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25 Feb 2004
MediaChest
Borrowing and lending books is normally done only between friends. But why not enlarge this circle of friends? Mediachest intends to support this needs. You can list the books, games, dvd’s which you have and which you want to lend and borrow. You can join a group to see the books they have. By adding friends you can enlarge your circle of acquaintances and see what you can borrow.
I think this an interesting application, I do miss some things however: a kind of amazon recommendations (what should I read); people in my geographical neighbourhood, people like me, etc. The biggest drawback is my profile. I have already entered a lot of books and CD’s in Amazon and I do not want to do that again. I rather have an application on my computer in which I can manage all my assets and have export facilities to any Networking Service, which wants a part of my profile. Or I publish it on my website so that any service can access it. Foaf should help here. I guess still a long way to go to have a good solution.
[inspiration Judith @ Social Software Weblog]