Filed under: web 2.0, Microblogging
Trendsmap is a slick Google Maps - Twitter trends hybrid
While it won't give you any local insight if you happen to be from just about anywhere in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, or the Dakotas, Trendsmap is a slick, visual way to see what people are buzzing about on Twitter.
This isn't just another boring Twitter-Google mashup, though. It's got some added explorational sizzle. Click on any of the tags, and the introduction window you see in the screenshot will change to a topical display. The box contains not only relevant updates, but also displays the tag's 7-day local and global popularity, images and videos which have been mentioned, and popular topical links (see inset).
Trendsmap's toolbar is minimal and includes only five quick-access items: zoom in and out, snap to your city, snap to your region, and show the globe. I'll go out on a limb and say that the snap buttons will work for those of you in more cosmopolitan areas.
This isn't just another boring Twitter-Google mashup, though. It's got some added explorational sizzle. Click on any of the tags, and the introduction window you see in the screenshot will change to a topical display. The box contains not only relevant updates, but also displays the tag's 7-day local and global popularity, images and videos which have been mentioned, and popular topical links (see inset).
Trendsmap's toolbar is minimal and includes only five quick-access items: zoom in and out, snap to your city, snap to your region, and show the globe. I'll go out on a limb and say that the snap buttons will work for those of you in more cosmopolitan areas.
With Halloween fast approaching, it's a great time to get in some practice defending your territory against zombies. In Graveyard Shift, you take aim at zombies and other creepy-crawlies, blasting them into splatters of cartoony green guts. It's a casual first-person shooter, and it's very easy to get the hang of - use the mouse to aim, click to fire. Graveyard Shift has at least 15 levels, and it might even have some secret stages I haven't unlocked yet.
They key to getting good at Graveyard Shift is learning to use ...
