Thumbtack from Microsoft Live Labs - Collect, Organize, Share

Microsoft Live Labs announced Thumbtack yesterday. Thumbtack is a web application that enables you to collect snippets of information from a variety of sources then perform actions on them such as charting (Silverlight), and mapping. You also have the ability to share and collaborate on collections with friends.

<a href="http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-US&#038;playlist=videoByUuids:uuids:6a905d98-0332-4c3f-8b25-75737cd9b675&#038;showPlaylist=true&#038;from=msnvideo" target="_new" title="Thumbtack Introduction">Video: Thumbtack Introduction</a>

In this example I quickly copied some real estate listings, then applied a mapping widget to them. The mapping widget automatically found the addresses in the clippings and plotted them on the map. Nice.

Signin to use Thumbtack is easy with your Windows Live account.