Cool stuff on the web: howstuffworks, ecologyfund, tree-nation, maydaycards

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

http://www.mpi-sb.mpg.de/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Cool_Websites (seminar wiki)

The (short!) presentations will be very informal and there's lots of interaction with the audience. Rotunda 3rd floor.

! OPEN TO EVERYONE !

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howstuffworks (Arno) - How does a fridge work? How does a helicopter work? An even: how do women work? Book writer and former CS professor Marshall Brain has created a "top 500" website with a surprisingly simple idea: provide short and snappy explanations to everyday questions. He seems to make a lot of money from it. So how does howstuffworks work? Complicated question... At least, I'll tell you how it is.
http://www.howstuffworks.com

ecologyfund (Daniel) - As simple as that: click on a sponsored link to make a free donation to an environmental project.
http://www.ecologyfund.com

tree-nation (Daniel) - Plant a tree in the desert of Niger and watch in grow on an interactive map. Feel good community included.
http://www.tree-nation.com

maydaycards (Eric) - No conference on Hawai'i? No time to go to New Zealand? Wanna report on the Sushi in Tokyo? The alibi-post-office allows you to send postcards from places without going there ...
http://www.maydaycards.com

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Send an email to iweber@.. if you would like to present something in
this informal setting. If you don't have any idea yourself, you'll be provided with a choice of websites to present.