Geekblok

MySpace is probably the biggest in the world and Dutch social networking site Hyves went over five million members last Wednesday.

So why another new “social”? Well… because this one is antisocial: Bugroff.

Guess this opens some opportunities for Web 3.0, heh-heh!

Web2.0 is all about reflections and rounded corners, or so it seems. We’ve seen how to make reflections online before, so now it’s time to get rounded corners without Photoshop or GIMP.

The website RoundPic does this for you, and does it quite fast too! First you upload an image, or give them an URI to download and and click later, you have rounded corners. Woohoo!.

Let’s see the results. I gave them a photo of the Insomnium concert I recently attended and within a few seconds, the metal band was a little less frightening, with rounded corners.

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.