Nebul.us Shows You Your Activity on the Web
Nebul.us is an online application, currently in private beta, that aggregates and visualizes your online activity. Enter your information for Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, etc and install a plugin in Firefox to record your browsing behavior. Get something that looks like the above, sort of a donut-polar area chart hybrid. Nebul.us calls it a cloud.
While your personal cloud can be interesting to a small extent, the strength of Nebul.us will most likely come out of the social aspect. There's a social cloud to see your friends' activity and then there's a public cloud that lets you see what's trending across the network.
This of course depends on how many people use the service as well as what those users select to share. Right now, for example, the public cloud (above) isn't all that interesting. I see people are going to Twitter, Google, and Facebook. Nothing new there.
Finally, as with most of these types of things, we always have to ask, "Does this visualization do any better than a simple list?" As it stands now, no. The cloud isn't really doing anything for me. If I see something interesting, I'll just bookmark it on del.icio.us or tweet it.
But hey, they're still in the very early stages. There's a lot more work to be done.
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Do you have a spare invite going?
@litmanlive
@MIchael – just sent you one. i’ve got a few more invites – email me if you want one, or just leave a comment below using a valid email address.
Hi man, there goes my valid email. If you have any nebul.us invite coud you send me one, please? Thanx a lot. mcampello@gmail.com
I’d like an invite too, thanks. Even if the service turns out to be useless I’m a sucker for animated data presentation.
done. anyone else?
Thank you for the write up Nathan, we’ve some HUGE updates coming soon :)
np, Levi. Lemme know when the HUGE updates are live.
Send us a direct message on Twitter (nebul_us) or e-mail (support @ nebul.us ) with your e-mail address and I’ll send you an invite!
Will it give a ratio of lolcats to porn?
do you still have a spare invite?:)
done. if anyone else wants an invite, just let me know.
I would like to have an invitation. Thanks.
one invitation, please, please, please :) :) :)
I’d love an invite please!
i would like so much to be invited, thanks anyways
Is it too late to join the party? I would love an invite.