October 6, 2009 at 16:38Book Microservices
When the fashion for social networks appeared, when they already firmly entered our lives, and their names flew from the lips of everyone who at least once sat at a computer to get on the Network, some went further than just searching for classmates. Themed communities began to appear. Including book ones.
Initially, the user was offered functionality - the more, the more interesting and sophisticated, the better. But users are still ordinary people, and people always strive to simplify things. So, projects began to appear that differ from their predecessors in simplicity, minimalism in design and capabilities. And this story is about them.
One of the first that I came across and immediately won my sympathy was the project bfeed.ru. Bfeed doesn't have many functions: the service allows you to add books and evaluate them. Rating categorical - like or dislike. For unread, there is a “want” button. It is possible to add a comment or a short review (it is possible to add a link to the original).
There is a bourgeois analogue - My Favorite Business Book , with specialization, as the name implies, in business literature. The idea is the same - added a book, left a comment. Despite the foreign project, he is friends with the Russian language - at least he understands. And it also allows you to make a badge that you can publish on your website / blog (the only service offering such functionality).
The next book service is called Biblah.. He is extremely minimalistic, the design is almost completely absent. According to the creators, the Bible is a service for bibliophiles, allowing you to maintain a virtual library of read books. The user has the opportunity to add a book and write a note about it. Books can be added from Ozon or Amazon. No ratings. However, you can mark the books "Read" or "I want to read."
And one more service I want to talk about - Librissimo. This is your bookshelf. No ratings. And it creates a rather big problem, it seems to me. When adding a book, there are options - I read, I want to read, read and recommend. Here is the trouble in the last button. The recommendation system is a difference from similar services, but I question its adequacy. Well and what Librissimo does not have, but the services mentioned above have rss-feeds of your books.
This concludes our short overview of microservices. Although I'vRead can also be attributed to thispowered by twitter. I'vRead’s essence is simple: just write a replay to the @ivread bot with the name of the book, and in a few minutes the cover of the book will appear in I'vRead. The service searches for the name and cover on Amazon, if there is no such book there, then only the author and title are displayed (checked on Pelevin).
So if you have problems with memory, and you can’t remember what you read, there are many interesting and different services that will help you save what you read and sometimes outline future goals.
Original of this article with minor additions .
Initially, the user was offered functionality - the more, the more interesting and sophisticated, the better. But users are still ordinary people, and people always strive to simplify things. So, projects began to appear that differ from their predecessors in simplicity, minimalism in design and capabilities. And this story is about them.
One of the first that I came across and immediately won my sympathy was the project bfeed.ru. Bfeed doesn't have many functions: the service allows you to add books and evaluate them. Rating categorical - like or dislike. For unread, there is a “want” button. It is possible to add a comment or a short review (it is possible to add a link to the original).
There is a bourgeois analogue - My Favorite Business Book , with specialization, as the name implies, in business literature. The idea is the same - added a book, left a comment. Despite the foreign project, he is friends with the Russian language - at least he understands. And it also allows you to make a badge that you can publish on your website / blog (the only service offering such functionality).
The next book service is called Biblah.. He is extremely minimalistic, the design is almost completely absent. According to the creators, the Bible is a service for bibliophiles, allowing you to maintain a virtual library of read books. The user has the opportunity to add a book and write a note about it. Books can be added from Ozon or Amazon. No ratings. However, you can mark the books "Read" or "I want to read."
And one more service I want to talk about - Librissimo. This is your bookshelf. No ratings. And it creates a rather big problem, it seems to me. When adding a book, there are options - I read, I want to read, read and recommend. Here is the trouble in the last button. The recommendation system is a difference from similar services, but I question its adequacy. Well and what Librissimo does not have, but the services mentioned above have rss-feeds of your books.
This concludes our short overview of microservices. Although I'vRead can also be attributed to thispowered by twitter. I'vRead’s essence is simple: just write a replay to the @ivread bot with the name of the book, and in a few minutes the cover of the book will appear in I'vRead. The service searches for the name and cover on Amazon, if there is no such book there, then only the author and title are displayed (checked on Pelevin).
So if you have problems with memory, and you can’t remember what you read, there are many interesting and different services that will help you save what you read and sometimes outline future goals.
Original of this article with minor additions .