Surely this was inevitable
You’ve probably by now heard of LibraryThing, in which random folks upload their book collections for the benefit of all. The last time I checked their Zeitgeist page, they reported 548,000 members with 33.2 million books, about sixty books per member.
As of this writing, nobody at Fantastic Toe is yet reporting sixty pairs of shoes. The principle is the same, though: random folks upload their shoe collections for the benefit of all. And their Zeitgeist page is called “Collective Wisdom”; at the moment, they have 308 pairs of shoes on display. (Labels most represented: Stuart Weitzman, Guess? and Steve Madden.) The operator of this site is Dillweed Productions, Inc., which I mention here just because I like the idea of something called Dillweed Productions, Inc.
Kay Dennison »
15 November 2008 · 1:44 pm
The LibraryThing sounds cool. The shoe thing does not. I have more damn shoes than I care to think about and when I do, I realize that I don’t wear more than a half dozen of them regularly. Those people would hate me — I don’t look for designer labels. I look for comfort. Anyone who wears those 4-5 inch heels is begging to be on a first name basis with her orthopedist. ‘Sides, at 5’10″, I don’t need extra height.
McGehee »
16 November 2008 · 7:50 am
They say one should “walk a mile in their shoes,” but I can never get past “if the shoe fits…”
…’cause usually, it doesn’t. (Ow.)