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Get an online business card care of Lyro
The world is slowly turning paperless, ok not quite yet, but it's getting there with the help of Lyro. (Yes, it's a made up Web 2.0 word)Lyro's goal is to become the largest repository of online business cards helping everyone get found; Essentially a worldwide directory of professionals located in one digital location. It also serves as a way to contact potential customers, business partners, colleagues and acquaintances that is searchable through major engines like Google, Yahoo and Ask.
Currently operating in Beta form, Lyro cards are a free service, rather plain looking, and it takes a few minutes to sign up for. Further items in development that are really going to make this service rock are the ability to upload a profile picture, downloadable vCard, and fully customizable online card, however judging from the FAQ's it looks like these additions might come with a small fee when they are released.
I don't know if this is a labor of love or merely the brainchild of four very gifted games designers, but Level Up is a really weird mash-up of gaming elements that you have probably never seen in a Flash game before.
Let's start with the premise itself: Groundhog Day meets Memento. The game experience revolves around 'days': you explore the world and the clock slowly ticks towards the evening. You bounce around picking up gems and talking to the denizens of 'Level Upland'. Eventually you feel tired and head back to ...
