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damn.. :-) You could do it with music as well - make a small app that scans through your music library and uploads it. Then match with people that have the sam
by mixmax 19y ago
damn.. :-)
You could do it with music as well - make a small app that scans through your music library and uploads it. Then match with people that have the same taste in music. Would probably have broader appeal, since more people listen to music than read books.
Or has that been done too?
- demallien 19y agoDelicious Library already does that on the Mac. Put your book/cd in front of the mac's built in webcam (or at least the barcode of the book/cd) and the item is added instantly to your library, with coverart and everything Very cool. So if you're going to build this type of web-app, you might need to talk to Will Shipley :-)
- bootload 19y ago"... I would love a dating site where I could search for women based on their reading habits ... Heard of this exact idea on popular media this week ..." That's not a good reason to not try something - because there is already a service. In fact I'd be surprised if there was not more competition. Music is a good one. I'll see if I can find the service ... some time later ... There is an interesting article now on just this idea ~ http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=149467 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=149467
- rms 19y agowww.last.fm, but it's one of those sites where people only incidentally hookup, like yelp.com
- Tichy 19y agoI was thinking the same thing some time ago. But maybe it really makes a difference if it is a dedicated dating site? Probably worth a try. Any sites with an api, to tap into their data?
- mixmax 19y agoLastfm's user profiles are public and show what they have listened to in the recent past - so maybe you could make a site where you add your lastfm username, and scrape the info from lastfm and use that. There might be legal issues with this approach though.