tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70685623516127668082011-07-10T08:33:44.506-07:00iwinkdnoreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068562351612766808.post-60669128710772695312008-04-12T00:59:00.000-07:002008-04-12T03:50:12.581-07:00So we are in Kyoto and staying in this lovely ryokan - a traditional guest house.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/preetamrai/2407356764/" title="traditional guest house in tokyo by preetamrai, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3128/2407356764_9b819276a7.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="traditional guest house in tokyo" /></a><br /><br />And what do we find here.. <br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/preetamrai/2406517527/" title="Place Blog by preetamrai, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2244/2406517527_459a06f8d2.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Place Blog" /></a><br />A dairy...<br /><br />Some stories inside<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/preetamrai/2406518105/" title="Place Blog by preetamrai, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3160/2406518105_942b6203a4.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Place Blog" /></a><br />most are in Japanese<br /><br />and one in Chinese too<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/preetamrai/2406519215/" title="Place Blog by preetamrai, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3056/2406519215_629e6cc3de.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Place Blog" /></a><br /><br />You will find in this many of these guesthouses. Guests can leave their experiences of Kyoto and the guesthouse in this diary. <br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/preetamrai/2406519581/" title="Place Blog by preetamrai, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2420/2406519581_5a7a76ba60_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="Place Blog" /></a><br /><br />Its like a blog of this particular place. I like this concept. Can we do this using Iwinkd?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7068562351612766808-6066912871077269531?l=iwinkd.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Preetam Rainoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068562351612766808.post-77642418723865039922008-04-08T01:22:00.000-07:002008-04-10T03:19:04.204-07:00The librarian must have thought that I have no friends and no life. What I was asking for not something the borrowers usually ask for. I had loaned out this one book on some esoteric topic. While it was still on loan to me, I received an email from the library informing me that someone else has reserved the book. I was thrilled - wow, there is someone else who is interested in the same topic as me. <br /><br />Couple days later, I was back at the library returning the book. The librarian was printing the reservation ticket for the person who has booked the book. I tried to strain my eyes trying to catch the name. I knew there was no way the librarian was going to give me the name of the person so I asked her if I can leave a note in the book pointing the next reader to my blog post in the book and inviting him/her to contact me if they were interested in discussing the book. That horrified the librarian and she quoted some privacy rules and brushed me off. <br /><br />This was one of the situations that prompted us to build iwinkd. We were figuring out what would be a totally non-intrusive way to get strangers to talk about an object that they both encounter and care about. <br /><br />So I am reading this book Fatherland by Robert Harris.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_2duFa3RrxC0/R_3lNh32krI/AAAAAAAAALQ/J_QbOTBHJQc/s1600-h/IMG_0029.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_2duFa3RrxC0/R_3lNh32krI/AAAAAAAAALQ/J_QbOTBHJQc/s320/IMG_0029.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187554366394372786" /></a><br /><br />and I want to connect with future readers. One of the initial ideas we had was to leave my email and blog address. I figured that might not work. I needed a neutral space where people can come in. Lets see how this works on iwinkd:<br /><br />So I head on to iwinkd.com and create a message for the future readers. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_2duFa3RrxC0/R_3moB32ksI/AAAAAAAAALY/9sMp88i7cWc/s1600-h/FirefoxScreenSnapz005.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_2duFa3RrxC0/R_3moB32ksI/AAAAAAAAALY/9sMp88i7cWc/s320/FirefoxScreenSnapz005.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187555921172533954" /></a><br /><br /><br />Iwinkd comes back with the tag for your message.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_2duFa3RrxC0/R_3nGR32ktI/AAAAAAAAALg/_rW-oZ4nMpA/s1600-h/FirefoxScreenSnapz006.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_2duFa3RrxC0/R_3nGR32ktI/AAAAAAAAALg/_rW-oZ4nMpA/s320/FirefoxScreenSnapz006.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187556440863576786" /></a><br /> <br />Place this tag somewhere in the book.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_2duFa3RrxC0/R_3nyR32kvI/AAAAAAAAALw/LZeJlMcay18/s1600-h/IMG_0026.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_2duFa3RrxC0/R_3nyR32kvI/AAAAAAAAALw/LZeJlMcay18/s320/IMG_0026.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187557196777820914" /></a><br /><br />Someone else encounters to book couple of weeks later and find the tag. The new reader types in the tag at the iwinkd website.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_2duFa3RrxC0/R_3oYR32kwI/AAAAAAAAAL4/RwDCsU5ReVg/s1600-h/FirefoxScreenSnapz007.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_2duFa3RrxC0/R_3oYR32kwI/AAAAAAAAAL4/RwDCsU5ReVg/s320/FirefoxScreenSnapz007.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187557849612849922" /></a><br /><br />He reads the message that I left for him.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_2duFa3RrxC0/R_3onx32kxI/AAAAAAAAAMA/mwDsFhWsyJ0/s1600-h/FirefoxScreenSnapz008.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_2duFa3RrxC0/R_3onx32kxI/AAAAAAAAAMA/mwDsFhWsyJ0/s320/FirefoxScreenSnapz008.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187558115900822290" /></a><br />And decides to leave a comment.<br /><br />Hopefully, we can keep talking about the book. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_2duFa3RrxC0/R_3pHR32kyI/AAAAAAAAAMI/dMzVlcoU0pg/s1600-h/FirefoxScreenSnapz009.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_2duFa3RrxC0/R_3pHR32kyI/AAAAAAAAAMI/dMzVlcoU0pg/s320/FirefoxScreenSnapz009.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187558657066701602" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7068562351612766808-7764241872386503992?l=iwinkd.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>iwinkdnoreply@blogger.com0