[WEB4LIB] Amazon's Plogs

[Phalbe Henriksen]

It would be even nicer if Amazon had a way librarians could opt out of 
all the personalization stuff.

Phalbe Henriksen
Director
Bradford County Public Library
Starke, FL

-----Original Message-----
From: "K. G. Schneider" <kgs at bluehighways.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list <web4lib at webjunction.org>
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 14:20:05 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Amazon's Plogs

> Did anyone else open Amazon today to find they had a "Plog?" "Your
> Amazon.com Plog is a diary of events that will enhance your shopping
> experience, helping you discover products that have just been released,
> track changes to your orders, and many other things. Just like a blog,
> your
> Plog is sorted in reverse chronological order. When we think we have
> something interesting or important to tell you, we'll post it to your
> Plog."
> 
> My plog entries for today were rather monotonous, as I had just ordered
> the
> same three books each for six staff, and Amazon apparently thinks (not
> so
> far from the mark) that I might have difficulty remembering something I
> did
> yesterday, and faithfully recreated this purchasing history, six times
> over.
> It did make me wonder what the page would look like if I had ordered
> 100
> books each for 600 staff, or if a user's Plog will unbeknownst to them
> show
> up on a public screen in, oh, say, a library. 
> 
> They include a page explaining blogging, and listing about a dozen
> blogs--might be nice to see a library blog on that list.
> 
> Karen G. Schneider
> kgs at bluehighways.com
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