A Weblog written, styled and hacked by Joel Moss
Found a lost article on Techcrunch just a few minutes ago about 12 up and coming web 2.0 startups. A few interesting ones, but one that caught my eye was a community driven site that pushes sites to you based on your interests. StumbleUpon uses a browser toolbar (currently only available for Firefox) to show you new and interesting sites. Simply click the Stumble button and it takes you to a site that should excite you a little.
I love it! I just can’t stop clicking that little button. And most of the sites it shows me have been exactly what I am interested in, so I clicked the “I like it” button on the sites I like, which then added it to my fave pages found using StumbleUpon.
I can then even add this list to my Blog of feed reader using the supplied RSS feeds.
You really gotta admire the simplicity of this model and it just makes me wish that I had thought of it first.
My name is Joel Moss, a web developer and all round nice guy, living in Manchester, England. I am currently working full time for ShermansTravel.com, but I fill whatever spare time I have with lots of good and wholesome "stuff"! Like developing my own ideas; such as Tooum, contributing to the excellent CakePHP framework, and doing more work for ShermansTravel.
So this is my blog - my soap box! Here I attempt to share my likes, my dislikes, and my opinions. As well as providing some occasional respite from the daily crap we all endure. Enjoy ;)
Hey, if you want to reach me, i'm available via email:joel[at]developwithstyle[dot]com, and AIM:joelkmoss.
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