Geekblok

I usually can’t stand mashups and refuse to post all the ones I come across, but today I found a nice example of where it’s just a little more than the average.

MuViBee is a mashup. It grabs data from iTunes, YouTube and Amazon to provide you a site where you can browse, watch and buy your favorite music. Since I’m about to attend a Amorphis gig tomorrow, I’d thought it be fun to test the website with this band.

After typing in ‘amorphis’ in the search box on the front page, I was taken to quite an eye pleasing framework with three columns. The first column is the one in which the owners of MuViBee like to generate some cash (for I assume they have some affiliate deal with Amazon and iTunes). The second column shows you the videos found and the last column shows you the video screen and playlist.

As said, it’s all looking quite attractive and it works rather well. That’s probably what’s making this mashup a little better than the rest. Now let’s wait until they add “similar artists” links, provide to them by last.fm

Besides a website name that has less vowels than needed and ends with a ‘R’, a good old web2.0 site should have a logo with reflection (as BOK pointed out in Web2.0 - logo creator).

The technique behind this is fairly simple and can be done with software like Photoshop or GIMP. You basically duplicate the layer with the logo, then flip it horizontally and fade it out. But if you don’t have this software installed, Reflection Maker can help you to do this online.

The interface is quite easy and straightforward. Simply give it an URL, or upload an image. Set the background color and specify the size of the reflection. Hit generate and you’re all set.

B10m made some promises on his weblog regarding this place (keep an eye out for web2.0/technical posts on there), so a Web2.0 Geekblok R-enabled logo was becoming inevitable. This is the result:







Like it? Create your own at Alex P’s Web2.0 Logo Creator.