What I Learned Today…

Web 2.0 and programming tips from a library technology enthusiast, What I Learned Today… covers blogs, rss, wikis and more as they relate to libraries.

Category Archives: Shopping

Word of the Day: Shopcast

August 23rd, 2006

You’ve heard of webcasting, podcasting – and a few others – but have you heard of Shopcasting? I just learn about a new site called ThisNext from the Business 2.0 Blog.

ThisNext is a shopcasting network where you can recommend, share and discover great products.

But what is Shopcasting?

It's a product playlist — a way to recommend to other people things that make life better. It's a way to syndicate your taste, your voice. Shopcasting is a mashed up word that combines shopping and broadcasting.

So there you go – if you’re a shopaholic this is a necessary addition to your blog sidebar.

GiftHat

August 4th, 2006

I know that there are other similar services out there – but this is the only one I’ve played with. GiftHat lets you create and share a wishlist – the best thing is that you can import your Amazon wishlist right into their database. There are a few features I’d like to see.

  1. They show the list price instead of the Amazon price (which is always less).
  2. I’d like to be able to enter in my amazon associates tag – make a little money :)

Overall, a pretty nifty tool. [Thanks TipMonkies for pointing it out]

RSS at Target

July 30th, 2006

How cool is this? I did a search for Sunday Circulars because I want to go out and buy another bookshelf. I visited Target’s site and right away an RSS button jumped out at me on the left side of the page. See here.

You can get the Sunday specials delivered to your aggregator! RSS is everywhere – I love it!