I’ve been signing up for everything.
May 20th, 2007 | Published in Facebook, Social Network, Virb
Because of my relationships with other folks on the web, I’ve been discovering several new social networks lately. Although I’ve been signing up for all kinds of sites, some of them have stood out above the others. And they all are far superior to MySpace.
My favorite right now is Facebook. This is a social site that is all about relationships. It’s difficult to describe the benefits of using a site like this, without simply experiencing it. My favorite benefit is that I get to see what my friends are doing all the time. I love finding out what groups they’re joining, what new friends they’re approving, and my favorite updates are the status changes. Facebook has brilliant execution. Check out my profile and invite me to be friends, if you’re also on Facebook.
I’ve also enjoyed Virb. It’s another social network, probably the best looking one. It lets you customize the look of your profile page, and there are many attractive profiles. My profile is currently very basic, but you can still invite me to be friends if you want.
One website I think is very smart, but I haven’t spent a lot of time inside is Maya’s Mom. It’s a great site, with brilliant execution, but because I’m not very motherly (I wouldn’t even say I’m all that fatherly), I haven’t invested much time into getting to know the folks in there, which would explain my nearly blank profile.
This last one isn’t a social network. It’s a new kind of blog which is gaining in popularity called a tumblelog, and this one is hosted by Tumblr. I’ve assigned my own domain name to mine called Little Phenom. If you visit Little Phenom, you’ll see what a tumblelog is. The concept is that you quickly post photos, videos, quotes, links, and text items, without having to do a long elaborate post. I use it as a bookmarking tool. When I visit a site I like, I click on a bookmarklet in my browser called “Share on Tumblr” and the site is posted automatically on Little Phenom. Very cool, very fast, very well executed.
A normal person wouldn’t explore all these sites, I know, but keep in mind that these are just a portion of the ones I’ve joined. These are just the good ones.
