Social Networking
by tdaxp ~ December 18th, 2006
Two social networking sites have come to my attention recently. First, Adam of The Metropolis Times introduced me to flixster, a networking site that works based on movies. Then, Mark of ZenPundit blogged about shelfy — a “myspace for bibliomaniacs.” Already, Mark, myself, and Chirol (of Coming Anarchy), and Mountainrunner (of MountainRunner) have shelfy profiles. Where’s yours?
Sean and Critt: woudl it be worthwhile to create a shelfy profile for Tom, based on the books he has mentioend on the blog?
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December 18th, 2006 at 12:00 am
You should also check out http://www.spokeo.com It combines social networks together.
December 18th, 2006 at 12:00 am
Your collection is quite interesting, as it has some fiction titles that appeal greatly to me, and fiction is something I sadly do not read much of.
December 18th, 2006 at 12:00 am
Eddie,
Thanks! What books in particular ? (and is your shelf up?)
Twman,
Thanks for the link!
December 18th, 2006 at 12:00 am
My shelf is up (1)
Books by Asimov, Barnett, Robinson & Shakespeare of course. I often lose sight of the wonderful world outside of non-fiction.
(1): http://www.shelfari.com/HiddenUnities/shelf
December 18th, 2006 at 12:00 am
Eddie,
Hahaha — do you consider Tom Barnett to be fiction, or did you mean Barrett? :-p
December 18th, 2006 at 12:00 am
Oh sorry… Barrett… crime novels with a sense of humor and edge are always worth my time.
December 19th, 2006 at 12:00 am
Shelfari… and I was wondering what to do with my week!
December 19th, 2006 at 12:00 am
My shelf in now live and in the groove:
http://www.shelfari.com/DreamingWhig/shelf
December 19th, 2006 at 12:00 am
http://www.shelfari.com/a517dogg/shelf
December 19th, 2006 at 12:00 am
Wow! Shelfari is really taking off. So far ten comments at tdaxp, thirteen at Coming Anarchy [1], and elevent at ZenPundit. [2] And then Adam's [3], a517dogg's, phil's, and Eddie's pages.
What a literate corner of the blogosphere we have here
Eddie,
Dean Barrett's work definitely worth a look. Unusual for most mystery authors, I think, his books are individually memorable and have different emotional themes. MOTE is romanic, MATHTB is light-hearted self-parody, Skytrain to Murder and Murder in China Red are companions to each other set a world apart, and Memoirs of a Bangkok Warrior is a wistful-depressing look at life for Vietnam War non-combatants. Currently I'm taking a break from biopsychological development with Barrett's “Kingdom of Make-Believe.”
[1] http://www.cominganarchy.com/archives/2006/12/18/shelfari-flickr-for-books/
[2] http://zenpundit.blogspot.com/2006/12/myspace-for-bibliomaniacs-courtesy-of.html
[3] http://www.shelfari.com/spartacus007
December 20th, 2006 at 12:00 am
Finally added all the books on my shelf. I wish I could upload photos for the editions they don't have pictures for.
December 20th, 2006 at 12:00 am
I wonder if Shelfy gets its covers from an Amazon web service, or some other web technology that links it with Amazon. So a way to upload covers may be to upload covers to Amazon, and then wait for Shelfy to refresh.
I have noticed that a few books will flicker between covers on Shelfy. I assume this is the result of their site becoming so popular so fast, so their technology is having a hard time keeping up.