Thanks to a pointer from Brian Del Vecchio, I have just now discovered the H20 Playlist service [see some discussion at MetaFilter and Joho the Blog].

How did I miss this? Real answer: because I haven’t kept up with my regular blog roundup, which includes Brian and Joho the Blog.

At any rate, this is an amazing concept that combines a number of interesting ideas: the basic product is a tagged and folksonomized “playlist” of web links to resources (sites, books), along with comments and reviews/ratings. As lists become tangled together through references you can see how influential a list is, as well as maneuver through all the linked playlists. Perfect for educational enrichment. Now let’s get flickr to play too…

This is fascinating stuff that I will be making immediate use of both practically, and as an example of the direction services are going in integrating services and the ideas of social economy, folksonomy, etc.

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