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Red Hat Launches Entertainment-Centric 'Mugshot'

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the do-you-want-that-tag-go? dept.

Havoc Pennington writes "A small team of us have been working on a new project called Mugshot, we're calling it a "live social experience" and hoping it will bring open source to more people who aren't using it already. The project is public as of this morning. Check out the developer site for more."

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  1. Classic corporation communication by Bogtha · · Score: 4, Informative

    Does the Slashvertisment tell me what it does? Nope.

    Does the website tell me what it is? Nope.

    Does the developer site tell me what it is? Nope.

    Does the FAQ entitled "What is Mugshot?" tell me what it is? Nope.

    If you want to know what it is, you have to read the FAQ entitled What does it do?, in which it explains:

    Mugshot currently offers two activities:

    • Link Swarm - Share web links with individuals or groups in real time, and get live feedback when people visit those links
    • Music Radar - Show off the music you listen to using services like iTunes, Yahoo! Music, and others on your web site, blog or MySpace page

    Mugshot works with mainstream applications like iTunes, Yahoo! Music Engine, Firefox and Internet Explorer and currently supports Windows XP and Linux platforms, with limited support for Apple's OS X.

    So basically it's like del.icio.us with added media specialisation. Timothy, isn't it your job to make sure writeups include enough information to make sense?

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    Bogtha Bogtha Bogtha
  2. Re:100% Serious (don't get mad)... by Havoc+Pennington · · Score: 4, Informative

    We're trying to do a variety of things that might appeal to people who aren't using Linux or open source already. There isn't necessarily a strong connection between all of them (though there is some "platform" that we've been sharing among features so far, such as an XMPP server connecting everyone's desktop, friend lists, groups, etc.)

    There are two very specific features we already started on:
    http://mugshot.org/links-learnmore
    http://mugshot.org/radar-learnmore

    So those are very specific, but the project is open to all kinds of stuff, no need to artificially limit it.