5 ms·
Goodreads tends to be more of a socially-driven environment, I find that my friends don't read what I read. The Hawaii Project is constantly scanning what the
by viking2917 11y ago
Goodreads tends to be more of a socially-driven environment, I find that my friends don't read what I read.
The Hawaii Project is constantly scanning what the blogosphere is writing about in terms of books, and then matching that to your tastes and interests (topics, authors, website sources), so the recommendations always stay fresh and timely - vs Goodreads, which tends to be pretty static (if you like X you'll like Y). I may not care about all the books that say, the New York Times Book Review writes about, but if I'm into historical fiction and they review a book of that sort, I'll get a recommendation for it.
THP also has an index of articles from the web about particular books, and the ability to quickly browse what sites are writing about - kind of like a books-oriented news reader
It also generates a weekly mail with books that match your interests and authors that are being written about, so you don't have to go looking for them or miss a book from your favorite author.
And yes, my design skills need help :)
- kentt 11y agoCool, thanks for explaining that. I'll try it out.
- viking2917 11y agothank you. feedback welcome.
- deegles 11y agoHow many blogs do you scan? How do you add/remove blogs to the list?
- viking2917 11y agoIt's around 800 right now - I curate all the source sites by hand at present, to ensure quality. If there's something you think I should add let me know...
- calbear81 11y agoWould it be fair to say it's sort of like a Hype Machine but for books? I'm also always interested in hearing about books that authors I like are reading or maybe books that they've been influenced by. Regarding the design, there is definitely a lot of gradients and drop shadows happening which makes the page feel "heavy" and not relaxing like I think Hawaii brings to mind. I'm not sure if it's that but something is making the large grid layouts to load slowly on both my desktop and laptop.
- viking2917 11y agoVery much so, like Hype Machine (which I love), with the caveat that THP is personalized, whereas Hype Machine is more one-size-fits-all in terms of the music it recommends, it doesn't really know whether I like EDM or Jazz and act accordingly.
- viking2917 11y agothanks for notes on design. I suspect the page loading is because my server's getting hammered right now :)