Craiggers

A new, more efficient way of searching on Craigslist?

http://craiggers.com/

All is OK GO

Another Chrome experiment from Google, All Is Not Lost features the band OK Go and members of the dance troupe Pilobolus. Filmed from below a glass floor, bodies move and press against the glass (in seafoam green unitards, no less) to form kaleidoscopic shapes and your personalized inspirational message to Japan.

The online video was first shot in 3D and made possible by HTML5 — hence Google’s connection and endorsement of Chrome as the preferred browser. While it kind of feels like it could have been cooler, the video is reminiscent of the captivating, multi-window viewing experiences of the Wilderness Downtown and Soul-Mirror.

Try it out with your own message: http://www.allisnotlo.st/

Contributed by Francois Grouiller

Flixmaster

Introducing Flixmaster, an HTML-5 video editor/player that could enable new ways to experience digital video online.

Since it allows users to produce online video content with a simple drag and drop system, this could be fun technology to explore for digital storytelling projects.

Contributed by Ralph Paone

Rorschmap

Transform Google Maps into trippy, kalidescopic images reminiscent of the ink blots from Rorschach test.

Check it out here: http://rorschmap.com/

Via Laughing Squid

Getaround Social Car Sharing

A new social car swapping site, this service allows individuals to put their own vehicles up for rent at an hourly rate they get to set (e.g. Tesla Roadster $50/hr).

No idea how it all works or whether it will catch on, but it’s pretty interesting.

http://www.getaround.com/

Test driving is becoming a lot more “social” and “consumer driven” than before.

Contributed by Ralph Paone

MINI Maps

Challenge your friends to a virtual race around the world with this clever Facebook app. An advergame for Mini France, MINI Maps lets you design your own racing vehicle and then zoom through life-like cities thanks to satellite images from Google maps.

Via Digital Buzz

Google+

Here it is finally, Google’s version of Facebook: Google+

Read the official Google blog post here: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/introducing-google-project-real-life.html

Or take a video tour with sentimental music here: 

Google asks, What do you love?

Google has launched a new search option built around what you love/like. Type in what you love, and it collects results for more than 20 different types of Google search/products in one page. Kind of fun. Not quite sure what the long term benefit is, but in terms of getting an fast overview on a topic or brand it could be useful.

Play around at:  http://www.wdyl.com/#

Contributed by Josh Spanier

Refresh for Random Fashion Inspiration

TheSartorialTwist.com cleverly serves up a random outfit pieced together by strips of three different fashion street scenes.

While the utility factor might not be huge, the delight is definitely there in simply refreshing the page to see a new combination— sometimes scattered, sometimes synchronous, often funny — appear.

http://thesartorialtwist.com/

GE exercises their blogging voice

The choices brands make to cultivate their own unique voice and personality on the Internet are often interesting. Here, a well-established brand, General Electric, takes a trendy approach toward blogging.

By posting vintage shots — mostly using Instagram — of significant laboratory tests and research from the past 130 years, GE manages to create more of a niché web presence for their brand, thereby making it more intriguing, and perhaps more accessible, to a larger demographic.

http://generalelectric.tumblr.com/

Contributed by James Craig