Isn't there some Web 2.0 app that organizes book clubs like this?
I have a couple books (signal processing, compilers, programmable logic) that I'd really like to work through with a couple people; what I really want to do is get together every other week or so over beers in Chicago, though.
I actually had the idea to make a site like this last night. bookbuddies.com or something like that. You could start an online book group with a few people and have your own forum, but also see the forums of other people who are reading the same book.
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Isn't there some Web 2.0 app that organizes book clubs like this?
I have a couple books (signal processing, compilers, programmable logic) that I'd really like to work through with a couple people; what I really want to do is get together every other week or so over beers in Chicago, though.
http://www.booksprouts.com/
Designed for exactly this kind of scenario, and recently launched.
I actually had the idea to make a site like this last night. bookbuddies.com or something like that. You could start an online book group with a few people and have your own forum, but also see the forums of other people who are reading the same book.
I'm pretty sure http://www.librarything.com fulfills this need though.
The closest site I know that does something similar is http://www.MeetUp.com
You can probably create a "Chicago Hacker Meetup" and start scheduling meetings.