LibraryThing is definitely an interesting thing. It is also pretty simple, quick, and painless to use. I have created an account, added a few books to my shelf, tagged (don't laugh...I admittedly did not put much thought in this) them a bit....all very interesting, but I am not sure whether I will keep up with LibraryThing on my own, post-Learning 2.0. As with many of the other Web 2.0 tools we have investigated, the social side or aspect of LibraryThing is the most interesting thing about LibraryThing. It is neat to see who owns what you own (especially when the number is small...one of my books is "owned" by two other peeps), and the "real person" reviews are interesting/helpful/funny, and the reading recommendations also seem pretty good. Of course, you also can see all these neat tag clouds for books in LibraryThing, and it is definitely interesting to see how people tag certain books, especially in terms of the most common, least common, and most unusual tags. Maybe when I get home and do a bit more exploring in my collection, I will find more uses for LibraryThing. For now, I find it more interesting to explore other people's collections.
Discovery Exercise #2: Web2List
Umm...wow. That is a lot of stuff! While there were many, many applications/sites listed in Web2List that I was not familiar with, I noticed a few that I was familiar with, including quite a few of the Web 2.0 tools or applications we are working with in Learning 2.0. Blogger was there...Amazon...LOTS of MySpace and Facebook look-alikes...I was happy to see BookCrossing listed. As for applications that may be useful in our roles as educators and library employees, I guess it would be a cop-out to say meebo.com, but other than that, I am not so sure. The list itself is a bit overwhelming, but I guess that is a testament to the growth and popularity of Web 2.0.
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