Chris’ Weekend Links – March 10th

On Wednesday at two minutes and three seconds after 1:00 in the morning the time and date will be 01:02:03 04/05/06.

Shift – calls itself New Zealand’s best design firm Interesting design firm. I think the design of this site is very creative. They’ve done some good work, too.

On the horizon, it rises from the ocean. The ancient city of Tallinn, Estonia beckons you to partake of it’s delights with a digital teaser. I’d never even heard of the country before meeting some of it’s residents on the Orkut network, where it seems the country is populated only by gorgeous models.

I’ve seen this technique before on the old US West web site however since then I’ve seen it only once or twice (and it’s been over two years). Basically it works like this. Go to the ProjectCMS Forum and click on the Search button and you’ll see the technique. A layer pops up instead of…

Peace Corps This government web site for the US Peace Corps is an excellent example of consolidating large amounts of information into sizable chunks that can be digested easily. They are using a relatively simple design that uses color and just enough interaction to make it fun. The pull down menus are done quite nicely….

That is the first of a series of questions as we examine whether or not Digg needs a Pictures section. The answer seems obvious. Thousands of Digg users have expressed their support for a Pictures section. Has the ‘wisdom of the crowd’ come up with the best solution? People have been focusing on that answer,…