It’s Monday evening already so I’ll try and stick to my word and give the Demobar sites a quick once over….
LouderVoice: I like this site, very user friendly and not too much fanfare before you can get going. The thing that review sites need is scale, if you can’t find what you’re looking for on a review site then you’re gone. Loudervoice has a good chance of achieving this with the twitter interface, the blog review redirect feature and the mini-reviews, all of which are good ideas (with the possibility of being integrated into other sites?).
Mysay: Time will tell with this one. it is very professionally put together, the widget works excellently( I am familiar with it from the Irish election Blog). The question is whether the functionality that Mysay offers is relevant or not.
Glowday: In development
Nubiq : This looks really exiting. Mobile apps have been around in various guises for years now but I finally think the right blend of mobile phone/mobile connection and application exists now so that something truly usable can be delivered. The screen shots provided look smart and I’ll definitely be investigated this further in a few weeks when I get my N95.
JustRoutes: I could have used this last week but there’ll be other occasions I’m sure. It works really well and the bus fare feature is clever. I would definitely send people here before google maps. One thing I miss from Googlemaps is dragging the location marker but it’s no biggy.
I’ve just given these sites a really quick scan, they deserve much more which I will do after the demobar. I hope to preview the other sites tomorrow.
