I really like the new user interface…check it out for yourself. Zoom in and out, pan around, and try clicking on the arrows in the headers of each book shelf. Check out the attention to detail as the site even displays book images in a manner that shows their size in relation to the books next to them!

When I saw this site it reminded me of the interface of the iPhone. While Zoomii is not as slick as an iPhone interface it is rather similar in the intuitive way it works.

The writer of the site is a guy called Chris Thiessen. In an interview with Mike from AWS he said:

“I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t even have tried to build Zoomii without Amazon EC2 and Amazon S3; it would have looked too expensive, too daunting. And, of course, Zoomii couldn’t exist without access to a dataset like that. It looks like Amazon is growing a good business with its web services, but it’s providing far more value than it captures–you changed the equation for a lot startups and other projects.”

The site is well worth the visit.

Blacknight Internet

“If you are looking for a hosting provider or a Co-Location partner, let me save you some valuable research time. Blacknight is the gold standard by which all others should be judged.”

If you are looking for a hosting provider or a Co-Location partner, let me save you some valuable research time. Blacknight is the gold standard by which all others should be judged. At every turn Michele and Paul have provided support and expertise that exceeded my expectations and enabled my company to realistically compete in our market space. Small businesses like ours have absolutely no margin for error when selecting a Co-Location provider and I have never second guessed my decision to partner with Blacknight. I had a tight budget and an even tighter schedule, yet Michele and Paul worked with me relentlessly to bring my vision to fruition. Simply stated, go with Blacknight – you’ll be glad you did or wish you had!

Rated 5/5 on Feb 21 2008

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Amazon Web Services

“I have been using AWS for a few months now. We have released a fully commercial product on the service and I am very happy with the level of service and quality. Check it out!
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Amazon Web Services are a collection of services, provided by Amazon (yes, the book people) which

There are quite a few services on offer. I have been using EC2, S3 and SimpleDB for around a year. I use them to run a spam filtering service called EmailCloud.com.

There are quite a few cloud computing providers, AWS is just one of them, but, I have been amazed at the simplicity, low cost, uptime and quality of the service.

If you run a startup internet company then I think you cant afford not to look into AWS.

Rated 5/5 on Feb 21 2008

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