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Find inspiration with Ideas
John Watson, the man behind the many fun photo-related web applications at BigHugeLabs was feeling a little down last week, and in response he produced yet another web app. But this one is a little different; while his other web apps often provide inspiration as a by-product of other actions, Watson's latest site, dubbed Ideas, is intended as a source of inspiration as a primary focus.
When you visit Ideas, you are presented with a large search box, beside which sits a button that simply states, "inspire me!" Type in a word, and the site will present you with a series of sets of information that is somehow related to the word entered. If you're feeling bereft of ideas for even a word to enter, a few examples are provided such as love, beauty, sorrow, yes, red, winter, home, africa, kiss.
Depending on the word you enter, Ideas may or may not be able to find examples of the following types:
- Famous quote
- Creative Commons licensed photos from Flickr
- Color swatches from COLOURlovers.com
- Songs from Last.fm
- Related words from BigHugeLabs.com
- Videos from YouTube.com
- Listings from Etsy.com
- Bookmarks from Delicious.com
- Article from Wikipedia.com
What a great way for creative people that are looking for a little boost in the inspiration department to start with a specific word and serendipitously follow a trail to something that may well inspire them.
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