A set of simple, open data formats built upon existing and widely adopted standards. Instead of throwing away what works today, microformats intend to solve simpler problems first by adapting to current behaviors and usage patterns (e.g. XHTML, blogging). URL: Microformats.
The "first and only online travel site with exclusive relationships in place that give consumers access to previously unavailable wholesaler (a.k.a. "consolidators") inventory and the technology for real-time prices that is not available anywhere else online."
URL: cFares.
An open web directory that lets you search for websites by type and rate those websites. URL: Tall Street.
A compact device that uses the "wireless internet connection you already have to fetch cool stuff from the web: music, the latest news, box scores, animations, celebrity gossip...whatever you choose. And a chumby can exchange photos and messages with your friends." Coming soon. URL: Chumby.
A new social identity network for programmers, designers, engineers, sys admins and others in the professional developer community. The service will provide a public profile that outlines an individuals status, bio, contact info, skills & projects that can be linked to via their blog, mailing lists, forums, potential employers & other developers. Launch pending. URL: developerID.
Aggregates "tagged" and tradition search result. It is a great tool for tracking content on the web. We plan on releasing a portable version of the search so you can throw it up on your blog. (See eHub's results here).
URL: TagFetch.
A service for indexing and tagging films. You can catalogue the movies that you've seen and receive automatic recommendations for movies that you might like to see. URL: Movietally.
A meta search, which combines audio, visual and key word search and crawls the web for all types of video results. URL: PureVideo Search.
Freshbooks, the online invoicing and time management service, has released the ability to send invoices via the US post from a FreshBooks account.
Women 2.0 is pleased to present it's next event - a pool party and BBQ on August 26.
"Our webtop - Desktoptwo (in English) and Computadora.de (in Spanish) - is a free web-based desktop that mimics the look, feel and functionality of a local computer, all contained within one browser window and fully accessible from any Internet-connected device. It is about giving people a home on the Internet so that they have the tools, programs and applications they need to function in an increasingly mobile world..." URL: eHub Interviews Desktoptwo.
Submit, rate and find their favorite hotspots (restaurants, nightclubs, events, etc.). Maintain a photo gallery of each hotspot per user, a favorites list where members get bulletins from hotspot owners, a friends list called a "crew," community voting on hotspots, and more. URL: Hotspottin.
A free AJAX-based chat application for the visitors of a web site to discuss in real time with the owner of the site. URL: Interaction.
A community site with ratings and reviews of ski areas browsable by rating, difficulty and region. The easy way to find the best places to ski and
snowboard. URL: Mountain Reviews.
This site was created to unite programmers and designers for web projects. It also lets entrepreneurs and writers find people to work with. URL: ProgrammerMeetDesigner.
The Stylehive, a trendsetting visual social bookmarking community focused entirely on products and shopping, is seeking interns for Fall.
Links for the day
The site aggregates many of the most popular Web 2.0 weblogs (including eHub :) in a quick and easy to use format. URL: Original Signal.
Emily Chang is an award-winning strategic designer and co-founder and principal of ideacodes.com, a web design consultancy in San Francisco. Emily writes about strategic design and web at her professional blog emilychang.com and is the creator of eHub, a popular resource list that focuses on next generation web applications. She also has an artblog at artcodes.com [This is Emily Chang's experimental SuprGlu page, pulling in feeds from her various sites and web activity.]
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