Wizard Creek Consulting

"World Mosaic Created From 1001 Web 2.0 Logos
1001 Different Clickable Web2.0 Logos"

---

"With the advent of Web 2.0 we’re witnessing a new movement, that of the no cost, no install, and no log in software."

This article deserves some link love. A nice collection of no cost, no install, no log in software. I love that. It should be an acronym. I suggest NOCIL (no cost, no install, no login).

---

Oh these sorts of graphics are so much fun. This one is a Icon War. I am just glad Norton gets zapped in the end.

---

"Fifty years ago, in response to the surprise Soviet launch of Sputnik, the U.S. military set up the Advanced Research Projects Agency. It would become the cradle of connectivity, spawning the era of Google and YouTube, of Amazon and Facebook, of the Drudge Report and the Obama campaign. Each breakthrough—network protocols, hypertext, the World Wide Web, the browser—inspired another as narrow-tied engineers, long-haired hackers, and other visionaries built the foundations for a world-changing technology."

From ARPA to Internet.

---

"We Let You Loan to the Working Poor
Kiva's mission is to connect people through lending for the sake of alleviating poverty.
Kiva is the world's first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend directly to unique entrepreneurs in the developing world."

A most worthy cause.

---

"What’s the Ultimate Creativity Killer?"

Great quotes like:

“This ‘telephone’ has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. ~Western Union internal memo, 1876.

---

"By any name, the current incarnation of the Internet is known for giving power to the people. Sites like YouTube and Wikipedia collect the creations of unpaid amateurs while kicking pros to the curb—or at least deflating their stature to that of the ordinary Netizen. But now some of the same entrepreneurs that funded the user-generated revolution are paying professionals to edit and produce online content."

The wisdom of the crowds (Web 2.0) versus the wisdom of the experts (Web 3.0).

---

"A word-of-mouth network for consumers Angie's List is a growing collection of homeowners' real-life experiences with local service companies. The people who join Angie's List are like you — looking for a way to find trustworthy companies that perform high-quality work."

Real people giving real reviews of real businesses.

---

"This 2.5 minute video is a result of feedback from our fans. We've received a number of requests from people who want their friends to use the micro-blogging service Twitter, but can't seem to explain it well. We hope this video helps."

Another of the great videos from CommonCraft. This one about Twitter.

---

"Download: The True Story of the Internet is about a revolution -- the technological, cultural, commercial and social revolution that has radically changed our lives.

And for the first time on television, we hear how it happened from the men and women who made it possible.

Download is hosted by technology journalist John Heileman ... He's an edgy, combative, hi-energy New Yorker who never takes anything at face value. He's also a personal friend of most of Silicon Valley's most important characters and he revels in craziness of it all. After all, this is a story in which 20-year-olds become overnight billionaires, create, destroy and re-create more wealth in ten years then human race has ever seen, and still struggle to get a date."

An excellent TV show about the growth of the Internet.

---

This is interesting in a "look where we are with this technology" sort of way. One would expect this to look primitive in a few short years ... or even months.

---

"At Worth1000, we are creating a complex ecosystem for artists and providing the world with free, capable collaborative tools and an approach to collaboration and rights management that will turn the marketplace for online art on its head."

I enjoy looking at what can be done with Photoshop.

---

"What financial records to keep, how long to keep them.

You can't take everything with you, but the following are suggestions about how long you should keep personal finance and investment records on file:"

---

"A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language"

A picture of the Internet as a World Map.

---

"Periodic Table of the Internet"

Visualizing the internet as the Periodic Table of Elements.

---

"Our task is to move the discussion away from talking heads and talking points, and give it back to you. That is Big Think's mission. In practice, this means that our information is truly interactive. When you log onto our site, you can access hundreds of hours of direct, unfiltered interviews with todays leading thinkers, movers and shakers."

YouTube for thinking people.

---

"Coffee Drinks Illustrated | Lokesh Dhakar on Flickr - Photo Sharing!"

Will not make you a barista, but it does provide an overview of some of the expresso-based coffee drinks.

---

GigaPan allows users to upload, share, and explore brilliant gigapixel+ panoramas from around the globe.

---

"Share Microsoft Outlook Calendar and Contacts with OfficeCalendar"

---

"B KB MB GB Converter Have you ever been confused about the number of kilobytes in a megabyte, or in a gigabyte or vice-versa? Now you can convert among bytes and kilobytes and megabytes and gigabytes with ease."

---