HowMutch – This simple and fun site focuses on one simple question: how much would you be willing to pay for extraordinary capabilities or experiences. These include flying to space, having X-Ray vision, and many other unusual things.

Once you submit your price you get to see the overall median price for that experience, the percentage of higher and lower bids other users had submitted for the same offer, additional stats in the form of aesthetically pleasing graphs, comments, etc. You are also invited to share your bid and the related info with your social network friends. HowMutch is straightforward, fun and social. I love it!

FriendShuffle – Where do you go to find out what your social network friends are into? For the most part, Facebook and Twitter, right? Well, now there’s a super-cool way to explore what your friends like, thanks to FriendShuffle.

Explore what your friends found interesting and admirable in a visual and direct way without any interruption of a middleman. Connect with either your Twitter or Facebook log in info, and hit the Shuffle button on the top right corner. This way you’ll not only be able to see what rocked your friends’ boat, but you will also be able to ‘like’ it as well, and expose the rest of your social network to interesting items and content. The concept is simple yet unique, and the execution is totally rewarding! See the screen shot below to see what one of my Facebook friends liked.

How Many Friends Do You Know? – How close are you (really) to all your friends on Facebook? If your friends list is under 80, there’s a good chance you’ll score high on this cool quiz. Then again, if you’re one of those users with 500+ facebook friends, get ready to sweat.

Once the quiz begins, you will be presented with random photos of your friends, and you will have to quickly type in that friend’s name. This is a lot of fun, and kind of puts the literal meaning of ‘friend’ in perspective…

Experience Project – If you feel your life has thrown you into an unusual situation (positive or challenging), there’s now a caring interactive community you can share your story with, get feedback and find the strength to march on with confidence. Experience Project is “a comfortable and supportive place for individuals to share and connect with others around the things that matter to them most.”

To give an example of the touching stories you will find on Experience Project, read The Life Of An Army Girlfriend, which many women all across the US can identify with. Visit groups of specific themes or explore over 24 categories of interesting, poignant experiences people like you and me go through. There are also a Confessions section if you wish to get that load off your chest (and mind), and a Q&A page.

In short, the Experience Project is a most inviting venue to help people cope with their situation, or for you to make use of the cushioned support of the site’s community to deal with yours.

Partigi – If you trust your friends and their advice, Partigi is a tool you will enjoy using. Before rushing to see that supposedly promising movie at the cinema, visit Partigi and see what others say about the film first. It just might save you some hard cash and big disappointments.

In a nutshell, Partigi is an online notebook to keep track of films and TV shows you have seen and want to see, share them with  friends and get recommendations and info on other films you might be interested in. Partigi also includes books and video games categories.

For more on how to use Partigi, click here. In the meantime, why not browse the list of all-time best movies? Click the image below for the complete list.

eBay LookBook – It seems every apparel brand these days offers some form of a look book on its site; there are also very successful sites which offer nothing but user-submitted looks and styles (such as lookbook.nu and the like). Well, eBay is using this fashion trend to its e-commerce advantage, and now, in collaboration with Lucky Magazine, offers the perfect platform to submit, rate and get feedback on your personal style. Why would eBay offer such a think for free? So you will get the urge to shop for more clothes of your taste, on eBay of course.

I believe eBay’s concept is genius. Although users are not by any means obligated to buy anything if they choose to use the LookBook platform, I know I would most certainly be tempted to buy something. The LookBook is easy to use, it’s very inviting and it’s open to everyone, so guys, feel free to submit your look as well. You can also simply browse the gallery, see which styles scored high and continue from there.

ooVoo – Video chat is all but new. Google does it, so does Skype; MSN offers it as part of their Messenger service, and online video conferencing is also provided by Rounds. And this is just a quick list. ooVoo tries to be different, and in fact, based on a recent study commissioned by ooVoo, 8 out of 10 Skype users apparently prefer ooVoo over the former.

Let’s see how it measures up to or, if it really exceeds Skype as ooVoo claims. In terms of features, ooVoo offers video chat, video conferencing, phone calls and desktop sharing (that’s right). Right off the bat, desktop sharing is a crucial business tool I can definitely see coming into high use. Secondly, the ooVoo video chat is possible with friends and colleagues who don’t have ooVoo installed. You simply provide them with a certain link you receive from ooVoo after you sign up, and your friends’ browser will use that link to get in visual touch.

So, final verdict? ooVoo is easy to use, the sound and visual quality is terrific (which reminds me of those countless times when Skype lacked sound and video quality), and the video chat feature is free. I’m going to switch from Skype and give ooVoo a real test drive. Seems worth it!

The complete list of all ooVoo’s features is right there on their homepage. You should also check out their business solutions overview. See the screen shot below of my ooVoo profile, offering the video chat link for friends ooVoo-less. That’s ingenious!

Twitcam – Experience a whole new kind of Twitter with Twitcam, the priest who has brought together under God tweets and video. How does it work? Set your webcam and turn it on; sign in with your Twitter account log in info; start Twitcamming.

The Twitcam interface looks great, it’s easy to work with and interaction with other twitter users is a lot of fun. Your Twitcam broadcast is automatically posted to Twitter (video description and link), and your following audience sees it all. Twitcam also makes it easy for you to stay connected with your Twitter friends without the need to switch back and forth between the two sites; it’s all accessible from your broadcast page on Twitcam!

When you’re finished with your video, don’t worry; Twitcam archives it so you’ll have it on your page next time you log in. I wonder when there will be an option to video chat on Twitter. I hope Twitcam will take on the challenge…

BlurryPeople – Online video chat can be quite controversial and, well, a bit too explicit as we have seen with Chat Roulette. As long as there is no censorship or filtering mechanism to these chat services, there is always the risk of meeting ‘unbalanced’ people, and in worse cases, sexually deranged users. BlurryPeople is a video/audio chat service that has decided to put its foot down and create a feedback-based system that takes out the impure and abusive aspect people are sick of in chats.

What BlurryPeople have done is simple, effective and it works like a charm; when you sign up and start video chatting, you can’t set in advance the desired profile of the people you want to meet online (age, gender, etc.). You meet total strangers, and for the first few minutes both users see each other blurred. As the conversation continues (meaning there is mutual interest), the fuzzyness starts to clear out. When you’re done talking, you are both asked to rate each other, and based on that rating you will or will not be able to filter out your next chat’s partner search.

Great idea, good execution and appropriate ethics implementation make BlurryPeople the sane choice for today’s video chat.

Foodspotting – As opposed to the standard research-and-read restaurant reviews, Foodspotting offers an out of the box and in-your-plate take on food recommendations. According to their About page, “Foodspotting makes finding and sharing food recommendations easier: Instead of reading and writing reviews of restaurants, you can share photos of specific foods you recommend and see what’s good wherever you go.”

Foodspotting offers so much more than just dish recommendations with mouth-watering photos you can almost smell and taste; make use of the site’s Guides section where you will find recommendations made by renowned chefs such as Anthony Bourdain, Marcus Samuelsson, and Zagat restaurant recommendations, just to name a few. Foodspotting also has a feed page (People section) where users publish short Twitter-like messages for the rest of the community to explore. See the video below to learn more about the Foodspotting iPhone app.

Ranker – Top 10 lists of virtually any possible category humanly imaginable, Ranker offers community-based lists of everything (that’s why they call it ‘rank the universe’) from facts, film, travel, universities and beers to auto models, entertainment, artwork and many, many others.

Using Ranker is  fun and easy, but simply sitting back and exploring the top 10 lists other users have created is also entertaining. Simply browse the offered categories on the left hand-side of the homepage, see the recommended Site We Love section, or create a list of your own. I wanted to share with you an interesting list of Companies With The Worst Customer Service.

Blippy – A first of its kind community shopping  forum and review hub, Blippy is here to let you consult, advise on and share your purchases, whatever the product. According to Blippy, the site is “a community of people helping each other discover interesting things by reviewing & discussing almost everything we buy.”

For those afraid of privacy issues, don’t worry; Blippy allows you to set sharing limits to your information and purchases, so whatever you want off the radar will stay that way. As for me, I sincerely admire Blippy’s novel and creative concept, but I think for now I’ll wait to see how the site progresses in the next few months. If you’re interested in exploring Blippy for yourself, signup with Facebook Connect, import your friends’ contact info and start sharing.

Here’s an introduction video to learn more on Blippy. Enjoy.