Tue
5
Jun 07
It’s a small world
It truly is. But that’s not exactly something knew I pulled out of my magic hat. There’s the Small World Project and the Small World Experiment to prove that. In short, experiments showed that the average path length for social networks of people in the United States is about six. Interesting stuff but only mildly related to what I’m aiming at.
I stumbled over – mind you, StumbleUpon really sucks – an interesting site that may prove useful to me. It’s something called Literature-Map. Some guys gathered some information on authors and writers and created an intriguing map because “the closer two writers are, the more likely someone will like both of them”. Provides a great method to get to know new writers, I guess. At least, it sounds better than scouring different forums for some recommendations …
Literature Map sound like Last FM for bookworms!
Nice and fitting analogy, I grant you that. In the end, it’s not that inventive but still, it can be put to use