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I noticed something on Jason Calacanis' blog today that struck the entrepreneurial nerve in me.  I'm not a regular reader of his blog so I don't often have a chance to notice this.

Jason, being very popular and active in the Tech/Web world, has a list of social networks, microblogging, social bookmarking, and other popular Web 2.0 tools that he wants you to be his friend on.  He wants you to add him as a friend on Facebook, follow him on Twitter, see his activity on del.icio.us, etc...

Behold, exhibit A.
This got me thinking.  Isn't there some way to simplify this?  Why not create a single button that expands into an entire menu that does this. 

Just like the AddThis and ShareThis services.  The situation is the same.



Has something like this already been done?

As more and more people join more and more social networks, social bookmarking sites, microblogging, and other fine products of Web 2.0 something like this may be in greater demand.

"Recommended reading for every niche"

The premise: Share reading recommendations, whether it's blog posts, news articles, books, or whatever.

Create a flexible (wiki-like?) directory where users can create their own niche groups and share their reading with each other.

Within each category is a discussion board-like engine.  The most recommended are at the top but new ones have a chance of being seen.

Shelfari already does something like this for books.  They allow for creating groups, but there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of structure to it.

I am always looking for good reading on esoteric topics.  If something like this were popular, I could go and find relevant blogs, books, and articles.