2007-02-23 15:23
Funny web applications
When you’ve signed up for a new online service and you’re exploring the interface, you’re not first and foremost expecting humor — which is probably why it works.
Today I’ve signed up for two online services, Picnik and FeedBurner, and in both cases they brought a smile to my face. Here’s why:
Picnic’s loading progress bar
Reminiscent of The Sims’ progress bar while loading (“Reticulating splines” etc.), Picnik’s progress bar signals that the application is setting up a perfect day out:
FeedBurner’s info boxes
When you log on to FeedBurner before your feed has gone live, you’re faced with this message, which made me laugh a lot:
Also, if you try and look at stuff that’s only included in their pro package, you get this:
Informal != unprofessional
There’s enough seriousness in the world as it is, and a little lightheartedness is often a good thing. Being informal and funny doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll come off as unprofessional, so go ahead and make me laugh a little! Of course, at some point you might want to start looking around for that thin line and make sure you don’t cross it …
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2007-02-23 14:16
Feeds are now on FeedBurner
As traffic has been picking up due to my implementation of Technorati tags, I’ve felt a need to know a bit more about how many subscribers I have on my RSS feed.
The old URLs have been set up with a permanent redirect (code 301), so if you’ve already subscribed, your feed reader should automatically update itself to the new FeedBurner URL.
I’m not quite sure what happens with single section feeds. It was previously possible to subscribe to only the blog or the articles by using a URL like http://www.travholt.net/atom?section=blog. Then again, I’m not writing articles very often, so getting the odd one in the blog feed probably doesn’t hurt anyone too much.
Anyway, where it’s all happening now is here: feeds.feedburner.com/travholtnet
Oh, and if you’re experiencing problems with the feed, please let me know — add a comment below!
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