[ad#ad2-left]So I sit here reading about some interesting concepts one totally rock my thought process, making my synapse fire and got me thinking. The article that started this post was:
Is Social Bookmarking worth the trouble? — A really intriguing little discussion on why we bookmark? I say we have several more like 5 types of internet users. These users come in all shapes and sizes, especially small to big.
These users are:
- Propagators — bloggers, News, Yahoo, Microsoft.
- Aggragators — Social media on the net
- Readers — They just read the post but don’t respond
- Writers — Those who like to respond to other post
- Money Makers — They are in it just for the money!!
So I sit here thinking about all the bookmarking I’ve done this week and understand one thing. I don’t bookmark in the Social networks for myself. I bookmark these sites and areas for other people. It’s like I want to share what I’ve found, sure someone else has found it too but possibility didn’t share it. I on the other hand use some very useful Social outlets:
Friendfeed — This little site is an aggragator of sorts to combine several areas into one nice little feed to be able to keep up with what people say and bookmark. They use 36 different sites including Twitter, Lastfm, Digg, and Youtube. Now I’m not saying this is bad, actually it has very nice to find some gold gems in this little social bookmarking media. I’ve become a better blogger and understand what people are looking for since I have started watching this site.
[ad#ad2-right]Twitter — This is good for shouting out to people what you’ve done like a new way to say “Hey found this awesome site and you need to check it out” or it also good to communicate with your friends on-line when you’ve got no internet access and have only a cell phone. I don’t like it that much but it allows me some modern comforts.
FeedDemon — Now if you’ve read some of my other post this is good for those who like to keep RSS alive and need it. I like it for the luxury of an offline reader. See previous posts about it in detail
Although these are just a small part of what I use in my day to day internet life, I’ve found them to be very useful in keeping up with technology and it makes my days go buy quicker. I agree on a small amount with his post about how I don’t go back to my bookmarks after I’ve bookmarked them on the social media, that is because I’ve got other things to do then to go back. There’s a ton of stuff out there that I want to learn and to see and don’t have time to look back. I would love to hear what others think!! Is Social Bookmarking Bad or good?
If you’re used to taking a coffee break because of long hangs every time you fire up Windows Explorer, the How-To Geek weblog suggests turning off network folder and printer searching in Explorer’s folder options. Just open Explorer, go to Tools -> Folder Options and click on the View tab. At the top of the File and Folders list, uncheck “Automatically search for network folders and printers” and click OK. If the networking issue was your Explorer slow-down culprit, you should notice a significantly faster startup next time you open up My Computer.
