I finally signed up for Goodreads this morning, which I have been hearing buzz about for the longest. They nailed the Facebook integration, the sign-up and friending process was an excellent experience. Within an hour I had a full list of friends, people obviously find this service meaningful and rewarding.
One nit - I was stopped dead in my tracks the first time I tried to add a book to my "currently-reading" shelf. I don't know the page number, I only know the Kindle location!
The Kindle needs a Goodreads app that can tell Goodreads what you're reading and where you are in the book. Do they have apps?
Posted by: Steve Ivy | January 12, 2010 at 11:48 AM
Nah, I honestly don't mind. I want a connected reading experience, but I'm not sure the kindle is it.
Posted by: David Jacobs | January 12, 2010 at 11:54 AM
I love GoodReads for discovery and tracking, but I haven't really found my way to doing reviewing on there (other than the star rating mechanism). Maybe it's just that I don't feel that i'm a terribly good book reviewer, or blogging has ruined me for putting together anything more than a few snarky sentences in a row, but I'm amazed by people (like Jake, for instance) who can write these great reviews of what they're reading...
Posted by: Michael Sippey | January 12, 2010 at 12:50 PM
One of my greatest skills is the ability to process information quickly, without sacrificing the ability to pull out the most important pieces. But I am nothing in that department compared to Jake. He's editing Gothamist while Jen is on maternity leave. I loved his tweet yesterday "Today Gothamist did 50 posts. The NYTimes Metro section did 22 stories, including Cityroom blog posts- I think they missed quite a bit."
They certainly did!
Posted by: David Jacobs | January 12, 2010 at 01:51 PM