The Social Software Weblog

Jookster - June 23, 2006

Filed under: search engines, social networking, reputationJookster mashes up web archiving, social networking, and ranked searching to provide a new service that I think has some interesting things going with it. After signing up for a Jookster profile and installing the Firefox tool-bar, users have access to personalized searches and instant web archiving. Clicking on the Jook This button in the tool-bar instantly archives a copy of the page you are visiting and indexes it for search. You can..
http://socialsoftware.weblogsinc.com/2006/06/23/jookster/

Billy Bragg to MySpace: You'll get nothing and like it! - June 9, 2006

Rupert Murdoch and Billy Bragg: you have to wonder how these guys got in bed in the first place. It's a notion that'll induce Scanners-esque head explosions and I wouldn't spend much more time it, as the avowed socialist Bragg has taken his toothbrush and, we presume, did not let the door hit him on the way out of avowed capitalist Murdoch's crib. Irked by terms of service that apparently gave MySpace "a non-exclusive, fully-paid and royalty-free, worldwide license (with the right to sublicense.
http://socialsoftware.weblogsinc.com/2006/06/09/billy-bragg-to-myspace-youll-get-nothing-a...

Heat mapping your transportation decisions - June 3, 2006

Filed under: mapping, mashupsMySociety.org, a British tech nonprofit project that builds and showcases new tools for civic good, has released a beautiful series of maps illustrating various transportation data sets around England. See, for example, this sample map showing whether public transport (bus, light rail best is in red) or a private automobile (blue) will get you faster from the Cambridge station to any other part of the country. (Cambridge is in the bottom right hand...
http://socialsoftware.weblogsinc.com/2006/06/03/heat-mapping-your-transportation-decisions...

Social-Mail, Byoms and more: This week's eHub round up - June 2, 2006

Filed under: companies, web 2.0"I like your roundups of eHub!" says Emily Chang in an email. All the more reason to keep doing the darned things. Emily Chang's eHub is a great resource for learning about new or newly highlighted Web 2.0 services and products, but it can be overwhelming. In the spirit of helpfulness, I've now done a number of weekly summaries of my favorite items on eHub. The following is the most recent in the series. No substitute for reading eHub.
http://socialsoftware.weblogsinc.com/2006/06/02/social-mail-byoms-and-more-this-weeks-ehub...

eBay to include blogs, wikis - will people use them - June 2, 2006

Filed under: companies, e-commerceSteve Rubel discovers coverage and then goes in depth on eBay plans to incorporate blogs and wikis in their service offerings. It looks like an impressive implementation, but I have a few questions about it. First, if people wanted more in depth discussion - wouldn't the product descriptions and the buyerseller feedback be less mass produced than they are now "Great customer! Would sell to again for sure!" over and over again. What..
http://socialsoftware.weblogsinc.com/2006/06/02/ebay-to-include-blogs-wikis/