Likaholix, a new, personalized, web recommendation engine, launched on 04 March 2009...and boy has it been addicting for me.
Entering new things I really like into Likaholix kept me up waaaay too late last night, and I spent a couple more hours than I should have today messing around with the site. Currently, it's in beta mode and they are giving away five Amazon Kindles to their top beta users but I'm not signing up just because of the prize but for fun really.
I've decided the reason it's enjoyable to spend so much time on the site is because it elicits a whole flood of good memories. An example is that one thing I like is the Cebu Family Choice Restaurant. I ate there once after our graduation day, and it holds special memories. After I entered the info about the Family Choice Resto, I reminisced a bit about our graduation, then remembered the school Cebu Institute of Technology. So I added it to my Likaholix list of things I like. And thinking about Cebu made me remember the good times my Cebu Bloggers and I spent at Waterfront Hotel during the Digital Filipino event where I won a P500 in a raffle, I had to add WaterFront Hotel and Casino Filipino to Likaholix. If you give a mouse a cookie...
GigaOm's post reviewing Likaholix suggested the site needs to merge with a larger social network such as Facebook to gain critical mass. I haven't in my mind decided exactly what the value proposition is for me in Likaholix. I've just been busy enjoying it and recommending it to others. But I hope that at least for the first month or two it stays on it's own and grows organically.
If you want to check it out, set your browser url box to http://likaholix.com and join in the fun. If you need an invite, give me a shout at iamdownloader [at] gmail {dot} com.
Entering new things I really like into Likaholix kept me up waaaay too late last night, and I spent a couple more hours than I should have today messing around with the site. Currently, it's in beta mode and they are giving away five Amazon Kindles to their top beta users but I'm not signing up just because of the prize but for fun really.
I've decided the reason it's enjoyable to spend so much time on the site is because it elicits a whole flood of good memories. An example is that one thing I like is the Cebu Family Choice Restaurant. I ate there once after our graduation day, and it holds special memories. After I entered the info about the Family Choice Resto, I reminisced a bit about our graduation, then remembered the school Cebu Institute of Technology. So I added it to my Likaholix list of things I like. And thinking about Cebu made me remember the good times my Cebu Bloggers and I spent at Waterfront Hotel during the Digital Filipino event where I won a P500 in a raffle, I had to add WaterFront Hotel and Casino Filipino to Likaholix. If you give a mouse a cookie...
GigaOm's post reviewing Likaholix suggested the site needs to merge with a larger social network such as Facebook to gain critical mass. I haven't in my mind decided exactly what the value proposition is for me in Likaholix. I've just been busy enjoying it and recommending it to others. But I hope that at least for the first month or two it stays on it's own and grows organically.
If you want to check it out, set your browser url box to http://likaholix.com and join in the fun. If you need an invite, give me a shout at iamdownloader [at] gmail {dot} com.
