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Today I activated a MakeFive account which is a project from smashLAB, here in Vancouver.  

Geography is becoming less consequential. Although your 65 year old neighbor may be friendly, you may have little to share with her. On the other hand, there are people who you’ve never physically met, who share the same ideas as you.

This is what MakeFive is about: an easy to use venue that gets us all talking with one another and making new connections. Users create simple “top 5” lists for anything that they are interested in, and then share their selections with others. This proves a nice entry point to discussions and connecting with like-minds.

MakeFive (www.makefive.com) allows people to create top-five lists on any topic of interest to them. I created a list on MakeFive of the five things in life that I can’t live without. I am still playing with it, however it looks like a fun place to share your interests and connect with other members.

I have previously met smashLAB at this year’s PopVox awards where they were the Winner of the Do-Gooder Award for Best Venture Dedicated to Social Change.

The site launched last Fall and smashLAB continues to make incremental changes.

Most recently they have added:

  • the addition of a user notification system
  • the ability to add video content
  • improved visual design
You can acquire points for different actions such as completing your profile or creating a new topic within the MakeFive Community and some users are active on the site for hours at a time 

In the near future, smashLAB are planning on adding a blog widget that will enable members to embed any top list on their blog

There is also a MakeFive Facebook application.

Relevance: Another example of a Vancouver company doing something cool and creative here.