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We don’t feature many ultra-metalic chrome sites these days and when I came across Kigot design studio I decided it was worth sharing. They’ve blended nice music and rollover navigation effects to make a pretty cool site.

Instant Domain Search has a quick little way of finding domain availability.

Some interesting things i read recently: Meebome allows you to provide chat on your web site, and it interacts with Meebo.com and your existing instant messaging clients. Paul Graham. Camtasia Studio is a PC program that takes video screen captures of what is on your screen. Good copywriters are good readers.

I thought that the Audible.com web site was very nicely designed and that the writing and flow of the site was straightforward. In fact, I felt like the buttons answered specific questions I had at each moment.

Do you create Site Maps for your prospects/clients? I assume you do if you’re in the business. What tools, techniques, and methods have you found most conductive for building good looking site maps (and fast)? Do you use Adobe Illustrator? Microsoft Visio? Another application? I’ve used all of the above and some other programs and…