Friday Links

Three great mapping websites to check out:

• Wayfaring: allows you to easily build your own maps. I am using it to build a map of every place I have ever lived.
• Neighboroo: provides different types of overlays for Google Maps, such as population by race, population density, crime rates, average income, etc.
• Frappr: another site for making your own websites. This one allows you to add them to MySpace and has other social features
• Wikimapia: their goal is to describe the whole world using a wiki and Google Maps

Enjoy those sites. If you want more, visit Google Maps Mania. This site has a comprehensive roundup of all Google Maps mashups.

New software guides!

I have added two new guides to the Laptop Lounge website (you can also get them by subscribing to our feed. The two new guides are:

• Social Bookmarking with del.icio.us
• Online Photo Sharing with flickr

I have also updated two guides: iTunes Basics now covers iTunes 7, and Podcasting with Podomatic reflects the updates made to podomatic.com in the last few months.

I hope you find these guides useful and will let me know if there are other guides you want me to work on.