Have you ever wanted to be a loanshark?

February 6th, 2006

This is exactly what Prosper.com will allow you to be. Or if you feel like it, you can be on the other end of that equation.

However, the concept of micro lending/borrowing with a social, peer-to-peer aspect built in, is appealing. Imagine if you needed a quick loan, and didn’t want to deal with high interest credit cards or the bureaucratic bank system. Then you might turn to the pay day loan outfits, but with Prosper you don’t need to suffer the consequences.

In the end… you may still feel like a money pimp lending to the savages.

TagClouds as UI

February 5th, 2006

tagclouds as user interface

since TagClouds are simply UI on top of user intent driven data, the potential uses for TagClouds are endless.

consider the idea of user definition clouds. self generated clouds of tags describing aspects of a life.

what would the Tag Cloud of your work look like?