cool new web application: cultureset.com

hey, take a minute to check out this new web application called 
cultureset.com.  It lets you do real-time sharing with friends, of things 
from your life.

here's an example, using some sample data from the Dave Matthews Band 
(there's more sample data at the end of this message, if you're not a DM 
fan...)

http://cultureset.com/cultureset/lineViewLoader.do?right=30&year=1996&left=29&
csetId=10&center=28&homeFirst=true

Be sure to click on "jobs" or "concerts" in the side panels, and then
click 
"lineview".  It takes you to a visual representation of the data.

The items in the center are cultural events that you can copy to your own 
events.  There's not a huge amount of cultural content yet, but it's
growing 
every day.  And here is the cool thing - all the cultural events lead back
to 
other websites.  So, if you have your own website, you can use
cultureset.com 
to make lists of things (anything!), and they all point back to your site
- 
so you can get more traffic.  There's a link called "how to publish":

http://cultureset.com/csetcontent/staticpages/howtopublish.jsp

There's a limit to how much data you can see at one time.  If you can't
see 
all the data in the center part, use the link up near the top with the
little 
numbers, to set the starting point on the cultural data.

You can look at the homepage here - it's still a little rough:

http://cultureset.com/csetcontent/homepage/homepage.jsp

It's sort of like social networking, but there's a much greater emphasis
on 
seeing what you have in common with the people you are connected to,
rather 
than just seeing how many people you have in your network.

And, it's free!!!  no email required, or anything like that.  Just go to
the 
site and start using it.


....


this directory has some other cultural stuff to try out...check out the 
comments in the star trek movies file...
http://www.cultureset.com/staticWhFiles


and here are some other links to try out, if you're into these other
bands.  

van halen 2000 - 2001
http://cultureset.com/cultureset/lineViewLoader.do?right=48&year=1996&left=47&
csetId=16&center=46&homeFirst=true


stereolab 2001
http://cultureset.com/cultureset/lineViewLoader.do?right=45&year=1996&left=44&
csetId=15&center=43&homeFirst=true


sarah brightman 2004
http://cultureset.com/cultureset/lineViewLoader.do?right=42&year=1996&left=41&
csetId=14&center=40&homeFirst=true


little river band 2002
http://cultureset.com/cultureset/lineViewLoader.do?right=39&year=1996&left=38&
csetId=13&center=37&homeFirst=true


gnr 2002
http://cultureset.com/cultureset/lineViewLoader.do?right=36&year=1996&left=35&
csetId=12&center=34&homeFirst=true


etang 2001
http://cultureset.com/cultureset/lineViewLoader.do?right=33&year=1996&left=32&
csetId=11&center=31&homeFirst=true


bjork 2001
http://cultureset.com/cultureset/lineViewLoader.do?right=27&year=1996&left=26&
csetId=9&center=25&homeFirst=true


fleetwoodmac 2004
http://cultureset.com/cultureset/lineViewLoader.do?right=24&year=1996&left=23&
csetId=8&center=22&homeFirst=true





enjoy!!!