Crenk

The guys over at CSS addict have a great article about web 2.0 design products that I though everyone would enjoy. As of late there are web 2.0 companies poping up everywhere and there are even more web 2.0 style designed sites, flash buttons etc. Below is a list of some of the most useful web 2.0 design generators in the marketplace today, and the best thing is they are all free!

Web 2.0 Stripes Generator

Stripe Designer

Online Ribbon Generator

Web 2.0 Budges

Fresh Badge Generator

Loader Generator

Favicon Editor

Favicon Generator

Tabs Generator

Button Maker

Buttonator

Logo Creator

Web 2.0 Logo Creator

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Since Twitter is a growing phenomenon and they have just about to gain some more funding for the service, we thought we would provide you with a list of some of the best Twitter applications out there in the market today. The applications has been broken down into desktop, mobile and web. Make sure you test them out and let us know which is your favourite.

Web Applications

• Twistori
• Twitterfeed
• Terraminds
• Mobypicture
• Summize

Mobile Applications

• Twitter Answers
• Hahlo
• Cetwit
• Twittai
• Twapper

Desktop Applications

• Twhirl
• Snitter
• Twitteriffic
• Twitteroo
• Tweetr

Everyone seems to be talking about Adobe Air these days. The applications have been really taking off and they seem to so slick in design and functionality. A month or so ago Seesmic made the acquisition of Twhirl, which made Twhirl the first Adobe Air based application to be acquired. Since then Air seems to have become even more popular.

Up until the last few days there has been only one place to find a full list of Adobe Air Applications, and that has been in the Adobe Air marketplace on the Adobe site. However, a new marketplace has launched and it is called FreshAirApps.

FreshAirApps is written on the ExpressionEngine software and really has some great functionality and design. On FreshAirApps applications are showcased and then users can vote for the best applications. Currently, there are only a totally of about 500 applications written on Adobe Air, so the marketplace will be starting off slowly, but will soon pickup speed in the coming months. FreshAirApps also shows users how to implement and install Air apps through the tutorial section.

That all being said Air is easy to install and their are already great applications on the platform, such as eBay, FineTune and NASDAQ applications.

Company Name: BrightEgg

Type of Industry: Design and Development Platform

Based: USA

Founded: 17th December 2007

Competitors: Synthasite and SiteKreator

About: Brightegg is a powerful web platform that enables businesses to build, manage and market a feature-rich, highly professional website at a cost-effective price. Joined by a community of talented designers, Brightegg targets organizations that want to grow online without spending thousands of dollars or hiring a full-time programmer, web designer and marketing expert.

Brightegg and their experienced designer community offer premier, sophisticated web designs that businesses use to build their website. Once launched, businesses can easily manage their entire website in-house, market themselves using a multitude of features and collect leads and client information through a dedicated database.

Crenk Thoughts: BrightEgg is great for users who want design their own sites in less than 30 minutes. Currently, users can receive a free 30 day trial with the service and then it is quite affordable, costing less than $20 per month. This service is really not for a tech savy user, but tailored to meet the needs of an existing company looking to try to make a small presence on the web.

At about lunch time in the UK I received an email from Rackspace. Not too long ago I was looking for a new web host for our group and Rackspace was one of the companies I approached. Rackspace was emailing me about possibly moving our business over to their hosting service and what they might be able to offer to make this happen. I thought this was very nice of them and was amazed that they even got back to me.

The email that was send was from their sales department and then after the first one I received every ten minutes after there was an identical email send to me. Rackspace SPAMMING ME! This happened for about an hour after the first email and it only seemed to stop when I sent them an email saying “stop spamming me!”

Rackspace have to be one of the leaders in the USA for medium level web hosting, so why do they have to go to the extent of spamming potential customers to gain more business? This will only hurt them!