A video demo of TokyoSocial so far

I haven't blogged much on here lately, but that doesn't mean that I've been up to nuthin'... Over on Gizmag I recently covered Tokyo Make Meeting, and I got to kick out a few videos which was great fun.  I really need a decent mic for voiceovers though. And a camera.

But in some of my spare time I've been working away on my TokyoSocial Drupal project, and chatting about it and getting some great advice from Alex, Richard, Takaaki, Chris, and lots of others. I've been reading a lot about the importance of content structure these days, and I've come to realize that a website that presents English-language Tokyo content in an organized and logical way is very much needed. One of the best voices on this topic is Stijn Debrouwere, who among other things says this:

"A piece of news (or content) just doesn’t generate enough value on its day of birth to be worth the expense." -- from his blog post 'Tags don't cut it', parens mine.

"Wouldn’t it be really cool if we could create a map of all our restaurant reviews and allow people to filter by the kind of food they offer and by price?

— if you’ve been storing evaluation, price range and cuisine separately from the text of the review, that’s something a coder can hack together in a day, but if the text is all you have, forget about it." -- from his blog post 'We're in the information business'.

So driven very much by those principles, here's a video demo of TokyoSocial so far. Drop me a line if you have any thoughts of ideas. It's still very shaky, but it's a fun learning process.