January 18
What’s in the Bag?
Luke Wroblewski recently launched a new site called Bagcheck. It’s a site that lets you put together collections of products into “bags” and share them with your friends. The concept is simple and it turns out to be down right addicting.
Get to know people
Maybe it’s shallow, but the truth is you can learn a lot about someone by looking at the stuff they have around them. That’s why Facebook profiles are filled with information about your favorite movies, books and music right? Bagcheck takes that concept and runs with it.
Say you’re a designer and you want to see what gear others are using to get the job done. There are plenty of other designers who have put together bags for you to browse. This is just one simple example but there are already a ton of interesting bags to check out.
Only see the good stuff
Most of the time, people will only take the time to make a bag with items they enjoy. This really helps when browsing say…photography equipment because it, essentially, filters out gear that isn’t any good.
It’s sort of like every item has inherently been approved by a specific person. To me, that’s much more powerful than a simple review.
Check out these cool bags:
- Luke W’s Saving Money by Buying Everything on Amazon
- Dion Almaer’s Lego Collection
- Jeffery Zeldman’s My Backpack and what’s inside
- Emily Chang’s Minimalist designer/computing workspace
Wanna get in on the craziness?
Bagcheck is in beta right now but you can get in if one of your Facebook friends is a member. If you’re not friends with the right people yet, check out the site to learn more.