Imagine setting up an advertisement and submitting it to 100 websites. Now imagine you can submit that same advert (built at 'sprout') and change it to reflect a new product or price etc and not have to communicate with any of the 100 businesses to make the change.
Enter Sprout (http://sproutbuilder.com). Once you build your piece, the content is saved on sprout servers and instantly updated anywhere the code is rendered on the web.
There are so many potential applications for this kind of service that I became instantly overwhelmed with potential clients for which to create, so I opted to have a little fun while I began to learn the product. ..In a rare reference from me to MySpace, I will momentarily distract you to my personal page only so you can see my first file. (please let it load outside of this page while you are reading here since another flash app. takes a considerable amount of time to load).
I designed a media player showcasing songs I downloaded from the new (Nov 2007) remix.nin.com website. Technically speaking, I did not go overboard on songs and images for inclusion so I have not noticed any degraded performance while rendering. The online interface also functions without any overly annoying lag and the functionality of the tools is top-rate! Overall, this is very easy to use if you have any skill whatsoever and hands down/no doubt this is the best 2.0 application I have ever seen.
Labels: 2.0, business, flash, marketing, web, Web Development, web-design