Shelfari
To move forward we must take advantage of communities.
Do you love books? Do you love to talk about your books with others? Well, it probably won't overthrow My Space in member count, but Shelfari promises to be a place for book lovers to hang out, show off their book collections and recommend their reads to others.
I came out of the closet about ten years ago. It was a tough thing to admit. As a matter of fact, I only admitted it to a very few people over the years. Heck, I started to type it here and I still froze for a second. OK, I'm going to close my eyes and type just as fast as I can... I am a right brain person! A quick glance from side to side shows the contingents are not on the floor rolling around and laughing their behinds off. Whew!
One of the things that I've noticed evolving, is an acute appreciation for design and creativity. Try trolling through My Space and notice the various design and creativity of its members. Design can be seen in the home, truck and car makeover TV shows. It will be interesting to see how (if they can) members of Shelfari pimp their bookshelves.
Note: If you're wondering how a supposed right brain person has a site like mine here, it's because of the big ole, moss-dripping, slimey concrete barrier of technology that I haven't been able to overcome.
10/14/06 Update: I joined Shelfari yesterday. In addition to the community potential, I signed up as a way to catalog and keep track of my books.
This is so cool, Dave! I'm signed up for LibraryThing (similar) and I just posted to Coachamatic to direct people to this post (http://coachamatic.com/).
Are we wacko or what?!
Posted by: Verna Wilder | October 14, 2006 at 03:02 PM
Yes Verna! I love my books!
Posted by: Dave | October 15, 2006 at 06:56 AM