Web 2.0

Dear Professor Brooks,

Dig to the Other Side is easily the most useful thing I've stumbled across on the internet. Dig answers the question I and many others like me have asked since the beginning of time: where would I end up if I were to dig a hole to the other side of the world? Using this Google Maps mashup, I "dug a hole" from my apartment in Hayes Valley. Where did I end up? Smack dab in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Thankfully Dig exists, otherwise I would have wasted my life digging to the other side of the world only to end up drowning.

Although I fancy myself a master of the culinary arts, sometimes there are just too many dirty dishes to deal with, leaving only one option: eating out. Along with this comes the difficult decision of where to eat. There are just so many restaurants in San Francisco to choose from, it takes hours just to decide which one to go to. Thanks to Wheel of Food, a mashup using Yahoo Local Search, the decision is no longer mine. All you have to do is type in your zip code, choose which meal you'll be eating, and spin the wheel. Unfortunately, the selections are somewhat limited, however later version will surely correct that.

For those of us that are 21+, Pub Walk is a great tool for a Saturday night of debauchery. Coming Google Maps and Geocoder, this mashup catalogues the various drinkeries within your neighborhood and allows you to actually create your very own bar crawl. You can even customize your adventure to only include Karaoke and Biker bars. Let's just say I know what I'm doing this weekend.

Love,
James