Dude, check this out

Thom is in the Times! Last week he was contacted by a reporter doing a piece on dudecheckthisout.com, “a new free service that allows users to collect and share links with just a few clicks,” and the article appears in today’s edition in the Technology section (“Online Diary,” under “Try This Link, Dude”). An excerpt follows, which I’ve annotated with the corresponding links to Thom’s pages (those weren’t provided in the online version of the article):

Thom Watson, a technology manager in Washington, is an experienced blogger who longed for a better way to keep track of notable sites. “I keep my blog mostly for personal thoughts,” he said. “I wanted a really easy way to collect links by topic and comment on them.”

Mr. Watson now maintains three MyBlog pages, on general topics, modern architecture, and the Toyota Prius. Better yet, the service sends him suggestions on sites of potential interest based on similarities between his postings and those on other MyBlogs. There’s even a social-networking aspect that links users based on their contact lists.

Cool! By the way, as Thom pointed out to me this morning, his “Sputnik” page, which covers retro, mid-20th-century design, is described in the piece as being on “modern architecture.” So okay, maybe “modern” when cast against the long march of history, yes. But not solely architecture.

Hm, I think I’ll go out and find a print copy of the Times right now. Shall I start a scrapbook?