2006 March : Qwerky, Notebook of the Weirdest New Web 2.0 Names!

LogoLinks from China

by ia on 3.29.06 in Scribbles go talk[1]

It’s bad enough that 90% of the time, we can’t understand what a webapp name means (by looking for it in a dictionary, at least). But is it worse to stumble upon yet another field of logos (translated version) with tons of Chinese characters in them?
Qwerky, unfortunately, does not feature non-international services (e.g. ones that [...]

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Grazr

by ia on 3.28.06 in Sites go talk[1]

Keep yung site fresh with an AJAX-powered widget that fetches the latest feeds from the OPML/RSS URL you indicate.
Ironically, it looks so retro (read: Win98) that it doesn’t quite fit into the look-and-feel of their homepage. But who’s complaining?
The Qwerks
Belongs to Circle Number
2, The Metaphor
The Formula
The ‘R’ Thang
Web 2.0 Validator Score
2/46
Company Colors
Green
Company Mascot
A cow dressed [...]

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Weird Web App Name or Star Wars Character?

by ia on 3.16.06 in Scribbles go talk[0]

Perhaps it was the scifi-illiterate in me that failed to notice that Star Wars is a good source of qwerky names.
I got a 35. (In the range 31-40: As your doctor, I recommend moving out of your parents’ basement.)
Try it!

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Kottke reveals…

by ia on 3.14.06 in Scribbles go talk[0]

The secret to Web 2.0: what do Flickr, Ning, Kiko, Vimeo, Shadows, YouTube, Furl, NewsGator, Shutterfly, Mefeedia, Feedster, Planzo, Zazzle, Tailrank, Yakalike, Qoop, Lulu, Blish, Flagr, FireAnt, Odeo, Measure Map, EVDB, Gather, Oyogi, Last.fm…

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