The slu.sh Doors Are Almost Open

It’s been almost 5 years since Tim and I started building slu.sh and it’s been an interesting experience, to say the least.

Since we started slu.sh, social media, networking and bookmarking have evolved considerably. New social sites and services have sprung up, some have faded away and all the while the concept hasen’t changed very much. One thing has always been consistent, that, to be social it relies on you or them doing something. It’s always been and always will be a two way street. Mandatory interaction in order to sustain that minimum return.

While some places offer services that other don’t [or maybe they just call it something else], at this point, social ‘anything’ has begun to level off. We have big players, the minor leagues and the indies all carving out niches for themselves.

When slu.sh opens up [Open Beta soon] you will make or break this niche. Only you can decide if what slu.sh has to offer is something you need and use and want to share with others.

My first post on this blog was our mission statement – but didn’t get into any details – and you can read it here

slu.sh only grows if you join. The quality of the web only gets better when your voice is heard.

slu.sh is a social-learning site where registered users can store for themselves and the community, links to resources from around the web.

Stored, shared and rated for anyone who uses the web as a tool.

Unlike other Search Engines and Tutorial Sites, slu.sh is dedicated to being a direct line between you and the information you need and want to learn. While slushers focus on the quality of the resources they slush and whether they are fundamentally relevant and usable, slu.sh users then pit those slushes against others in the same Heading. Its through this process those slushes are ranked.

slu.sh is not about drilling-down for the information you need, turning what should be a simple ‘search-then-find’ mission into an unreliable‘guess-then-leave’ frustration.

No longer should algorithms, spiders and the SEO’dness of a website factor into whether or not a resource lands in front of your eyes. This is one of the fundamental ideas behind slu.sh; that not all resources are equal and that search results, without context and accountability are a waste of time and a terrible way to learn.

And lets face it, every day there are more of us turning to the web to learn something. Isn’t it about time we had some tools to do that properly?

And there you have it…

slu.sh is a community of “Teachers & Learners” brought together with the singular goal of aggregating and sharing the resources we all need in order to create, understand and share.

slu.sh Breakdown

slushing Primer