Cool stuff on the web: secondlife, truveo, rememberthemilk

Myspace, Flickr, Netflix and all that - Hot sites and trends on the web

The wiki for the seminar can be found here: http://www.mpi-sb.mpg.de/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Cool_Websites

--- This week again at 4:00 pm ---

The (short!) presentations will be very informal and interaction with
the audience is strongly encouraged. Rotunda 3rd floor

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secondlife (Ingmar) - Want to escape reality? Always wanted to live in the matrix? Then join one of the fastest growing virtual communities. This virtual world is making lots of real money. http://secondlife.com/

truveo (Jochen) - Truveo is video search engine that had its beta launch on Sept. 14 2005 and soon after was acquired by AOL (details of the transaction were not disclosed). It uses transcripts, feeds and surrounding content to determine a video's context. http://www.searchvideo.com/

rememberthemilk (Laura) - Do you feel overwhelmed by all the small and annoying tasks you have to do? Don't want to forget your girlfriend's birthday (again)? Then this website is for you! Write down your todo's, add map locations related to tasks, share your todo list, ask for sms, email or instant message notifications. http://www.rememberthemilk.com/

Presentations will be 5-10 minutes each.

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Send an email to iweber@.. if you would like to present something in
this informal setting.