Sabrina Dent: Freelance web designer, developer and internet marketer living in Cork, Ireland with one dog and a husband in no particular order.
Sunday Style 03: Web 2.0 Start-Up Kit
I can’t remember who it was, but someone made the point recently that you don’t need a brilliant business idea to be successful in the brave Web 2.0 world – all you really need is a website and brand that looks more Web 2.0 than the other guy. Add some Ajax and wait to get bought, baby!
To start you on your way to fame and fortune, I’ve thoughtfully compiled a Web 2.0 Start-Up Kit for you. It includes absolutely everything you need except the funding. Which, since I’m not asking for 20% of your company, shouldn’t be much of an issue.
- Stuck for a color scheme? Don’t worry about it; just use someone else’s! Here are 70+ colours from other start-ups who got where you want to go. No need to re-invent the wheel, people. (They obviously aren’t.)
- You are, of course, going to need stripes in your design. Stripemania lets those among us who are stripe challenged create nicely controlled tiling graphics. Or just steal other people’s previous attempts. Either way, really.
- Did you say badges? Right you are, gotta have badges or you’ll never get funded. The appropriately named Web 2.0 Badges is a very handy online badge maker that also allows you to add text to your unique snowflake of a creation. On the off chance you know how to use PhotoShop, you can also download the PSD files for all badges (ever) for free.
- But wait, that’s not all – you’re going to need shiny, glossy mirror images plastered all over your logo and header or nobody will buy your non-existant product and you’ll never be an internet millionaire. Reflection Maker to the rescue! Set your background color and upload your image and you’re off. (Try it with a badge! I don’t think anyone’s done that before.)
All of these resources were found trawling through Macintosh Journal, which shockingly is not a start-up but a blog. On the rare occasions when they can tear themselves away from wanking over their new iPhones, they post a nice collection of design resources, although naturally they have a strong preference for anything that reeks of Apple, stripes, reflections and badges.
Quick, someone buy them.
06 Jan 2008
| In: Sunday Style |
“reeks of apple” doesn’t that just mean they smell of Cider ? I thought you’d be a confirmed apple lover …
06.01.2008, 7:55 pmMe? Me? Are you on smack? I won’t even buy an iPod. Lemmings, the lot of ye!
07.01.2008, 10:34 pmI confidently predict that tartan will be replace stripes all over the place ’08.
Flashing serif text in different colours will be huge. Also, ‘Under Construction’ graphics to make a serious comeback.
I did have fun making web 2.0 badges with various profanities on them though, thanks for that …
08.01.2008, 3:37 amnouns, I think you have something going there. Tartan: The New Black!
08.01.2008, 9:44 am