Social Software

Encompasses a wide variety of tools that facilitate interaction and exchange between individuals and groups. Often centered around like hobbies or professional interests.

Resources in this category:

Del.icio.us
http://delicious.com/

A free social bookmarking web service that allows for storing, sharing and discovering web bookmarks.

Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/

Facebook is one of the largest social networking sites in the world. Create a profile, find and connect with other friends through their profiles.

Furl - Your Favorite Bookmarked URLs
http://www.furl.net/

"An easier way to save and share your online discoveries. Find Web sites that others have Furled, Save a copy of any web page with one click, Share anything you've Furled -- or keep it private."

Gather
http://www.gather.com/

Social networking site with a more adult orientation. Whether it is an interest in the news, art, even a particular author, this is the place to connect with others who share your interests.

GuruLib Home Library Cataloging
http://www.gurulib.com/

Catalog and organize your books and media, share reviews and comments about what you're reading, listening to or playing, and connect with others who share your taste.

identica
http://identi.ca/

Identi.ca is a microblogging service. You can join groups or just share information. Users can share "dents" (similar to Twitter's "tweets") up to 140 characters.

ifood.tv |Global Food Network
http://www.ifood.tv/

Social networking around food! See video cooking demonstrations, search recipes, read blogs and interact with "foodies" from around the world.

Joost
http://www.joost.com/

Interactive software for distributing television shows and other videos using peer-to-peer technology. You can share shows and interact with others about shows for free.

LinkedIn
http://www.linkedin.com/

LinkedIn is a social networking site focused on business relationships, employment and professional networking. Upload your resume, network with colleagues, friends and employers. Find jobs, join business networks and groups.

My Yearbook
http://www.myyearbook.com/

My Yearbook is a free internet social networking service geared toward high school and college students.

MyBlogLog
http://www.mybloglog.com/

Enables tracking of "that last little bit of information about your website. . .if you have a blog or any other site where you frequently post new content on the main page, you don't have a good way of tracking what people find interesting. One way is to track when people click on the links you provide. Up until now, outbound link tracking has been a pain in the butt, requiring CGIs and managed links. MyBlogLog makes this process easy."

MySpace
http://www.myspace.com/

Social networking on the Internet. Offers an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music and videos.

netRocket / bookmarks.com
http://www.bookmarks.com/

This site is a tool for bookmarking the favorites to an internet destination. Also assists in setting up reminders for visiting different sites. Sites can be tagged and organized from any computer.

Netvibes
http://www.netvibes.com/#General

Netvibes is a "personal news aggregator with RSS and Atom support." Customize your home page with news feeds, weather, email, etc.

Ning
http://www.ning.com/

Create and join social networks based on interests and passions. Easily integrate other social media utilities, communicate with others, post images, video and audio.

Pageflakes
http://www.pageflakes.com/

Create a customized home page with your favorite daily blogs, RSS feeds, and news resources. Get your local weather, news, email, podcasts, movie showtimes, TV listings, to do list, calendar and more all in one location. Add photos and videos to personalize your page.

Reddit
http://www.reddit.com/

Reddit is a social news site. Users can give the posted links a thumbs up or thumbs down, giving certain links higher popularity than others. The most popular links appear in order of popularity on the Reddit homepage.

Rememble
http://www.rememble.com/

"Rememble is a 'washing line' for your digital bits and pieces. Thread together texts, photos, videos, sounds, scribbles, scans, notes, tweets... so they're not drifting in a digital wasteland." Excellent way to create timelines, as well!

Scribd
http://www.scribd.com/

Easily share your original documents online. "Think of Scribd as a big online library where everyone can publish original content, including you! Part of the idea behind Scribd is that everyone has a lot of documents sitting around on their computers that only they can read." Scribd provides a platform through which you can share your docs with the world!

Second Life
http://www.secondlife.com/

Have you ever wanted to experience a second life on the Internet? Interact with other individuals in a virtual 3-D world in Second Life using an avatar.

Squidoo
http://www.squidoo.com/

Create one-page webpages (also known as "lenses") based on your interests. Collaborate with others in the Squiddo community.

TinyPic
http://tinypic.com/

"TinyPic™ is a photo and video sharing service that lets you easily upload, link, and share your images and videos on MySpace®, eBay®, Orkut Scrapbooks, blogs, and message boards." Requires free registration.

Tumblr
http://www.tumblr.com/

Simple and easy way to "share anything and customize everything." More a tool for digital scrapbooking than for blogging, the things you share at Tumblr can be viewed from any type of web-enabled mobile device. Sign up for a free account and try a different but easy approach to sharing the images, text or web feeds that you love.

VoiceThread
http://voicethread.com/#home

VoiceThread is a "collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate pages and leave comments" via voice, text, audio file or video.

Yammer
https://www.yammer.com/

Yammer is a productivity tool. A basic account is free and includes package of microblogging, file sharing, group creation, SMS integration, mailing list integration, and desktop/iPhone/Blackberry integration.

Yelp
http://www.yelp.com/

Yelp is a local search and reviews search engine. Currently Yelp covers only major metropolitan areas such as Portland (OR), New York, Boston, San Francisco, but will be adding more over time.

YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/

If you’re interested in uploading, viewing, sharing and rating video clips contributed by other users, this is the site to visit.