Sites We Love

Over here in myJambi-land, we spend a lot of time on the internet.

We while away a good part of that time playing around on our own site, but we also spend many, many hours checking out other sites. It seems like everywhere we go, we stumble across things that inspire us, things that surprise us, and things we really want to avoid. Inevitably, along our web travels, we each adopt favorite sites. Some are old; some are new. They are all pretty great. Here's a glimpse of the sites we love right now:

David, our transcontinental city-hopper, adores his travel search aggregators. We've learned that sometimes a search feature is only as good as the filters in place, and no one does filters like Sidestep. We love how the site seamlessly combines functionality and clarity, all while sorting hundreds of results and helping users more cheaply and easily organize their travels. They've also added that new flying airplane animation which never ceases to entertain us while we wait for our results.

Kristina leans toward Gilt Groupe, a site that proves that sometimes an idea is just so good, even gold italic text won't scare users away. Plus, we can't help but admire the marketing: their invite feature is clever in both its conception and execution. Inviters get a $25 credit for each invitee that purchases from the site; they also let you track how effective your sent invites are.

Recently, Evan and I are fighting over who loves Muxtape more. It's clean and clear and so simple it almost hurts. It's one of those sites that proves that there is sense in providing just one feature, especially when you do it perfectly. Who wins the muxtape love debate? All I'm saying: only one of us actually has a muxtape.

Then there's Rio. His favorite site? None other than our own super-secret password-protected Beta testing site. We're not quite ready to share this wonderland of features, but we promise if you stop by our little office, you'll get a personal tour from Willy Wonka himself. And even better, pretty soon all you'll have to do is stop back here to see it all for yourself. In the meantime, we'll keep browsing, and we hope you do too.

Happy Tuesday,
Nell