Well now, why not?

Actually the iconfinder service is pretty cool. Like Google for Icons right? Yeah, I get it. Only not nearly as exhaustive yet. It is MUCH faster and less painful than doing a google search for images.

I can’t wait to see what will be possible when the gaps in the content are filled in. And it’s kind of annoying that I can’t just SEE a listing of what they actually have rather than doing a ton of dead-end searching with no results.

I could use their tag cloud though- Now isn’t that just a wee bit dated? I just got schooled on tag cloud heuristics last week- digg article on this
damn lemme tell you- be sure you have a really good reason for this or be prepared to be swatted. Be prepared anyway, actually. I sound harsh, I realize- just thinking outloud.

I keep trying to remind myself “Just cause you can do something…doesn’t mean you should.” Don’t get me wrong. I like tag clouds (scroll down- see the pretty!). But they have a very limited utility. They are crappy for actually finding something, anything, since they are totally impossible to read. I added a tag cloud to the bottom of this blog because, well, what the hell else can I do with all those delicious tags? I am not actually going to ever sort or use them. Too much work. So I will slap them on things and call it art. mmmmm. art.

Other than this minor flaw of how to find out if Iconfinder has an icon or not, I am pretty pleased with their service.

But I digress. What I wanted to say was that someone needs to make a nice set of shiny web 2.0 brain icons right now. Don’t forget to add the shiny.