Filed under: Fun, Social Software, web 2.0
Steepster enables tea-drinking 2.0
There's a social network for just about everything these days, so it only makes sense that serious tea drinkers would get a social site of their own. It's called Steepster, and once you get your head around the idea that someone built a social network around tea, it's quite well-executed. Users can enter what they drink in a personal tealog, including comments or tasting notes that could come in handy for fellow tea aficionados.Steepster has a Facebook-style activity feed, so you can see the latest from any friends you make on the site. It also has a shopping list, which seems to me like the site's killer feature. If you're reading about a whole lot of tempting teas, it only makes sense to have a place to keep track of the ones you want to try for yourself. You don't have to be a member to browse teas on Steepster, though. Each tea page contains info like caffeine content, ideal steeping time and temperature, and ingredients.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
