Library Thing
Alright, okay, so I'm officially a nerd. Hey, try working 8 hours a day, 5 days a week ( sometimes 6 ) at the State Library, and see what quirky crap you come up with.
So I attended their Emerging New Media seminar recently, and witnessed a presenter fawning ( yes, that really is the appropriate word for it, fawning ) over LibraryThing, your own online personal cataloguer. You can add the books you've read throughout your life ( its an insider thing to boast about how many books you added in how little time - mine is 150 in 40 minutes ) and then check how many others have read the same, who have personal libraries similar to yours, tag each entry as per your wish (sensible borers go 'fiction', 'history', 'self help'; others prefer 'honeymoon', 'ultimate depression', 'sweet nothings'. Whatever rocks your b...uh, bookcase ). Then you can add yourself to particular groups and start chatting on message boards.
It's ultimate geekdom glorification. I had to get on it instantly.
Below is a java operated generator of random books in my current catalogue. It will grow as and when I have time to add on at work ( and also attempt to avoid getting paid out for it - some people weren't surprised at my enthusiasm, which is kind of alarming ).
So for all you fellow nerdy bloggers out there, get on board and do a bit of a showoff - until you get heckled, anyway.
So I attended their Emerging New Media seminar recently, and witnessed a presenter fawning ( yes, that really is the appropriate word for it, fawning ) over LibraryThing, your own online personal cataloguer. You can add the books you've read throughout your life ( its an insider thing to boast about how many books you added in how little time - mine is 150 in 40 minutes ) and then check how many others have read the same, who have personal libraries similar to yours, tag each entry as per your wish (sensible borers go 'fiction', 'history', 'self help'; others prefer 'honeymoon', 'ultimate depression', 'sweet nothings'. Whatever rocks your b...uh, bookcase ). Then you can add yourself to particular groups and start chatting on message boards.
It's ultimate geekdom glorification. I had to get on it instantly.
Below is a java operated generator of random books in my current catalogue. It will grow as and when I have time to add on at work ( and also attempt to avoid getting paid out for it - some people weren't surprised at my enthusiasm, which is kind of alarming ).
So for all you fellow nerdy bloggers out there, get on board and do a bit of a showoff - until you get heckled, anyway.
posted by Sreedhevi Iyer | 4:12 pm
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