Marking up Web pages is nothing new. Offerings like Sharedcopy, MyStickies and Stickis allow you to annotate any Web page and, in some cases, share those annotations with others. However, a new entry into this genre, Blerp, adds a new twist to the practice. Blerp, currently in its alpha phase, is the brainchild of the folks at RocketOn. The company’s eponymously named first product allows anyone to create a virtual world that will run on any Web site. Like other markup programs, Blerp lets you post comments to any Web page.
The idea of a layered web is a very powerful idea, and it seems these guys have, not one, but two very solids entries.
I first came across their rocketon virtual world several months ago when I found my daughter using it. It was interesting to see her chatting with her friends right on top of websites.
Blerp is more my cup of tea. Like my daughter, I too love the idea of being able to communicate with others right on top of websites - although I prefer something a bit more *ahem* mature than a character avatar. Its entertaining to browse the web through blerp, cause you can read your daily news and at the same time see what other people have written and the content they've posted. Blerp makes it easy to post responses or start your own thread.
Best bit for me - the absolute freedom to have a say anywhere, on any site without logging in to each and every site to post up a comment.
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Blerp Refocuses the Web Through Comment-Colored Glasses
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. June 10, 2009 04:00 AMMarking up Web pages is nothing new. Offerings like Sharedcopy, MyStickies and Stickis allow you to annotate any Web page and, in some cases, share those annotations with others. However, a new entry into this genre, Blerp, adds a new twist to the practice. Blerp, currently in its alpha phase, is the brainchild of the folks at RocketOn. The company’s eponymously named first product allows anyone to create a virtual world that will run on any Web site. Like other markup programs, Blerp lets you post comments to any Web page.
I first came across their rocketon virtual world several months ago when I found my daughter using it. It was interesting to see her chatting with her friends right on top of websites.
Blerp is more my cup of tea. Like my daughter, I too love the idea of being able to communicate with others right on top of websites - although I prefer something a bit more *ahem* mature than a character avatar. Its entertaining to browse the web through blerp, cause you can read your daily news and at the same time see what other people have written and the content they've posted. Blerp makes it easy to post responses or start your own thread.
Best bit for me - the absolute freedom to have a say anywhere, on any site without logging in to each and every site to post up a comment.