Great article in last week's Sunday Times Magazine on lists by Virginia Heffernan. You can read it by clicking here.
The article really speaks to both the addictive nature and organizing power of lists. We see UpGuppy as a step beyond lists in that it helps drive consensus (by combining lists). The great thing is that is that you can still tease apart individual rankings to see how that consensus developed.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Welcome to UpGuppy!
Hello and welcome to UpGuppy!
This is mostly a product blog, but you'll occasionally hear our thinking on a variety of topics such as the web 2.0 space, media and, of course, rankings. After all, we love rankings. They're concise, informative, and addictive. They provide structure and context to information, helping create knowledge. And we've built a tool to help socialize them.
At UpGuppy you can create a ranking on any topic and share it with the world. Anyone can rank your list and we all get to discover what the crowd loves and hates, as well as finding out what our friends really think!
Until now, VH1, US News, ESPN and others simply told the rest of us what was better than what. But that's all about to change. With our recently released Facebook app and soon to be launched public beta site the days of the iron-fisted rule of the ranking elites will be numbered! We're going to crash the gates of the media castle, give the power of rankings back to the people, and usher in a new era of rankings freedom!
So who are we?
There are several of us and we don't have a lot in common except that we share a love for little orange fish and several of us are lawyers who don't practice law (we do have a doctor to round out the group). We'll put our bios in a subsequent post.
If you're interested in taking a look at our application you can click here.
We'll be the first to admit that the app isn't perfect (it is a beta after all), but we're hoping that you'll be part of our community and will guide how it evolves. If you ever have any comments, criticism, or brilliant ideas please do share. We will tell you that commenting, privacy features, and the ability to include media in rankings are 1, 2 and 3 on our to do list.
Thanks so much for taking the first step and coming this far. We're really excited about what we have and look forward to having you join us for the ride!
This is mostly a product blog, but you'll occasionally hear our thinking on a variety of topics such as the web 2.0 space, media and, of course, rankings. After all, we love rankings. They're concise, informative, and addictive. They provide structure and context to information, helping create knowledge. And we've built a tool to help socialize them.
At UpGuppy you can create a ranking on any topic and share it with the world. Anyone can rank your list and we all get to discover what the crowd loves and hates, as well as finding out what our friends really think!
Until now, VH1, US News, ESPN and others simply told the rest of us what was better than what. But that's all about to change. With our recently released Facebook app and soon to be launched public beta site the days of the iron-fisted rule of the ranking elites will be numbered! We're going to crash the gates of the media castle, give the power of rankings back to the people, and usher in a new era of rankings freedom!
So who are we?
There are several of us and we don't have a lot in common except that we share a love for little orange fish and several of us are lawyers who don't practice law (we do have a doctor to round out the group). We'll put our bios in a subsequent post.
If you're interested in taking a look at our application you can click here.
We'll be the first to admit that the app isn't perfect (it is a beta after all), but we're hoping that you'll be part of our community and will guide how it evolves. If you ever have any comments, criticism, or brilliant ideas please do share. We will tell you that commenting, privacy features, and the ability to include media in rankings are 1, 2 and 3 on our to do list.
Thanks so much for taking the first step and coming this far. We're really excited about what we have and look forward to having you join us for the ride!
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