useful things
It seems that the last 12 months has indeed been the year that the WWW finally got useful. Ten years on and we finally got there. <luckygoogle>Blosxom</luckygoogle>, <luckygoogle>Bloglines</luckygoogle>, <luckygoogle>Usemod</luckygoogle>, <luckygoogle>Flickr</luckygoogle>, <luckygoogle>PlanetPlanet</luckygoogle>, <luckygoogle>Moblog.co.uk</luckygoogle> and now <luckygoogle>Librarything</luckygoogle>1 (and of course, <luckygoogle>del.icio.us</luckygoogle>2).
We all need structure and I think I need it more than others thanks to my restless scatterbrain. I started adding things to my catalogue and must have been at least 3 or 4 books in before I'd actually worked out how librarything could be most useful to me - pending/unfinished reading lists controlled with tags. I can syphon off groups using combinations of tags: nonfiction, philosophy, unfinished (for when I'm feeling serious); or fiction, humour, unread (for when I'm not).
A great idea that can surely only get better, go and take a look.
<p><small>1. This is just some of the tools I use, not an attempt at a comprehensive list.<br> 2. incredibly, I almost forgot this one, thanks to <a href=“http://archidose.blogspot.com/”>John Hill</a> for reminding me in the comments about the tool I use every day.</small></p>