Digg has launched a sports section.

The Scrutinizer is a cool site which tells you all sorts about a site, like accessibility, browser compatibility, validation and such. Check it out!

Azhar Chougle sent me a tip about a billable-time-management service called Harvest, the same folks who run a service I really appreciate: Suprglu. This isn’t really my specialist field.

Harvest, put simply, allows people to track time spent on a project. This can be useful if you have contractors or such, as you can track the amount of billable time or time spent by individuals on certain projects. You get your own sub-domain at harvestapp.com (which is confusing, as the sign-up page is at getharvest.com) for your business.

I’m not an expert in this field, and I found it fairly confusing. The site expects you to already know lingo like timesheets, and how to use them. Though this is most probably fine for the businessman, for the hobbyist it’s impractical.

Harvest uses a bit of AJAX, though not as much as I’d like to see. I think this site could use AJAX a lot more, for example when switching between pages. The interface somehow reminds me of WordPress’, however, it doesn’t have as much AJAX.

I find Harvest’s colours a like too dark though, I want Web 2.0 blue like Tick (a competitor) uses. Tick is an interesting service, and Brian Benzinger has a review on it if you are interested.

Harvest has a free plan (1 user, 3 projects), but paid accounts cost between $5 and $99 per month. IMO, this is a little hefty.

Tags: harvest, web2.0, web2, web 2, web 2.0, business, productivity, time management

Tezaa allows it’s users to create, tag, comment and vote on polls. Though this isn’t a very new idea, it’s innovative in some ways.

To be able to vote or create polls, you must join Tezaa. Frankly, this is a little annoying, as polls generally do not require registration. However, registration is a very quick process, and I don’t even believe it emails you an annoying activation email! Still, it would be nice to see voting made optional.

When you go onto Tezaa, one of the first things I noticed was the search box. This lets you search the site for polls, and I think works fairly effectively. If you require some quick statistics, this is a fast (though not reliable) way to gain a rough idea. Also on the homepage, a random poll pops-up, along with the newest and most popular polls. However, there is no search box for tags, and this would be easy enough to add.

These polls are a good way to give an opinion, and each one gets a reasonable number of responses. When you vote on a poll, it is submitted via Ajax, which I find makes voting a lot quicker and smoother. You then get displayed the results, however you have the option to view the results without voting.

Tezaa also provides the option to comment on polls. This feature appears to be barely used, however, it does exist. This is useful if you have an opinion stronger than what could be summarised in a multi-answer question. Also, when you create a poll you tag it; fellow users can also add tags. You can then, of course, view other polls tagged with that.

Tezaa’s interface is very light, and uses Ajax to the degree that it is useful, but not over the top. The design of the site is very clean, and is based around green colours.

One other nice feature about the site is that you can add polls to your own site or blog through JavaScript. Below is an example:

Tezaa doesn’t allow multi-question surveys, or surveys with a financial incentive like Qvey. However, Tezaa uses Ajax, which is better than Qvey: which does not!

Thanks to Shalin Jain for the tip!

Tags: web2.0, web2, web 2.0, web 2, tezaa, survey, surveys, blogs, blogging, gadget, opinion, web, qvey

I apologise for only posting every 2.66ish days, however it’s summer! I have two posts lined up, and if all goes to plan I’ll have them published for tomorrow and Friday.