While not exactly something I’d advise for your critical web apps, I’m still intrigued to see this in action…

Chelsea chimneys, originally uploaded by markrocky.

Looking west across London from Peter Jones in Chelsea, on a bright and Christmassy winter afternoon.

Got a web app that relies on a 3rd party service? Well, I hope you selected that service well! A year or so ago I was evaluating Zimki and nearly selected it to provide a platform for some web app development at work. I’m rather glad I didn’t now…

Please note that this is your final notification of the withdrawal of the Zimki service, which will occur on the 24/12/2007.

All user applications and data remaining on the Zimki service will be deleted and the servers decommissioned shortly after this date.

It certainly highlights the importance of building your fancy-pants web 2.0 application on solid and reputable services.

24 ways to impress your friends is back for the third year running. It’s like a web geeks advent calendar and I’m impressed.