Tag Archives: Websites

Top 5 Social Media Tools

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Well, since I’ve been tagged by Noah I guess I should use this as an excuse to blog. The meme is: what are your top 5 social media tools? I’m assuming that this really refers to any social software. If not, who cares? It’s my blog.

In order of importance/frequency of use:

      Facebook
      Newsgator
      WordPress
      Meebo
      Flickr

I can be found checking Facebook roughly once an hour (if I’m in front of a computer). It’s really how I stay connected with a lot of people, It’s also great for poking wars. This is definitely the biggest social tool to hit my generation (I guess MySpace is up there, too).

Newsgator is basically the same as Facebook, but instead of connecting and being social with friends, I consider Newsgator the way I ‘socialize’ with the world. I read my news, check my friends blogs, etc. I have a bunch of cool feeds and I’ll easily check this 4 or 5 times a day.

As the owner of 3 (soon to be 4) websites I’m absolutely in love with WordPress. It’s so easy for me to write entries, manage my sites, and keep my visitors coming back. I really don’t have to do any work. Plus, I could setup a pretty slick WordPress setup (plugins and all) with my eyes closed.

Meebo is great because I don’t three other programs open in order to instant message people. I don’t hold lengthy conversations online anymore but it definitely is a great way to keep in contact with people, discuss breif topics and just say ‘hi’ sometimes. Meebo is definitely one of the few tabs that are always open in Firefox.

Last but not least, Flickr is one of my favorite sites. I love pictures and by pairing them with my friends I’m pretty happy. Truth be told, Facebook is where the majority of my friends put their pictures (and now I can order prints through Facebook!) but Flickr is one of those fun, nerdy, web2.0 sites that I just love. I have a RSS feed for my contact’s pictures, I upload pictures from my phone. It’s just fun!

So, I’m curious, what are your favorite social media tools? If you can read this, consider yourself tagged. Feel free to trackback or leave a comment.

MySpace Blocks Creepy Adults

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MySpace is stupid as hell: “MySpace users who are 18 or over could no longer request to be on a 14- or 15-year-old’s friends’ list” (Link). Oh yeah, all those creepy adults can only see partial profiles, now. Mission accomplished, guys. Are you kidding me?! On a website where people are aged 69, 123, 184, and 92 how the fuck was a users ‘age’ determined as the best deterrent? Go look at my profile, I’m suddenly a 14-year old in 30 seconds.

Farecast Invitations

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Anyone interested in testing out Farecast? It’s a very nice (beautiful, functional) website to help predict and find the best fares based on price histories. Right now it only serves Seattle/Boston markets but it’s great to play around with. I have a bunch of invites; just leave a comment.

Moola Invites

I have two invites to a very cool website. It’s called Moola and it’s very simple: you get a penny (real money) to play against someone else with a penny. The winner of the game wins the other person’s money. So, if you win 30 games in a row (.01, .02, .04, .08…) you can win over $10,000,000. You can cash out at any time, too. All you do is watch a quick ad, answer a question (to prove you saw it) and then play! So, the first two people to comment will receive an invitation. Only smart people can apply though, I want you guys winning me some money (referral bonus)!

MySpace to Advertise?

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Interesting article on how MySpace is thinking about… gasp… making money through advertising. Good thought! Their revolutionary thinking has essentially taken what Facebook has already done… and made it uglier… probably with music playing in the background: “To expand ad sales … [MySpace] plans to [turn] advertisers into members of the MySpace community, with their own profiles, like the teenagers’ ? so that the young people who often spend hours each day on MySpace can become “friends” with movies, cellphone companies and even deodorants. Young people can link to the profiles set up for these goods and services, as they would to real friends, and these commercial “friends” can even send them messages ? ads, really….” Yeah, that’ll fly. “I can’t wait to add my deodorant to my friend list!” Jackasses.