Web Tour 2002

Plain or mostly text pages:

• My syllabus for Electronic Commerce takes you to other text pages: http://www.pitt.edu/~galletta/ecommerce
• Yahoo, one of the most successful sites of all time, offers organized text--an index of sites http://www.yahoo.com

Simple graphics

• Disney's page is extremely colorful and attractive. See http://www.disney.com
• Several dating services offer lists of Foreign women (including their pictures) who wish to date and marry American men: http://www.wwdatalink.com/foreign-affair/ (or http://www.forelation.com) Note the interesting "order" buttons.
• eBay (where else? at www.ebay.com) has some simple graphics to show you what you're getting.

Real-time graphics

• Want to see the Cathedral of Learning right now? See Kevin Crowley's view from the LRDC building. There are some great archive shots with rainbows, fireworks, and storms, too.
• Pittsburgh offers real-time maps of traffic flow: http://www.pittsburgh.com/cim/cgi-bin/traffic/traffic.cgi
• Some people have expended resources on showing us a current picture of his aquarium (up to date within 5 minutes): http://www.netscape.com/fishcam
• Some people at University of Cambridge in England once wanted us to be able to see how much coffee is in the coffee pot in their coffee shop (the Trojan Room) (actually they did it so that they could check before walking downstairs to get a cup). Now it has been switched off, and they furnish a photo of the finger turning it off: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk//coffee/coffee.html

Real-time audio

• National Public Radio gives us real-time audio clips of news: http://www.npr.org (Note: while viewing the Real Audio player, you can click easily to other real time audio sites)
• Car Talk has its puzzlers at http://cartalk.com/Radio/index.html

Video

• Walt Disney Studios (Buena Vista Pictures) give us movie previews: http://www.disney.com/

Virtual Reality Video

• Apple shows us an interesting set of demonstrations of Quick Time VR (Virtual Reality). Download the software and then choose the videos. Go to http://www.apple.com/quicktime/products/gallery/

Real Time Video

• While not a photographic video, you can monitor a particular flight by visiting http://www.thetrip.com/. Click on the "FlightTracker" button, and you'll be amazed at what you see. This is quite an interesting resource.

Agents

• A site covering Apparel & Accessories, Books, Music & Movies, Computers & Software, Consumer Electronics, Family, Health & Beauty, Flowers & Gifts, Gourmet & Groceries, Hobby & Leisure, Holiday & Seasonal, Home & Garden, Office Supplies, Sports & Recreation, Toys & Collectibles is Mysimon.com
• An intriguing site focused on comparing prices for computer products is CNET's shopper.com.