Zoomii: Interesting Interactive Interface

June 23, 2008

A person who remembers old-fashioned bookstores but prefers the Amazon-type experience may want to look at Zoomii Books here. The service allows you to enter a word or phrase or explore a visual representation of a bookstore’s shelves. The notion of browsing in a book store is useful. The service runs on Amazon’s EC2 and S3 services. If you want to learn more about the company, write talk at zoomii.com. This is worth a look. I can think of applications in enterprise search where this approach would be appropriate and helpful. Too 20-something or useful to a person in assisted living? What do you think?

Stephen Arnold, June 23, 2008

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