fflick – Going to the cinema is still quite magical in my view; the big screen, the comfy seats and the smell of popcorn make the cinematic experience totally worth it. On the other hand, great entertainment is seldom free and a trip to the cinema costs an average of $12 (and that excludes gas expenses, snacks and beverages). Want to make sure your twelve bucks are well spent? Check out fflick.
Based on movies’ buzz on the Web that’s coming from Twitter feeds of users all over, fflick tells you which movies are worth your trip to the theaters. If you have a public Twitter account then you’re automatically a fflick member, which makes it really easy to find out which movies you should go and see. The fflick concept is so simple and so useful we just had to make it a Weekly Fave. Don’t you agree? See the screen shot below of the detailed review page of the movie Mao’s Last Dancer which really moved me. Highly recommended!
Chicisimo – Claiming to be “a global community of girls sharing their personal style and inspiring each other,” Chicisimo is a wonderful resource I wish I had had available when I was in my teens. If you already have a facebook or Twitter account, signing up is easy -take advantage of this collective how-to style resource.
Tap into the sense of style and chic of young women all over the country, rate their looks and upload your own ‘workin’-it’ photo and get feedback from the Chicisimo community. Simplicity, straightforward style and sharing? Yes please! See a couple of photos I was inspired by and perhaps I’ll apply to my wardrobe this week on a night out with friends.
By the way, be sure to check out the Web’s best style resources on our Style mini page.
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Kukunu – Travel planning is taken to a whole new collaborative level with Kukunu. This gorgeous travel portal offers users a unique and intuitive way to plan their next trip while getting support every step of the way. Pick your destination, set the dates of your trip and let Kukunu guide you in terms of finding accommodation and sight-seeing. According to Kukunu, users have access to “more than 100,000 hotels and 200,000 activities, restaurants and landmarks.”
Kukunu is a fresh travel planner with a twist. It’s highly recommended. For more travel guides, visit out Travel page.
Pintley – This wonderful sight is to beer as Pandora is to Music, learning your taste and recommending only beers you are bound to enjoy. As Pintley explains, it “learns from your ratings and tasting notes to understand exactly what pleases your palate the most, so you can be your own beer expert.”
Pintley is a first of its kind beverage recommendation tool, and at All My Faves we really loved not only the basic concept of the site, but also the presentation. Start rating the beers you already know and love, and gradually Pintley and the user community will suggest other beer brands you’re not familiar with, but will sure enjoy to have next time you go to a bar with friends. To learn more on how Pintley works, click here. See the video below for more information.
So you have a webcam. Big deal. Sure, it’s a nice gadget to have, and it probably plays a major role in your online communication activities. But is that all destiny has chosen for this small Peeping Tom device? No sirree. In this lineup of 15 websites I’ll show you how webcam utilization is taken to the extreme to create surprising, innovative and fun experiences you never thought were possible.
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Gaming and social networks are both hugely time consuming when it comes to the web. doof.com takes both of these concepts and puts them together. doof is a new social playground in which everyone can play casual flash based games while socializing with friends and sharing their thoughts and experiences.
Everyone at doof has their own profile, avatar, guestbook, blog, photo-album, instant messenger, statistics and a friends list. Stand out from the crowd by customizing your doof world and expressing yourself for the whole community to see.
doof gives you the familiar desktop experience with a beautiful Flash based UI. The design is very intuitive and there are a lot of designing options to choose from. As you can see above i chose the relaxing view of the ocean. You can upload any picture you want or just select one from the default gallery. Themes are also available to select. You can also share your creation with the world using the ‘Publish doofSpace’ feature.
Games – Time to get addicted
Everyone loves games, and doof surely has plenty of that (44 as of this moment). The games are categorized by the typical game genres. Classics such as Asteroids and Space Invaders, puzzles, action, sports, shooting, racing and much more. Some of them are really quite addictive (Try not to kill yourself while base jumping on “Elite Base Jumper”).
While browsing the games you will come across a few familiar faces. You can find makeovers of populars like Bejeweled, Same, Zuma and Pong. My personal favorites are: Golden Arrow, Gem Swap, Hammer Throw and Cascade.
The thing that makes doof such a great experience for me is the game window. You get much more then just playing the game. On this window you can view a few basic stats about yourself, see a progress curve of your gaming, how you position compare on the global ranking and medals that you have won. This fact really makes you want to soak in the skills and grab all the medals.
As well as just playing a quick game you can join a tournament. Tournaments cost you doof credits. You receive 10 credits when you sign up, these credits can be earned by winning or by buying more credits with PayPal or Credit Card transaction. On tournament modes you bet your hard earned credits based on the skills you have against another opponent in the same game. The winner is the opponent with most of the points.
doof credits have high addicting potential. As of now, you can only buy gifts for your friends (beer, blow-up dolls, diamond rings) but as doof develops expect to see many more features to use with the credits you earn.
Socializing
Except for the basic ‘wall writing’ we are all familiar from with from our favorite social network, doof enables you as well to IM with your friends, send them mail, share doofSpaces, send gifts and even integrate your Facebook photo albums.
A nice touch which i found to be quite lovely is the news tracker. Choose your news provider and see the headlines scroll at the bottom of the screen.
doof surely looks to be a great promise in the world of social gaming. If you are a flash game enthusiast head on over and sign up. Keep in mind that doof is still in it’s early stages and even at this stage they’re definitely worthy of your time. Enjoy. (If you win a few credits, send over a beer 😉 ).
Pownce is Kevin Rose’s (from Digg.com) latest venture.
“Pownce is a way to send messages, files, links, and events to your friends. You’ll create a network of the people you know and then you can share stuff with all of them, just a few of them, or even just one other person really fast”.
Pownce looks to be very promising though i have one problem with it, which apply to so many web services these days, is having to add all of my contacts over and over again. So tiresome.
I am not going to review it in detail but if you are interested you should check out Webware’s coverage.
If you’re not on Pownce but you want to be. Be one of the first six readers to comment on this post and I’ll hook you up.