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Happy New Year!
2006 was another year in which we witnessed a myriad of changes and technological improvements to our industry which is really just more of the same. From the last year we've learned how to improve and enhance web presence development with full out Web 2.0 deployment and implementing the latest Flash scripting.
This issue of the Interactive Quarterly dubbed the "Vanity Issue" is another double issue (Fall/Winter) which will look at some the internets must see projects from the past year and according to PC World, the worst websites of the year in our year end round up.
These
are some of our favourite web
sites of the year (and
beyond).
Geoterra
Part of General Electric’s
broad-ranging
“Ecomagination” campaign,
this site enlivens
environmental data with a
fictional island interface.
Users learn important facts
about GE products, while
playing fun and sometimes
challenging games.
Now What
The online companion to an
innovative State Farm
campaign couches valuable
insights about insurance in
humorous, real-world
scenarios. Complete with
tools that explain different
types of coverage and how
much they cost, the site
offers friendly
demystification of an often
daunting subject.
Specialized Body Geometry
Cycling meets science class
on this site for Specialized
bicycles. Users poke around
to learn how Specialized
gear works with the body,
while graphic dissections of
muscles and
skeletons—complete with
squishy sound effects—make
learning science just as
unsettling as it used to be.
Kohn Peterson Fox Architects
At every level, this
image-heavy site for Kohn
Peterson Fox highlights the
firm’s innovative approach
to contemporary
architecture. Its
exploratory interface is
inspired by floors and
stairwells, while every page
acts as a case study,
allowing users to
familiarize themselves with
company projects.
The
25 Worst Web Sites according to PC World
From unforgettable flame-outs to some of
the most popular destinations around, no
one is safe from our look at the world's
dumbest dot-coms and silliest sites.
- MySpace.com
- CyberRebate
- Cartoonnetwok.com
- CD Universe
- AllAdvantage
read the full article by Dan Tynan, PC World
In Web 1.0, a small number of writers
created Web pages for a large number of
readers. As a result, people could get
information by going directly to the
source: Adobe.com for graphic design
issues, Microsoft.com for Windows
issues, and CNN.com for news. Over time,
however, more and more people started
writing content in addition to reading
it. This had an interesting
effect—suddenly there was too much
information to keep up with! We did not
have enough time for everyone who wanted
our attention and visiting all sites
with relevant content simply wasn’t
possible. As personal publishing caught
on and went mainstream, it became
apparent that the Web 1.0 paradigm had
to change.
Enter Web 2.0, part collaboration environment, part business tool, part entertainment platform, the next step for the internet. It's considered a vision of the Web in which information is broken up into “microcontent” units that can be distributed over dozens of domains. The Web of documents has morphed into a Web of data. We are no longer just looking to the same old sources for information. Now we’re looking to a new set of tools to aggregate and remix microcontent in new and useful ways.
To answer the question is Web 2.0 just another buzzword or a substantial move forward for the internet and the way we interact with each other? Absolutely - the success of such huge 2.0 sites like Wikipedia, YouTube and Canada's Flickr are great examples of full execution of collaborative community type web based tools. Now organizations and SMB's can expect to implement these same type functions to their own websites or be left behind.
Visit Wikipedia.com to learn more about Web 2.0
Inorbital is proud to launch Invisually the web based visual effect shots database. This website is a product of the joint collaboration between Eric Robertson and Inorbital Inc. and already a success with such big budget Hollywood productions like The Lucky Number Slevin and the soon to be released The Brave One and Music and Lyrics
We've just moved - same great building new suite 203. Come by for a visit as the construction should be over at the end of January.
Since our last issue we've helped design & launch the following web sites:
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