Feedburner
The “ize” have it at Feedburner, which offers a tab called “Troubleshootize.”
YouTube
YouTube’s scheduled downtime screen features a mad scientist cooking up new concoctions.
Gifttagging
Gifttagging gets literal with tags that look like real-life tags.
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Jeremy Baines
on 14 Dec 06Thanks for the mention Matt!
nate
on 14 Dec 06That flock of tags is adorable.
Jon Maddox
on 14 Dec 06seems more like a “school” of tags to me…
Isaac Weinhausen
on 14 Dec 06How could it take so long for one of us (starting with me…) to finally start representing tags with literal tags… doh!!
Sam
on 14 Dec 06I actually chuckled out loud first time I saw the ‘troubleshootize’ on feedburner
Geof Harries
on 14 Dec 06Feedburner is simply oozing with personality. Very fefreshing to see in a world of Web 2.0 sameness.
Dr. Pete
on 14 Dec 06From a usability standpoint, that YouTube screen is great. Instead of freaking out that the site is down, it leaves you feeling like something new and better is on the way. Better than the usual “Check back someday, because we’re too stupid to know what’s going on”.
Edward
on 15 Dec 06@Dr Pete: I agree, it’s a nice change and gives a positive feeling rather than the usual negative one.
It’s irritating they can’t spell though. The plural of formula is formulae…
Scott
on 15 Dec 06The same guy that did the mad scientist for youtube did a wizard for LinkedIn. http://www.linkedin.com/static?key=team
Good to see companies getting a sense of humor.
Murali
on 17 Dec 06An error message at Technorati: Simple and Elegant. http://blogs.inspions.net/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/WindowsLiveWriter/UhOhNothingHappenedTechnoratisFunnyError_10CDE/technorati8.png
Murali
on 17 Dec 06Technorati Error message Full Image Full Image here
Justin Bell
on 20 Dec 06“Book” and “books”, “game” and “games” are really separate tags? Seems as if their time would have been better off spent on coding out plurals than improving aesthetics. And why is “DVD” lowercase and “CD” upper?
There’s also the problem that it seems the emphasize the length of the tag more, when it’s only the height the represents the popularity.
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