2 New Web Applications That I’m Excited About
16 Mar
As I was browsing through information on the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas I came across two new services that I think have a lot of potential. I think consumers will be able to get a lot of use out of these apps because they’re designed to be extremely simple to use.
Buildor is a web-based site builder, but instead of focusing on creating websites from scratch (like, say Weebly) it allows you to pull an existing web page from anywhere on the web and edit it just like you would a Word document or Photoshop file.
So you can see the interface from this screenshot, but the way it works is that Buildor grabs the HTML of a page from the page source that you can see when you click that option in your browser. Now it has a saved copy of your site displayed on your application and you can make changes to images, text, layout, etc. Then you can take that saved version of your HTML and upload it back into your site. This is a pretty simple way for non-technical people to edit their website.
I’m even more excited about the new social mapping application Placethings. This new app allows you to apply any kind of media (text, audio, video, etc) onto a particular point on a map. You can create interactive trips or document a vacation that you’re already on.
I see two awesome applications of this technology. One is to plan a trip for someone else. So you could create a scavenger hunt with different clues throughout the map, or plan an agenda for someone in a new location that’s unfamiliar with the local hotspots. The other way to use it would be to document a trip that you’re currently on. So you can take photos and video of the different stops on your cruise or vacation and then save them to your map to show all your friends when you get back. I hope these guys can get an Android app out because I would definitely be willing to pay to use this on my Droid. I think the iPhone app is already out and they will soon be rolling out a web version.
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