While browsing through Guy Kawasaki’s blog, I noticed a job listing for a web 2.0 startup in State College, PA called Drizzoo. I’ve never heard of Drizzoo before, even though it’s right here in town, but their website looks really slick and they have an interesting concept for “new weather.”

Drizzoo offers a one day and weekend forecast for every zip code in the United States. This will include temperature, wind speed, sunset and sunrise times, and humidity and wind chill (if applicable). Questions will be offered to the users, which will help add value to the forecast.

Users have the option of creating their own page. They can add “modules” from Drizzoo. Each module represents a unique offering. They work with algorithms and learn what’s bests for you. One module may be for golf, another for restaurants or even snowboarding and barbequing. These modules create a new “forecast” that fits the user’s needs and lifestyle. Drizzoo has secondary modules, such as one for Amazon, Travelocity and 30 Boxes (Google). Eventually we plan to have enough modules that every person has at least two to fit their life.

Drizzoo is also changing the format of the weather forecast. We ask the personal questions. You can change weather keywords (like partly cloudy) to words you associate with them (like Chocolate and Vanilla). The same can be done with the color of your page-Partly cloudy could mean green to you, so your page will be green (instantly knowing a part of that days weather). We ask what 72 degrees mean to you. To me it’s perfect, to you it may be cool and to your wife it may be warm. That’s the basis of Drizzoo-different elements mean different things to different people. But no distinction is being made.

State College, PA is also home to Accuweather. It’s about time a new 2.0 company rolls up in town to stir some shit up.

Right now, Drizzoo is hiring for a bunch of IST-related jobs. Drizzoo’s lead developer Scott Ayres is an “IS&T” alumni, so I’m sure he’ll be able to hook you up!

Tags: alumni, drizzoo, weather

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