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Dopplr

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Perfect for planning holidays, Dopplr also allows users to share their travels with other users or just selected friends.

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The idea behind Dopplr is that of folksonomy; the folks of the world create the information. So the people who have travelled to Melbourne  add in information about where to eat, where to get a great coffee, where to stay, you get the idea. Valuable for pre-trip planning, Dopplr is only as strong as the members make it.  

Dopplr tour
Dopplr tour

Once you have registered for Dopplr and entered details of an upcoming trip, Dopplr contacts you with tips on hotels, restaurants and other places of interest.

Keepaboo

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Keepaboo makes capturing memories of your children easy. This Web 2.0 tool lets you ‘collect and preserve your child’s precious memories, view your child’s life in colorful (sic) online 3D books, and share with your family and friends.’

Keepaboo homepage
Keepaboo homepage
Keepaboo’s homepage says that you can ‘keep a diary, record milestones, track growth, add pictures and save quotes.’ The ability to share with selected family and friends is a wonderful way to share milestones, especially if there is a geographical distance between the child and extended family and friends.
There is a sample Keepaboo book shows what can be created; go to ‘view sample book’ on the homepage. Also, check out the Keepaboo FAQs.

Mixbook

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Of all the professional photobook printing services accessible via the Internet, Mixbook seems to be the complete package.
Mixbook
Mixbook

Mixbook allows you to import photos from your computer, Flickr, Picassa, Facebook, Yahoo! Search, PhotoBucket and SmugMug. You can also collaborate online with a friend to decide on picture selection and layout. As per many other Web 2.0 technologies, you can decide whether your book is open to everyone, just to friends or only you. Have a look at one public example below (it can be a little slow to load):

An example of an open (or shared or public) Mixbook photobook

An example of an open (or shared or public) Mixbook photobook

Although shipping (from the U.S) is not cheap, if you want to produce a professional looking bound book of your holiday memories, Mixbook is well worth investigating. However, you do not have to have your book printed. Mixbook hosts online photobooks for free. Again, the book can be open to everyone, friends, or just you.

There could be many and varied educational applications for a Mixbook photobook and students would really love to see their work published in a bound book. The coming break could be an ideal time to put together your own personal photobook. If you do get time to complete a photobook, we would love a comments on your thoughts.