Stackin’ It
By Erin Pipkin. Erin is a member of the Search Quality team.
The Searchme staff is stackin’ it like crazy. We’re loving our new media search functions. Barbara is going to email her friends with a photo stack of all their cats; we‚re sharing sports and travel stacks on Facebook; we’ve all laughed and groaned about the employee photos stack (see last week’s post); and at any given moment, someone’s listening to a music video stack. A few days ago I heard Bob Dylan’s “Mr. Tambourine Man” blaring from our CEO’s office, and I turned around to see a streaming black-and-white YouTube video of the young Bob Dylan illuminating Randy’s large flat-screen monitor, framed by the Searchme interface. Even from the vantage point of my desk, yards away, Dylan looked and sounded beautiful, talented and revolutionary.
Searchme’s sleek new interface, interestingly enough, provides a good frame for nostalgia. I haven’t had a chance to create a stack of family photos yet (mom’s going to love it!), but last night I spent hours image-searching the names of places I’ve lived in the past: Ann Arbor, Boston, Chapel Hill. Our Flickr-driven image search let me revisit each town through the eyes of fellow citizens. They’d done a great job of capturing the famous and obscure spots that make each of these towns feel like home.
Try it out! Run a Searchme search for your town, then press the “image” button in the top left corner to focus on image results only. And if the pictures bring certain music to mind (what were you listening to, last time you were there?) you can search for a band, then press the “video” button to see your favorite group in action. There’s some great archival footage out there. Whether it’s the Beatles, Bowie, or Britney, we’ve got something for you.