Krawler[x]

Another wonderful addition to social software, this time from nobody other than my dear buddy Shashank. Behold Krawler[x]. It's a desktop application through which you can upload content and share it on the network, coupled with a social network of friends and communities. The interface is really cool. And it even has an integrated IM.

The best part is content creation, especially for educational purposes. You can create quizzes, assignments, and lessons, and have full pedagogic control through which you can shuffle chapters or questions back and forth. You can even have programmble rules for automatically controling the sequence and difficulty of questions. Clearly a boon for online learning.

It's in beta stage for now, but the lackings will soon be addressed. Try it out! Download here.

The possibilities are endless given all the stuff going with Web 2.0, but I wonder if they can live up to the expectations in time. I was disappointed that they chose to create a new desktop application to achieve the same goals that could have been achieved by a web-based system instead, especially when the whole world is anyways moving towards the web.