Demo Girl

If you’ve ever wanted to create your own website, but feel it’s too difficult a task, Jimdo may be just what you’re looking for.  Jimdo gives you the tools to create a custom website, and it’s as easy as clicking anywhere on your page and adding text.  That’s not all though.  You can add YouTube videos, a photo gallery, forms, files, etc.  They have numerous layouts and templates to choose from but you can customize your own.  The entire time you’re creating your site, you’ll see it as your visitors will see it, and it’s updated automatically.  The free account allows you to add as many pages as you want, gives you basic statistics, 500 MB of storage, and total customization of your site.  The pro account, for six dollars a month, lets you use your own domain, removes ads, gives you 5 GB of storage, and provides you with an email account.  Here’s my screencast tour of Jimdo:

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YourStreet gives you a way to see exactly what’s going on in your neighborhood – “down to the street level”.  After you choose your location, you’re presented with an interactive map that displays news stories, conversations, and people.  You can see news that happened down the street from you, participate in conversations with people who live nearby, and read profiles of people around you.  Members can add their own news stories and place them exactly where they happened.  Someone even started a conversation simply titled, “Looking for love”.  (Too bad the first person to comment suggested that they hang out at Jamba Juice.)

I made a screencast for YourStreet back in April, when they were more of a real estate guide for neighborhoods.  Obviously the site has changed dramatically since then, and now the name “YourStreet” actually holds a bit more meaning.  Here’s my screencast tour of YourStreet:

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