Earlier this fall Seth Godin wrote about a new project of his called Squidoo:
I’m excited enough about this idea that I’ve spent the last 5 months assembling a team that is building a platform called Squidoo. My goals? To raise a lot of money for the charities of your choice (or for you) at the same time we make it easier for you to spread your ideas. And to do both of those things while making it easier for people to find what they’re looking for online.
My first question: how does this differ from Wikipedia or About.com? It’s apparently got altruistic intent, and it seeks to provide current information through RSS feeds from Technorati, Flickr and anywhere else on the Web. Is this better than Wikipedia? Probably not. Does that matter? Probably not.
The site looks great, and has a very clean, Web 2.0 aesthetic. The UI follows on from services like Basecamp and Flickr–simple and functional. I’m a big fan of simple home pages with big buttons. That said, I do think they need a link off the home page that says “What the Heck is Squidoo?” It would point here, I suppose.
I was in on the beta for Squidoo, and whipped up this quick lens (that is, resource) on Tofino. I had thought to do one on the Canucks, but somebody already did that one. The service is in public beta now, so you can lens it up if you see fit.
UPDATE: First feature request: they need some community moderation functionality to complain about sub-standard or inaccurate lenses. For example, the lens on figure skating is useless, but there’s not means to improve it or file a complaint.
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I’ve played with Squidoo a little bit (and written about it here) and it feels to me like it has real potential as a tool to help filter all the stuff there is out there on the Net, I hope it meets that potential.
Squidoo certainly does have Wikipedia and About like features, but I think there are important differences. Wikipedia is about documenting objective facts and avoiding POV (point of view) while Squidoo is all about individual point of view, and that will be why it works if it does. About is great for some things, but it is closed, Squidoo is open to anyone who wants to create a lens, I think that’s an important distinction.
I’m not sure where Squidoo’s going to go, but I think it might just work.