Interesting article on Seattle startup Pluggd, who chose Pluggd.com over Plugged.com to save cash. I think it points out that unlike the first bubble, this time around smaller startups are choosing domains with branding potential over their more expensive single word equivalents. The most famous example is digg vs dig.

Alledia provides a sweet comparison between these two platforms. Drupal has a reputation of being more difficult to grok but is a platform built to last. Joomla is known for its eye candy and add-ons.

http://www.alledia.com/blog/general-cms-issues/joomla-and-drupal-%11-which-one-is-right-for-you?/

Make sure you check out the IBM link at the bottom, a great run down of whats needed to implement a collaborative website quickly.

http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/ibm/osource/implement.html

http://www.feedbus.com/bookmarks/I’ve been canvassing the available scripts for social networking sites, and what I’ve found doesn’t look too promising. The best bet looks to be Drupal or Joomla with a community add-on.

Here are the ones I’ve come across. I’ve only installed phpIzabi which doesn’t appear to provide modular customizations beyond templating.

I’m not looking to build a myspace clone, which has apparently been the chief motivator for most of these products. I do want to add a community platform to my domain toolkit so that I can add a community without thinking too hard about it.

Here’s the list in no particular order

phpfox http://www.phpfox.com/

ablespace http://www.abk-soft.com/

e-friends http://www.alstrasoft.com/efriends.htm

Dolphin http://www.boonex.com/products/dolphin/

phpIzabi (Alicia) http://www.phpizabi.net/

Handshakes http://www.dzoic.com/

BuddyZone http://www.vastal.com/buddy-zone-social-networking-script.html

Webscribble http://www.webscribble.com/products/webdate/features.shtml

Joomla + Community Builder http://www.joomlapolis.com/content/view/181/37/

Elgg - An open source networking platform - http://elgg.org:81/mod/mediawiki/wiki/index.php/About_Elgg 

Moodle - Course Management System for Social Learning http://moodle.org/ 

Social Bookmarking:

Akarru - http://trac.blogmemes.com/trac_script 

GetBoo http://www.getboo.com/about.php 

Feed Me Links http://feedmelinks.com/FAQ/  http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=153430 

DiggClone http://www.talkingpixels.org/diggclone/index.php

Link manager http://www.gentlesource.com/link-manager/

My Threads - http://mythreads.sourceforge.net/ 

Complete List of Bookmarking services http://www.feedbus.com/bookmarks/