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I love PicMonkey. Love it love it. I was very fond of Picnik, which is closing in a couple of days -- PicMonkey was started by a few of the Picnik engineers. It has the same cool factor, but it's a little different.

Why is this great? Because it's a satisfying and easy way to manipulate your photos. 

I had opened another, similar, app today (which I won't name) and it looked... hard. Hard to learn and hard to use. I closed it. Fast.

Consumers want easy and they want fun. Products that provide this do well -- those that don't, dont.

 
 
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Why do they always look totally cute AND totally pissed off when you plop a holiday collar on them???
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Vi Hart is a freaking genius who knows how to make math FUN!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxnX5_LbBDU 

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Another wonderful video from Vihart -- I wish I'd had this two weeks ago.  I'll need to send this one out next December!  She really has the knack of making math fun.  This is the 12 Days of Christmas, sort of...
 
 
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Megawoosh jump.  It's short, it's cool, and... well, you just have to watch it.  (BEFORE you search out the making Of vids.)

Microsoft still surprises us from time to time!