web graffiti by Jana Pierce

And no, I'm not just talking about blowing up someones website by dropping bombs on it. This could be the next level of the free flow of information. It adds a sort of z order to the whole free-flow of info.

I found a great overview of some of the top contenders at

http://www.techcrunch.com/tag/stickis/

Diigo

http://www.diigo.com/ is a research tool that allows you to share bookmarks and annotations.

Fleck http://fleck.com/ is basic and lets you post public or private notes on a page.

ShiftSpace.org a bunch of nerds! I watched some of their videos on the way their plugin works (boy could they use some of the creative minds in this class!) Anyway, the way it works is the plugin allows you to live edit any web page by pressing Shift + Space (clever ;-) and then the modified pages are called "shifts" and made available on the SSwebsite. The team plans on implementing "trails" which are hyperlinked collections of related shifts. With linking becoming the #1 traffic ranking draw, this can prove invaluable.

I think that this is the idea behind trailfire http://trailfire.com/ where you post notes on a webpage and string them together with hyperlinks making "trails."

This article goes into much more depth (and of course is linked to even more info!) and is definately worth checking out!

p.s. ShapeShift update...I think they heard my plea from the start of the semester. Their site is much more stylized since my first introduction. They even have a cool logo!

By Jana (not pete!)