Hmmm… got my feedreader running, subscribed to my usual reads, and one more of the wonders of simplicity in human creativity was waiting right there, in my feedlist, begging to be read, and subsequently, shared.

www.extrabed.in. Go visit. Right now.

The concept is alarmingly simple. Bloggers host bloggers who are traveling to their city, and in return get a place to stay when they are traveling. Save on crazy hotel rates, and the issue of security and hosting a stranger is negligible (most bloggers are compulsive chroniclers of their life anyways). A brilliant way to shack up with fellow bloggers and make new friends.

And yes, runs on a wiki, so basically everyone builds the site. The only area of growth pains is going to be the fact that even the net-savvy Indian blog community isn’t too adept with wiki-editing. So the Web 2.0 site that is supposed to look slick and simple, ends up looking like a Frontpage nightmare gone wrong. Some intervention from the hosting community needed there, methinks. Brilliant idea about sharing stories and pictures of bloggers who met through the site.

On the whole a nice simple concept with some renewed faith in user-developed content, and relationships too. Bravo!

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