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November 22, 2006

Squirl: a social cataloging tool

I don't have time to look deeply into all the social media sites that cross my desk, but this one looks interesting:

Squirl (love the name!) is a social cataloging tool that helps you catalog practically anything. It lets you organize your stuff into collections and meet others with similar interests.

From the website:

The idea for the site sprang from co-founder John McGrath's frustration at the lack of online cataloging options for his collection of 45rpm records. He joined forces with old friend Steve de Brun in January 2006 to build a solution, and Squirl launched that August.

From a Squirl rep:

Squirl is somewhat like LibraryThing and Listal, but whereas these sites only let you catalog books and media, respectively, Squirl can be used to catalog anything. The collections our members have posted so far range from the common (books, music, movies) to the extraordinary (rare autographs, original art, antique bookplates). As one blogger said about us, "It's like following an eBay power buyer home." In addition to its powerful cataloging capabilities, Squirl has many of the social networking components common to Web 2.0 sites -- groups, RSS feeds, messaging, etc. -- which gives our members a chance to meet folks with similar interests.

We launched Squirl about two months ago and it has been growing quickly ever since. We have a strong base of loyal, enthusiastic members and are rolling out new features rapidly.

November 22, 2006 at 01:02 AM in Social media | Permalink

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