Visual Search September 14, 2008
Posted by mycto in search.Tags: searchme, TC50, techcrunch, viewzi, visual search
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While at the recent Techcrunch50, I saw a demo a new company, Searchme, that presented search results in a different and intuitive way.
Essentially, they bring back screen shots of sites that have the word or phrase that you are looking for highlighted on the page. You can scroll through the pages and then click into the page once you have found the one that matched what you are looking for. See screenshot below:
searchme
Searchme and others like Viewzi get it. People are inundated with the many text results that come back with Google. These companies also have a really easy to use front end for the iPhone.
Check out these sites and let me know what you think:
Techcrunch50. Losing the Crunch? September 12, 2008
Posted by mycto in Conferences.Tags: Arrington, Calcanis, Conferences, mycto, TC50, Techcrunch50, Tonchidot
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Just got back last night from TC50. Is it just me, or was TC50 a sham of massive proportions? Sure, they let the companies pitch for free (unlike DEMO), but at $2500 per attendee (like yours truly), you would think that they could afford chairs that are comfortable. This, dear readers, was not my biggest beef. Here it is: If I have to listen to one more Arrington / Calcanis story of who was more drunk / stayed out late / partied harder, I might implode.
The problem is simple. There are business conferences. There are tech conferences. But there does not seem to be any for business people to actually learn about technology where it doesn’t seem like a bad rerun of Animal House. I enjoy a good time as much as the next guy, but could we all grow up a bit please?
One of the best highlights of the show was the demo and Q+A with Tonchidot. This was one of the funniest tech moments I have seen in years. This moment could not have been scripted any better. Enjoy
