This week an MBA student told me about digg labs (because he thought it was something I’d like). I must admit I didn’t check it out right away, because I’m not a user of the regular digg site. I mean, digg is a great idea, I’ve just never connected with it. Well, I must admit I am enjoying Digg Labs! What a fun way to waste time while staring at a screen!

First up from the lab, digg swarm. this visual map shows “diggers” swarming around active stories and yellow stories have more diggs. While looking at this page, a student asked me, “Are you playing video games??”

Second from the labs is digg stack. This one brings in a bar of stories, and little cubes fall from the sky and stack up according to how popular the story is. Looks like the story “2012 The Year the Internet Ends” is currently the most popular.

digg labs also is experimenting with digg bigspy, digg arc, and digg pics, but you’ll have to visit to find out more! I wish I could make the library database into a fun visual experience…hmmm….