less than I would have spent in a real store asking an employer about my Canon 35$ priced lens filters.
Great website. Extraordinary experience!
Cheers!
Few days ago I was asked by one of my clients, which happens to be a nutritionist, to write some piece of code for his website that will calculate the body mass index of an adult person. To do this, I had to research a bit into this exact issue. So doing this i found BMI Calculator. They have a simple script which calculates in either English or metric system the BMI of one person.
As I have a similar math app, I might release my BMI script too, just as I did with the previous math converter/calculator. Of course, this script is not complex at all, but it can be very useful. I may even release it as an API, so that nutritionists, doctors and alike could easy implement it into their sites, or simply use them in their offices.
Until then, I warmly recommend you the above BMI calculator, which works great.
Quicknote: BMI is used to calculate if the extra weight you have translates itself into future health issues. You may also find the body mass index defined as quetelet index. As I said above that this is not a complex app, I must state also why. Well, BMI is calculated with a simple division, between the weight and the height, weight over the height squared.
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. As you can see, my blog article regarding the acquisition of Modernbill is first result, just on top of Modernbill’s official website, while Parallels’s official site is further down, the last 2 items in the result page. So, this interesting article about Modernbill, Parallels (formerly SWsoft) which is top on Google is just another proof for me that my SEO skills are good. I think I will even create some print document regarding this to use in marketing here in Romania. Cheers! 
What can I say, I was reading some finance related articles at around 12:50 AM in Romania. Of course, I was listening to Club FG as usual (Didier Sinclair was on air/line tonight) but at precisely 1 AM, Robbie Rivera kicked in. And my god. I finished those finance related articles hours ago (not really, but to emphasize). Why didn’t I go to sleep if I finished my late night reading? Simple. Robbie Rivera has threw in some sick tunes in his mix. I mean, there’s not 1 song that was with poor rhythm.
It was an awesome one hour mix, and I do not think this one compares to anything I have ever listened before. Hell yes, if this mix was played inside some club, the dance floor would have been flooded and the bar left empty.
Robbie, when are you coming to Romania? Specifically Cluj-Napoca, please!
And now you know that the next few days spare time I will use to find this mix, its tracks and re-listen it over and over and, over and out!
Edited 10 minutes later:
Ok, so Tecktonik kicked in with some guest dj whom’s name I didn’t pick up. The feeling is still as above. What is up with FG tonight? I haven’t heard such good quality electro in ages. It is as simple as that. Thank god Tecktonik has a lovely podcast I am subscribed to. I’ll check Tecktonik’s mix tomorrow when I have recharged my batteries. MacBookPro’s and mine aswell.
Cheers!
How many of you have needed sometimes in the past cash adavances (payday loans). Guilty, guilty, and you madam, guilty. I know there are thousand of companies that offer such services, but these days I stumbled upon the next website that offers cash advance services.
Frankly, their website is not in tip top shape. The header is meaningless to me. Let me tell you why. I simply do not see how with a $ 500 cash advanced I can either build a similar building (as to what they have on their homepage), or either get someone to smile like that. Perhaps it would have been best if you saw there some loads of money into someone hands, and some nice logo for their website.
On the left side of the site, they have that navigation bar which has the “cherry” on top, in the “click here” button which nowadays I only see used by spammers and alike.
What is nice is that they have a good manner to present in words what they can offer you. The content area details their services, and by the time you end the paragraph, you just wanna click ahead and register for $ 500 in advance.
What they could have done better is the forms area, which were nicer if they weren’t spanning across multiple pages. Or at least they should state step 1 out of 5. Like this, when you get to their cash advance form, you do not know how many steps there are. (What if you get paid until you complete the forms.)
The care about privacy, use SSL certificates, ask just a bit of financial information, your contact details, and that’s it. It turned out that they are easy to use. However, I would like such a company’s website to have the user experience a bit enhanced.
Cheers!
Ok, it is almost 7 PM here in Romania, and I am preparing for shutting down electronic equipment in about one hour or so. For those of you who do not know what I am talking about, the Earth’s hour wiki article is very long and has tons of useful information.
The event has been initiated and is promoted by WWF. What is bad about this event is that it is not as popular in Romania, as it is in Australia’s Sydney for example. But I hope we will also get by next year somewhere close to that amount of participation for this event. As of now, only 4 cities in Romania have announced that they participate in this event: Lugoj, Baia Mare, Timisoara and Sighetu Marmatiei (all four located either northern part of the country, or western. We all know that the smartest civilized Romanians are there).
What’s nice is that there aren’t any clouds on the sky, so that I could find something to do, relax etc. Here comes the pizza delivery …
Cheers!
So, few weeks ago I said how poor the support service of ModernBill is, and how badly their software (latest version) works. I must say in advance that ModernBill has been acquired by Parallels (formerly SWsoft).
I said above, in advance, as the official announcement is due to be posted only tomorrow, 27th of March, 2008.
Now, SWsoft specializes in virtualization, especially applications used in the hosting industry. I speak about the Virtuozzo VPS environments. What can I say? The experience of Parallels in the web hosting business will definitely make ModernBill a better product. At least I hope so. Hopefully, soon ModernBill will do more, and better on a hosting environment.
Cheers!
Ok. So back here in Romania, we have a little bit of an issue. Apple is present only by the means of it’s authorized resellers. Further more, the Iphone was released only in UK. Lots of my friends were eager to by Iphones. Most of them didn’t, a few did. Other were looking for other new Nokia smartphones, which unfortunately haven’t yet been released in Romania.
So, these days one of them sent me a link to imobileplaza. Imobile Plaza seems a great website, but I need a thorough review. The first thing that poped into my web dev eyes was hacker’s safe logo, placed right next to their own. I think it is a little to much. It could have well been on the footer, and somewhere in sight while checking out for payments etc.
They have that strangest effect for showing the mobile phones. They are somewhat grey shaded until you hover them, when they loose that effect and you can see their natural color. Clicking on each cellphone will get to a full description page, just as any other similar page on other site, with link to buy the cellphone etc.
It doesn’t seem much, but my friends wouldn’t have recommended it if they weren’t satisfied about it. So I guess they deserve some feedback. If I have them, I’ll soon post a review just like on Web Interntional Awards.
Cheers!
01 | Sofa King [mark Mendes rmx] - Acquaviva & Giacomotto - Definitive Recordings
02 | Altocumulus Floccus - Kaiser Souzai - Yellow Tail
03 | Swimming with Sharks[NOIR rmx] - a2z - Blufin
04 | La Sirena[Chris Liebing rmx] - John Acquaviva & Andrea Doria - Blufin
05 | Tommy Deathrow - Heads & Tails - Electro Plastic
06 | Green Frisbees[dub] - Hatiras-Hatrax - Hatrax
07 | Orogeortyp - Natalie Konan - Carbon 14
08 | Deep Rush[jacq edit] - Jan van Lier - Definitive Recordings
09 | Flip It - Kid Dub - Definitive Recordings
10 | Hardener - Ahmet Sendil - Bosphorous
11 | Tripped Out - Mark Mendes - Starter
12 | Space Invaders [andomat 3000 rmx] - Luke Solomon - Luke Solomon - Pekids
One word, or ok, two. John Acquaviva. His latest podcast is amazing (March 2008 episode), with intro track fabulous. A first track signed by Acquaviva and Giacomotto, which was number one in the charts of 2007.
Cheers!
