Fritz and Sauce

Being stuck in bed, having taken the day off work with a queasy tummy, a sore throat and a voice alternating between “Squeaky Voiced Teen” and Barry White, I took the opportunity to tune in to the live taping of Net@Night. It’s one of the podcasts I listen to (along with a few other TWiT podcasts) to keep up with what’s happening online and in the tech world. (see the shows taped live at twitlive.tv)

Net@Night is hosted by Leo Laporte and Amber MacArthur, and today they were interviewing Giovanni Gallucci, co-founder of Viewzi

I really like the idea behind Viewzi. Simply put, it is a visual way to search online. But what’s unique about it, are that the different “views” that you can use to search. Each view can pull in results from different sources, be it Google, Yahoo, Amazon or a particular site, such as the Celebrity Photo View, which pulls images from specialised photo sites. Gallucci referred to this as “smashups”, or search-mashups.

In the interview, Gallucci also mentioned that by using the site’s open API developers can create their own views. Making the site a platform for all kinds of search interfaces. Also, there will be the ability to embed views into your own site.

So through my coughs and sniffles, I’ve found a new favourite site… It’s searching made easy, and visual. So much better than scanning through endless pages of text results… and the possibilities for developers are endless (meaning more spiffy stuff for we the users!).

Don’t take my work for it though, go listen to the interview: http://twit.tv/natn59

And visit the site to try it yourself: viewzi.com (and let me know what you think in the comments…)