"I started out with this idea of finding shoes for my girlfriend and hotties on HotorNot for me. It's easy to shift from recommending shoes to humans."

-- PayPal and Slide founder, quoted in a Fortune story on Silicon Valley entrepeneurs (in case you wondered if there really was another bubble) while explaining the connection between social networks, photo similarity recognition and shopping, the about to become the topic of the moment topic.

(Via Dave Evans)