Social Software Samples

Have a few minutes to spare?

Check out some of these examples of social technology in action or browse some general resources related to social technology. Enjoy!

Social Software Samples:

Askville http://askville.amazon.com – Amazon’s new Q & A website; collect points Bloglines http://www.bloglines.com – RSS aggregator Classmates.com http://www.classmates.com – connect with school friends LibraryThing http://www.librarything.com – catalog your own books online Del.icio.us http://del.icio.us – social bookmark manager with tagging Favorville http://favorville.com – ask for or give a favor Flickr http://www.flickr.com -- photo storage and sharing Friendster http://www.friendster.com – over 36 million members Furl http://www.furl.net – save a copy of favorite websites, 5 GB free space Live Plasma http://www.liveplasma.com map music and movie interests Mayomi http://www.mayomi.com – mind maps MySpace http://myspace.com – Electronic community, 58 million users Neopets http://www.neopets.com – Keep a pet alive in this online community Pandora http://www.pandora.com – Makes a streaming “radio station” just for you Second Life http://secondlife.com – 3-D virtual world Technorati http://technorati.com – tracks over 63 million blogs WebJunction http://webjunction.org – online library community

Wikipedia http://www.wikipedia.org – online encyclopedia; open authorship YouTube http://www.youtube.com – Short videos online

Resources: Twelve Techie Things for Librarians www.tametheweb.com/ttwblog/archives/000791.html Web 2.0 Central http://web2.0central.com Walking Paper http://walkingpaper.org TechCrunch http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/02/2007-web-20-companies-i-couldnt-live-without

Stephanie Gerding, 2007