Andy Borgmann's Blog

I don't usually use this blog for things like this, but I came across the most amazing site today: Virb What is it you ask? Simple. A better MySpace. You can check out "my Virb" here.

Now ask any real web programmer out there what they think of MySpace, they will immediately enter into a rant about how crappy it is. But it is a love/hate relationship. Why? Because it is so freakin' popular. People like using it. So it has to add some value. So what are we to do? What is the the Web 2.0 fashion, but still simple enough to use that the average middle school student will get excited. Enter: Virb.

Virb can do anything MySpace can do, and so much more. In addition to that, it is clean and actually very wisely put together (which MySpace is not). If MySpace is Ford Pinto, Virb is a Lexus GS. Sure a Pinto is great if you have no other option for transportation, but wouldn't you rather drive a Lexus if available?

Virb allows users to be highly creative, and for those of us who consider ourselves artists, that is a huge plus. But the creativity doesn't mean flashing gifs, and a whole bunch of other cheesy crap. Like I said, it has a style of a Lexus.

So if it is so great then what's the problem? Simple! It is brand new and nobody is on there. I couldn't find a single friend I knew on the thing, and from my UserID I think there are less than 20,000 members (which is very small). However, Virb just recently started, so I am sure it will gain strength, because of people like you joining.

So go to Virb. Sign up. Ask me as a friend. Then tell everyone you know to kick the "Ford Pinto of the Web," MySpace, to the curb and switch to Virb.

P.S. Don't even get me started on Facebook. While it has its pluses, and might be describe as a Honda Civic in our above analogy, it still ain't no Lexus.