"The behind-the-scenes story of the readers and booksellers who launched the Hunger Games franchise." An interesting look at how the book was a hit at the publishers and with influential readers and librarians long before it was on sale, let alone a popular adult book.

Clay Johnson: "When you click on that article about Kim Kardashian over on the right-hand sidebar of that other website, your boss may not see you reading it, but you've made it more probable that she will read it. Your click is a vote, and with that vote, you're not just saying to your media companies that you want to read it, but other people like you want to read it too. Clicks have a significant, and immediate social consequence. As our obesity epidemic challenges our healthcare system, our poor information diets are challenging the fabric of our democracy."

A fine suggestion for recommendations based on similarity of taste, not on who you know.

A Flickr-based website using favourites data to recommend photos.

A Flickr-based website using favourites data to recommend photos.

'See more "The Commons" photos recently favorited by people who like the one you are viewing. Inspired and adapted from "Flickr Cross Recommendations"' Hmm, this is going to be worth a look, I hope, as is the script it was adapted from.

"they're not *all* British" but most are. He misses a couple of author blogs, but not a bad list. Spoilt only by comments from idiots who think this is a list of the best still-alive scifi authors, as opposed to new(ish) ones.

The Eastern Takeaway on Canonbury Road / Highbury Corner has now got us recommending it for life. We love them. If you need Chinese food in Islington, get it there.

I keep going back to that page; I might as well actually bookmark it.

'Apple also announced a new public beta of “Just for You” personalized music recommendations and the debut of online customer reviews.' - for all the "iTunes isn't social enough" people