Xerpi encourages sharing
August 24th, 2007
It is hard not to laugh at my daughters inability to share. In fact, the most desirable item around our house is the thing that the other one currently has. Amidst the screaming and tugging, you have to work hard to hide your laughter, "can they really be fighting over a straw?!" Even the most boring toy is suddenly new and exciting when being held by the other!
Luckily, in our virtual world we have solved this dilemma found in the physical world. My favorite sites can easily be copied and cloned for others' enjoyment. Don't worry, I don't mind you fetching the bit copies of my favorites. I can't even see you clutching on to them and savoring their presence just before you follow them on a web path to enlightenment.
Okay, what I'm trying to say here is that public tabs are available again on Xerpi! Today we released a version of public tabs that far exceeds the former hack (whereby you used the secret codeword "public" to make a tab public). I've got an example at http://www.xerpi.com/9002 . If you are already logged into xerpi when you go to this url, the tab will be added to your list. You can even add your own blocks to it, or if it bores you, you can delete it from your page. I'll have to admit, I haven't spiced it up yet, but the "most recently added" block is pretty cool to track favorites as they are added to xerpi.
And, hot on the heels of this release will be enhanced functionality that allows multiple users to edit one of these public tabs and even more functionality to support "community" tabs with designated editors and viewers. So sign-up now if you haven't already so you can be the first to setup xerpi communities for your interests.
Luckily, in our virtual world we have solved this dilemma found in the physical world. My favorite sites can easily be copied and cloned for others' enjoyment. Don't worry, I don't mind you fetching the bit copies of my favorites. I can't even see you clutching on to them and savoring their presence just before you follow them on a web path to enlightenment.
Okay, what I'm trying to say here is that public tabs are available again on Xerpi! Today we released a version of public tabs that far exceeds the former hack (whereby you used the secret codeword "public" to make a tab public). I've got an example at http://www.xerpi.com/9002 . If you are already logged into xerpi when you go to this url, the tab will be added to your list. You can even add your own blocks to it, or if it bores you, you can delete it from your page. I'll have to admit, I haven't spiced it up yet, but the "most recently added" block is pretty cool to track favorites as they are added to xerpi.
And, hot on the heels of this release will be enhanced functionality that allows multiple users to edit one of these public tabs and even more functionality to support "community" tabs with designated editors and viewers. So sign-up now if you haven't already so you can be the first to setup xerpi communities for your interests.
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