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November 16, 2006
Spotted again: Rrove
I think we forgot to blog our first encounter with Rrove, but it turns out the wait was worth it. They've spiffed up the site a great deal, so a good idea has gotten even better.
Rrove is all about sharing places. Take any point on the Earth, be it an address or a geolocation, and give it all the Web 2.0 goodness we've grown to expect: tags, reviews, comments, Flickr photos, and (of course) events nearby.
My personal favorite new feature is Sets, groups of places that are listed together but commented separately. For instance, take the set of Paris destinations, a kind of "must see" list. Don't agree that the Eiffel Tower is worth visiting? Vote it down. Have a great photo of the Moulin Rouge? Add it yourself. Know a hot gig happening around the corner from the Louvre? Well, you get the picture. And so do they.
Posted by chris at 03:33 PM
November 15, 2006
Spotted in the Wild: Nextcat
Nextcat says that "It's all about who you know." They could be talking about the entertainment industry or Web 2.0 social networking, but in their case they mean both. Picking up where Myspace left off, they provide promotional pages for artists and entertainers looking to expand their reach and potentially land a new gig.
Rather than roll their own event listings, Nextcat decided to use the Eventful API, both for searching for events and adding new events for your artist. The interface for both is nice and clean, integrated well into the Nextcat look while retaining the as much Eventful functionality as possible.
I'm glad to see events making their way into social networking sites like Nextcat. Someone was just requesting events support in LinkedIn yesterday, so it sounds like the time has come.
Posted by chris at 01:37 PM | Comments (1)