Jeremy Zawodny introduces three new and very cool web services. I tried all three and was most impressed with Wufoo. There is an elegant simplicity to both Wufoo and Pixoh. As I tested these services I couldn’t help but think that Microsoft must feel that these and other new services pose a signifcant threat to many of their products.

1. Pixoh: online photo editor
2. YouOS: a web operating system
3. Wufoo: a web-based form builder and data collection/reporting service

Jeremy also has an interesting post about edgeio which looks like a spruced up Craigslist to me. It’s pretty clear it’s new but I really like the idea here and hope it takes off. This is one of those sites like Redfin that is hard to leave.

At least according to Dare Obasanjo they do if you compare similar offerings from Google and Yahoo. I don’t believe this is an isolated case. When I worked for a local ISP in the mid 90’s, customers new to the internet would call tech support over confusion between Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer.

Microsoft has so many brands floating around it’s hard to keep track of them all. Over the last year I’ve installed Messenger, MSN Messenger, Windows Live Messenger and Communicator. I have no idea when I should use one or the other. Good luck to Microsoft tech support on this one. And what does “Office Live” sound like but isn’t?

On another note, if Engadget is correct, you’ll be able to chose between 6 versions of Windows Vista.

Source: Scoble

Lawrence Lessig from Stanford University speaks to a group about Free Culture. Best use of Powerpoint slides I’ve ever seen. Keeps it simple and examples are very interesting. You can also download his entire audiobook by called Free Culture.

Source: the excellent mamamusing blog

The same guy behind the original mp3.com and Lindows is going after Microsoft again with his web-based Word competitor called AjaxWrite. I tried it out and was surprised at how responsive it felt. Great for basic word processings which is what I need most of the time.

You won’t find it at the main Firefox site but you will find it at the Revolving World blog.

According to Forbes/MSNBC article here are the top 20 based on big city zip code:

1. Chicago: 60602

2. Miami: 33130

3. Dallas: 75231

4. New York: 10001

5. Riverside-San Bernardino, Calif.: 92408

6. Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.: 55110

7. Los Angeles: 90059

8. Washington, D.C.: 20010

9. Baltimore: 21231

10. Phoenix: 85050

11. Philadelphia: 19122

12. Tampa-St. Petersburg, Fla.: 33605

13. San Diego: 92102

14. San Francisco: 94111

15. St. Louis: 63113

16. Atlanta: 30340

17: Houston: 77063

18. Seattle: 98166

19. Boston: 02116

20. Detroit: 48207

I wish this shirt had been available when I was serving in Germany as a missionary. I’m certain more people would have allowed me into their homes if they thought I was deliverying a package from FedEx. It might also be fun to wear it to an interview with UPS. Link from Billboardom

But it just might land you a job according to Wired. The next person I interview for a Developer or Technical PM position I’m going to ask what level WoW character they are playing.

The people at Monochrom set out to test the power of brands by asking people to draw 12 logos from memory. Peugeot is one of the more difficult to draw but its identity still comes through in most of the sketches. The Apple logo still looks so very elegant compared to many of the others they tested.

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