Totspot is an interesting idea in the world of social networking, although they like to think of the site more as a social publishing tool.

TotSpot is a place for parents to publish stuff about their kids, collect memories from friends and family, and organize the things they’ve already published (online) into a coherent narrative. Childhood is an ongoing story and Totspot is the first site that makes it super easy for parents to securely share their kid’s story with friends and family.

The site just entered private beta and is targeting new parents and families. Totspot allows for profiles to be created to capture the memories of children and share that information with friends and family. Profiles will not be publically viewable — access is restricted to either other Totspot members or select friends in the network.

TechCrunch covered the site and there are a lot of constructive comments from the readers there. The people at Totspot have also responded to some of the comments.

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According to the WebCanvas site, WebCanvas is “the world’s largest collaborative painting.” Interesting idea, but I just don’t get it. The site allows users to draw and/or upload images to the “work of art.” The technology also makes it possible to watch other users painting in the same viewing area. WebCanvas evolved from GraffyWall which was “the first web site to allow users to draw directly onto a boundless WebCanvas simply using a web browser.”

WebCanvas is an interesting bit of technology. It works, albeit slowly for me. But I fail to find the usefulness of this technology. Maybe someone will clue me in someday…

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