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0	Web Squared: When Web 2.0 Meets Internet of Things Recently Tim O'Reilly and John Battelle released a white paper entitled Web Squared: Web 2.0 Five Years On. It focuses squarely, pardon the pun, on... Source: readwriteweb.com Date: Aug 5, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	May Bonus batch of Early Reviewer books This month we have a special bonus batch of Early Reviewer books! The May Bonus batch includes 7 books and a grand total of 185 copies to give... Source: librarything.com (Company Blog) Date: May 27, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	Flash-mob in South Carolina This Saturday, May 30th, the Clemson Montessori School in Clemson, SC will host a flash-mob to catalog their library. It will start at 9am and go... Source: librarything.com (Company Blog) Date: May 27, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	Better statistics, other improvements I spent the weekend cooking up code, not sausages:1. Series statistics. By popular demand, the member Series Statistics page can now show your series... Source: librarything.com (Company Blog) Date: May 26, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	Author interviews posted Our first two author interviews, first seen in the revamped State of the Thing newsletter, are live on the site itself. The interviews are:Ayelet... Source: librarything.com (Company Blog) Date: May 22, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	State of the Thing Our monthly "State of the Thing" newsletter just went out.We "did it up," with a full HTML version and some special features. Notably, the May... Source: librarything.com (Company Blog) Date: May 21, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	The Latest Member of the Bookish Social Network: Readernaut This is a Guest Post by Valerie Russo, the author of Literanista. Currently works at Hachette Book Group, scouts the ever-changing Web landscape &... Source: go2web20.net (Company Blog) Date: May 19, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	Compare your library with others' I've added a new "Compare: Connections" feature, similar to the Legacy Library feature. But instead of munging statistics about Jefferson and Yeats,... Source: librarything.com (Company Blog) Date: May 12, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	Who reads an author? I've "brought back" top member lists on author pages, significantly enhancing them with lists that show the author's readers among your friends and... Source: librarything.com (Company Blog) Date: May 10, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	May Early Reviewer Books The May batch of Early Reviewer books is up! We've got 61 books this month, and a grand total of 1,569 copies to give out.First, make sure to sign up... Source: librarything.com (Company Blog) Date: May 6, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	London Book Fair A few weeks ago I flew across the pond to speak at the London Book Fair. The panel* I was on focused on books and marketing in an online world. I... Source: librarything.com (Company Blog) Date: May 6, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	Podcast 3: Murder! Politics! Books! LibraryThing Podcast 3, which follows on the heels of the wildly successful*—if somewhat incoherent—LibraryThing Podcast 2, is an interview with... Source: librarything.com (Company Blog) Date: Apr 28, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	Last call for best blog widgets... My Library at LibraryThingI forgot to close the Best Widget competition, so I'm going to extend it to 5:00 Friday, May 1. Post your submissions here. Source: librarything.com (Company Blog) Date: Apr 28, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	Commune with the dead Can you guess what they are?I've made some major changes to members' Legacy Library pages, bringing this wonderful member project—the private... Source: librarything.com (Company Blog) Date: Apr 27, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	What's hot? I've added a "Hot topics" category to Talk. Heat is calculated every hour, and is based on posts and viewers in the the last 48 hours. It adjusts for... Source: librarything.com (Company Blog) Date: Apr 26, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	Reoccuring flash mob in Chicago - April 26 and May 3 The flash mob at the Puerto Rican Cultural Center in Chicago went well last Sunday, with volunteers braving dismal Spring weather to battle the... Source: librarything.com (Company Blog) Date: Apr 23, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	Welcome Catalonians! This weekend saw a huge surge in registration on cat.LibraryThing.com, our Catalan-language subsite—fully 1/5 of new members on Saturday.The surge... Source: librarything.com (Company Blog) Date: Apr 19, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	"New" catalog look/features We've gone live with a number of aesthetic and functional changes to members' catalog pages.Some examples, or see my catalog.Befor... Source: librarything.com (Company Blog) Date: Apr 15, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	Flash news: flash-mob cataloging in Chicago this weekend! Completely ganked from the Talk thread:This Sunday, April 19, the Puerto Rican Cultural Center in Chicago will host a flash-mob to catalog the 1-2,000... Source: librarything.com (Company Blog) Date: Apr 14, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	Let the Wild Rumpus Start! Fans of Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are* will enjoy President Obama's rendition (via C-SPAN) of the book to a group of kids at the annual White... Source: librarything.com (Company Blog) Date: Apr 13, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0