Web apps that network socially
Flixster.com is a movie database / social networking mashup. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a site like this get swallowed by Amazon or the like. Flixster is a wonderful environment with a very targeted purpose – sharing your opinion about movies with your social network.

Can you remember when we had to choose between buying one software application over another? For instance, Aldus Freehand or Adobe Illustrator? QuarkXpress or PageMaker? With web applications, such as Facebook or LinkedIN, there’s no need to choose. You can use both. Although very similar, they serve different needs. There may be some overlap in function, but the boundaries between web apps will fade as the popularity of APIs continues to grow. Successful web apps will be infectious and will show up across your web horizon in multiple locations when you need access to them. My Flixster Movie Favourites popped right into my Facebook without any effort. It’s fun to use applications that plug and play.
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