Thursday, February 2, 2006

Innovative Communities

Threadless
A really amazing t-shirt creation site - design your own t-shirt. 
If your creation gets a lot of votes, it gets  printed!
 
Mathworks
A collaborative math problem solving site with several contests per year
 
Innocentive
Innocentive connects companies with R&D problems and scientists willing
to solve problems. This project shows the power of tapping into the
periphery and enabling communities to innovate. 
 
Second Life
Second Life is a virtual world - a 3D online persistent space  totally
created and evolved by its users.
 
Habbo Hotel
Habbo Hotel is a virtual hotel where you can hang out and make new friends. It's designed for 13 to 20 year olds in Canada, but  everyone (13 and older) is welcome. When you register you "become" a Habbo. Then  you can walk,
dance, eat, drink and chat in the many clubs, cafes, restaurants,  swimming pools and games rooms. You can even create, furnish, and decorate your own room!
 
Library Thing
Create your bookshelf by selecting books,  then create a snippet to display
them on your blog.
Use other users bookshelves to speed up the creation of your own.
Facebook
Students only!
Facebook is a social networking website  specifically for college,
university, and now high school  communities.They have an incredibly high percentage of penetration reaching almost 100% with this years first year university students.
 
For more see the Wikipedia's list of Social Networking Sites.
 

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