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03 August 2007

100 Websites You Should Know and Use

The Web is constantly turning out new and extraordinary services many of us are unfamiliar with. During TED University at this spring's TED2007 in Monterey, Julius Wiedemann, editor in charge at Taschen GmbH, offered an ultra-fast-moving ride through sites in many different areas, from art, design and illustration, to daily news, blogs and curiosity. Now, by popular demand, here's his list of 100 websites you should know and use >>

CURIOSITY & KNOWLEDGE
reuters.com
research.philips.com
readme.cc.png
podtropolis.com
papertoys.com
new7wonders.com
lipsum.com
thomasedison.org
beelinetv.com
useit.com
submarinechannel.com/titlesequences
visual-literacy.org
cartype.com
captology.stanford.edu
bannerblog.com_au
ge.com
curiosityshoppeonline.com
creativecommons.org
lawsofsimplicity.com
gnu.org
digg.com

GRAPHICS, MUSIC & ARTS
yugop.com
vincent-vella.com
uva.co.uk
tutorialblog.org/free-vector-downloads
tate.org.uk
squidfingers.com/patterns
sohodolls.co.uk
radioblogclub.com
photogravure.com
netdiver.net/illustration
mine-control.com
matthewmahon.com
marcelod2.com.br
magwerk.com
kraftwerk.blocmedia.net
headbangers.tv *
grupow.com/circulo
creaturesinmyhead.com
bernhardwolff.com
arturofuentes.com
alennox.net

E-COMMERCE EXPERIENCE
colette.fr
imaginemusicstore.com
canyon.com
coft1.com
heftyrecords.com
ourtype.be
freddyandma.com
nikeid.nike.com
feelthepower.biz
shopcomposition.com
oneill.com
agentprovocateur.com

SEARCHING & FINDING
trendwatching.com
thefwa.com
springwise.com
scirus.com
scholar.google.com
podcasts.yahoo.com
msdewey.com
maps.live.com
chacha.com
books.google.com

ONLINE RESOURCES
infopresse.com/prixboomerang
rjnet.com.br/2velocimetro_php
vixy.net
kuler.adobe.com
wikitravel.org
thinkingwithtype.com
dominiopublico.gov.br
madehow.com
icp.org
howstuffworks.com
dafont.com
dictionary.reference.com
gutenberg.org
nationmaster.com
en.proverbia.net
del.icio.us
touchgraph.com

TOP INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE CREATORS
2advanced.com
akqa.com
almapbbdo.com.br
artless.gr.jp
bigspaceship.com
d-o-e-s.com
domanistudios.com
eurorscg4d.com
farfar.se
firstbornmultimedia.com
group94.com
heiwa-alpha.co.jp
hi-res.net
lowetesch.com
mecano.ca
northkingdom.com
rga.com
soleilnoir.com
wefail.com

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  • Jeff Sherwood December 14 2007

    2advanced is not deserving of "Top Interactive Experiece Creators." At least not anymore. Its been a long time since theyve done anything notable/unique/current

    Mindflood.com should be added to that list

  • krystof swiatek November 21 2007

    Thanks for the list. While some corporate sites such as www.research.philips.com can unveil some consistent content to visitors, I didn't understand what is the reason for having listed www.ge.com...
    Did I miss something?

  • TEDBlog Reader November 16 2007

    Thanks for the phenomenal list of sites! They are amazing, although I would have added http://www.etavitom.com.

  • Michael Christian September 22 2007

    Simple visual bookmark http://www.only2clicks.com

  • Grafix Art September 10 2007

    A great site to post web 2.0 apps and to find the latest web 2.0 sites is

    http://www.thinkweb20.com

    You might also want to check that out! :)

  • Peter Kaizer September 5 2007

    Nice list! Another one that should be listed under Graphics:
    http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/index

  • ted user September 5 2007

    automatically remind your patients: http://www.talksoftonline.com

  • as ALI August 26 2007

    Its a helpful one for saving money -

    http://www.shiptool.com/

  • as ALI August 26 2007

    http://www.listio.com/web20/

    Try the Tag engine.....

  • coca cola August 23 2007

    grat great...an other interesting web ("creativos" section):
    www.marc3art.eu

  • MEREDITH RING August 22 2007

    This is a great list. One that was not mentioned:

    WWW.ODDPODZ.COM

    A social networking site for creative, forward thinking TED-types.

  • Kristine Harrison August 11 2007

    Perhaps these could be considered for Ancestral History
    Aloha!

    Welcome to the home of the Family ForestŪ Project
    http://www.familyforest.com
    "A People-Centered Approach To History"

    Your Future Your Past
    Blog for website at Worddpress.

  • Matt Williamson August 10 2007

    Fantastic list, thank you TED.

    I have done some of the same listings for Buddhist sites on my blog at hologramthoughts.com

  • Noah Oliphant August 9 2007

    Wow someday I'd like to be on this list. My website is just starting out. Visit it to find a place to store and share recipes:

    reciperate.com

  • Marc Karasu August 9 2007

    Thanks

    Maybe one day Measuredup.com can be considered one of these.

    Take a look at www.Measuredup.com

  • Liam Quin August 9 2007

    Graphics and resources for design - can I put in a plug for http://www.fromoldbooks.org/ ? :-)

    Liam

  • fritz from london August 8 2007

    some very good links in there, thanks.

    However, it is disappointing you guys too fell for the Jakob Nielsen hype. If all sites looked like useit.com, most of us wouldn't be here.

  • Liesbeth den Toom August 7 2007

    Great resource — thanks, Justin! We're honoured to be included.

    Liesbeth den Toom | Springwise

  • Anthony Nystrom August 7 2007

    Here is another...

    http://www.next2friends.com

    They give away a new laptop every 30 days for pre-registration... So spam, no strings!!!

  • Steffen Hilgemann August 4 2007

    Great list but you must have overlooked www.sputtr.com for the 'Searching & Finding' Section. :)

  • Metin TalkTurkey August 4 2007

    Thank you for the list. There are some that I visit regularly, and others that I will check out first hand.

    I am disappointed my blog (www.TalkTurkey.us) is not on the list however. Maybe next year.

    :)

  • Web Gyver August 4 2007

    What an excellent thought-provoking and inspiring list of web sites. And how overwhelming it can be if you start looking through the web sites that are mentioned. And then get off on other web sites that are listed on those web sites.

    Well, I guess I'll start out by looking at one or two (of the ones I don't know yet) a day.

    Thanks for posting this.

  • Rahul Kumar August 4 2007

    A site that I feel everyone should know and read everyday: http://xkcd.com/


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