16 March 2008

StumbleUpon

Filed under: Software, Web 2.0 — Liam Sheerin @ 1:53 am

StumbleUpon is a smart browsing application for finding great websites you’ll like.

StumbleUpon

The system works by recording user submitted websites against pre-defined categories. Each user specifies the categories of their interest and relevant sites are served to these users along with the ability to rate the site. This process means that the users of the system share their recommendations and qualitatively review them before they get to you.

This new way of finding and sharing interesting sites is fast and extremely entertaining. It has certainly changed the way I use the Internet.

Oringinally, the system worked on Firefox only and was, for a while, one of the best reasons to use the Firefox browser. It is now also available for IE7, allowing more people to participate.







9 March 2008

Phun - Physics Modelling Application

Filed under: Food For Thought, Software — Liam Sheerin @ 5:47 pm

This great 2D physics sandbox application would have made a lot of school physics lessons a lot more interesting.

You can find out more about the system here.







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