[Screens Around Town] Google Maps, John Deere, EMS, etc.

Google Maps

Links to Google Maps are shared all the time. So how come the URLs are so unwieldy? (For example: http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=1st+ave+and+1st+st,+nyc&sll=49.891235,-97.15369&sspn=52.967233,67.763672&ie=UTF8&z=17&iwloc=addr.) If TinyURL can figure out how to make a URL in just a few characters, can’t the rocket surgeons at Google do it?

Aaron Martin caption wrapper

Aaron Martin’s blog features this interesting caption wrapper.
John Deere

Really nice integration of full motion video at the John Deere site.

EMS

Chris Sternal-Johnson writes, “Our local sports store EMS is doing a sale in which, instead of specific things being on sale, the most expensive item in your cart receives a set 20% discount and the second and third most expensive items receive 15%. Nifty idea.”

Keane Creative

Unorthodox left side nav from Keane Creative.