Software technology often lacks practical application. The visualization software shown at the KM World show in November looked interesting, but not compelling, for the applications that were being demonstrated. At ALA this week, I found a compelling application for this type of software in the XREFER ready reference ebook service. Standard searching is available across a comprehensive collection of over 150 dictionaries, encyclopedias, and directories, with links between relationships. On top of this content collection, XREFER has added visualization capabilities certain to be attractive to patrons addicted to video games. As a content category, encyclopedias and dictionaries have not been in the spotlight, but this type of interface could actually make writing research papers fun as conceptual relationships can be explored and expanded visually!