autocratic for the people.

I Was Web 2.0 in 2001.

Stumbled across this today: Bill Monk. It's a spare, yet somehow overdone 2.0-ish site that affords per-person tracking of monetary debts and, confusingly, borrowed items. I recommend you take the tour, and see if your eyes glaze over too. It seems like a hideously busy interface for what is, really, a very simple idea.

I'm not (just) talking trash here; I naively implemented this sort of system five years ago for my roommates and I to use. It was basically one screen:



Great art it ain't, but it gets the point across just as well with a lot less clicking.

posted by avixe @ 5:56 PM