Another couple of “Web 2.0″ apps which may turn out to be of some use:
Chris Locke, in his capacity as Chief Blogging Officer, points to LibraryThing, where we are offered the opportunity to catalogue our books, and to network in this way or that with others whose libraries have some significant overlap with, or indeed diametric opposition to our own. The interface needs some work: I’m finding it takes quite a few keystrokes and mouse clicks to add even a single volume to my library, and almost the same process all over again to add another book by the same author. I don’t anticipate having the time or inclination to add my library in any complete or systematic way, although the site may be useful, say, for extrapolating new titles or authors from a few well-chosen examples. Or not, we’ll see.
Possibly more fun is Wordie (linked from Bifurcated Rivets), described as “like Flickr, but without the pictures”. Users add words — loved, hated, discovered, overheard — and they are sliced and diced in all the familar Web 2.0 ways. Wordie, by the way, is an inelegant construction related to “Foodie”.

Oh, and while we’re in the Bifurcated Rivets neighbourhood, a respectful plea to Lindsay: please would you try to give your links some more descriptive content than “Hmmm” or “Hah” or “Strange”? None of these tell me whether I might be interested in following the links. I’m probably missing lots of good stuff because the eye simply glides over links like this, without gaining any traction…