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Lisa Katayama

AT 11:00 AM
Wednesday July 1, 2009

Community

gdgt • Peter Rojas • Ryan Block

First look: GDGT

gdgt-logo-web.pngGDGT (pronounced gee-dee-gee-tee), the gadget crowdsourcing-meets-social networking site created by Pete Rojas and Ryan Block, launches now. I had the chance to play around with it last night &mdash it's really cool! The interface is beautiful and easy to use, the features are fun, and in a world where talking about gadgets has become a common icebreaker, it seems completely natural that something like this would exist. Now, a brief inside look...

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This is my profile page. It's vaguely reminiscent of my Facebook profile, with personal info up top and recent activity below, except it's a lot better looking and easier to navigate &mdash also, it has squeezed my existence down to gadgets I have, want, and had. If you can't find a gadget you own in the database, you can add it yourself.

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Right now, I have three friends and two followers. This part reminds me of Twitter &mdash I'm hoping to have more friends and followers by the end of the day because it will make me feel popular.

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Community updates and gadget news show up like this. Just imagine, you could be talking about gadgets all day. GDGT is prepared to host hundreds of thousands of conversations about gadgets, so if you want to geek out about your 3GS, this would be a good place to do it, better than at the dinner table with your luddite friends and family.

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You can also use GDGT to find gadgets...

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...or to compare them. So now that you know all this, you can sign up and check it out for yourself.

GDGT main page

25 Comments

Anonymous Anonymous

#1 – 11:25 AM July 1, 2009

is it /.ed?

Argy

#2 – 11:32 AM July 1, 2009

Looks like gdgt.com site is suddenly unreachable for me. I hope the site didn't succumb to the load spike.

Joel Johnson

#3 – 11:33 AM July 1, 2009

When it's actually up, I like it!

Brandon West

#4 – 11:34 AM July 1, 2009

that's what she said?

Steven Leckart

#5 – 11:52 AM July 1, 2009

that is also what joel said. SNAP!

iamanumlaut

#6 – 11:54 AM July 1, 2009

I just see this as being a very bad idea considering you list all your gadgets AND your zip/postal code.

encuentraTuJob Mexico

#7 – 12:14 PM July 1, 2009

I visited this social network created by Peter Rojas and Ryan Block and it's really cool the interface and easy to use, but the most important thing is that we can talk about gadgets with our friends.

therevengor

#8 – 12:14 PM July 1, 2009

@5 - oh snap - better list your home security system, too.

nerdler

#9 – 12:20 PM July 1, 2009

#4

No doubt. It's like froogle for muggers.

jacob

#10 – 12:23 PM July 1, 2009

yes but who will be the first to OWN ALL GDGTS. THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE.

hokano

#11 – 12:27 PM July 1, 2009

iamanumlaut wrote: "I just see this as being a very bad idea considering you list all your gadgets AND your zip/postal code."

Not to mention the photograph. Have to agree with nerdler.

But perhaps I have too little faith in my fellow primates.

Mike

#12 – 12:37 PM July 1, 2009

It's like Yelp! for the criminally inclined!

"Hmm. I need an HP Mini 1000, and I'm near the 90210 zip code...." *searches GDGT* "Ah, there are some people with one." *goes "shopping"*

Yeah. Bad idea.

mypalmike

#13 – 12:52 PM July 1, 2009

You are not what you own.

MB

#14 – 1:01 PM July 1, 2009

Is this just an Ajaxed rehash of the days where everyone's sig listed the components in their machine?

Sigh

#15 – 1:22 PM July 1, 2009

Sigh. Just another tool for those gadget whores out there... Can't wait to see all the 'DSLR' guys showing off the expensive toys they use to make expensive and terrible vacation photos.

mightymouse1584

#16 – 1:39 PM July 1, 2009

just what i needed. another social networking site.

therevengor

#17 – 3:07 PM July 1, 2009

I wonder if there are any other posts about this site - I'll look for some and report back!

therevengor

#18 – 3:45 PM July 1, 2009

Beware - once you create a profile, you can't take it down..

"We don't have the function yet. It's coming in a future update.

Stay tuned."

Anonymous Anonymous

#19 – 3:58 PM July 1, 2009

A tool for tools

scaught

#20 – 4:42 PM July 1, 2009

I'm not sure why I'm on there, but I'm on there.

Haro!

#21 – 6:56 PM July 1, 2009

I think this is an awesome idea. Sharing ideas on specific gadgets and the like that may not be part of the typical gadget blog news cycle. Like sometimes I wonder what people think about older hardware I may have owned or may buy secondhand. Or just brag about my gadget out-dated-ness.

adniel

#22 – 9:50 PM July 1, 2009

Well I guess it makes sense now. Gizmodo is heavily on Apple's side, or anyone that throws ridiculous money on them, mostly Apple....spending 5,5k on a laptop is just stupid btw.teradata certification

Anyways, I never knew Peter Rojas made giz and engadget. Makes sense now. However engadget>giz in my opinion. Engadget seems less heavily swayed by marketing.

Thanks but no thanks, ill stick to engadget.

Anonymous Anonymous

#23 – 12:28 AM July 2, 2009

Its NOT Firefox compatable!

How stupid is that!

Rickyneck

#24 – 4:29 AM July 2, 2009

I am liking the looks of the Gadget Finder. I will be checking this out for sure.

GerryG

#25 – 2:30 AM November 12, 2009

Darn I can't get it to work on Opera! Anyone having problems with this on other browsers?
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