tweet tweet

So, here is a post that some of you will find annoying because of its obviousness, but hopefully will enlighten those of you that haven’t discovered Twitter yet. Twitter http://twitter.com is not only another site you can get distracted by throughout the day, but it is an amazing resource for yourself. Perfect example: Just now I made a tweet to my followers that said “Please go vote for me on youtube” and I followed that with a direct link to my video. That one little sentence will probably get more people to that site than writing on facebook or myspace. What is Twitter exactly, you ask? Well, it’s a social networking site that only allows you to post 140 characters at a time. It’s a facebook status update of sorts, but is used for much more than just letting people know what you are up to. You can follow people, which means you receeve their updates on your homepage, but they have to choose to follow you back, they don’t necessarily have to. Some really interesting people I am following are CNN, Barack Obama, and someone named Cookbook who posts recipes. I can’t rave about Twitter enough. If you are really obsessed and into it, there are instant message type things called Snitter and Twitterific, so you don’t even have to go to the website. You can have it on your facebook page, and also get it directly sent to your cellphone. Just do it. I promise, unless you really aren’t into the internet (in which case you are screwed for the rest of your life ’cause that’s where the world is headed), you will love Twitter!

So, this is my last post for at least a few days, as I am headed up north to see the family. Keep checking back, there will be more posts before the holidays, but safe travels to anyone that is going somewhere in the next few days!

the witty prevail…

Today I want to touch on a site that many of you have probably already heard of, but maybe not…iminlikewithyou: http://www.iminlikewithyou.com is a psueto dating site of sorts, if you choose to use it that way. Before you begin to explor this fairly basic site, you have to be given an invitation code by someone that already has a profile on it. The invitation codes are given out by the site for gaining enough points or, of late, because they are trying to grow the site. So, once you have an invitation to join, here’s how this site will make your ego grow substaintially or make you understand why that smart and funny ex boyfriend or girlfriend of yours dumped you because well, frankly yu just couldn’t keep up with the zingers being thrown your way.

The game: Pick a question…any question, and that is your “game.” When I first joined I perused the games going on at the time, and came up with my own. Emily’s first game: “What is a date?” Then, people see my game and “bid” on it. Your bid is made to match how clever, funny, or just how much you stand behind your answer or response. Some responses don’t even make sense, but sometimes those are the best ones. So, anyway…when the game is over you pick a winner. The winner then becomes your friend and you have sucessfully made a new contact on the site. Becoming friends with someone in any other way costs you a good number of points, so really this is the best way, and it’s fun.

Although this site may sound simple and pointless, it’s a great way to see how others respond to your wittyness, and have a little fun with your brain in an online social environment. It could definitely use some work, more depth and a variance rather than only have a few option of things to do while spending time on iminlikewithyou. So, if you happen to get one of those invitation codes, I say why not register and start “gaming.” It’s fun, at least for a while!

do we trust a trend or stick with geeky?

Another social network post, sorry for all your guys that are already bogged down with 15+ social networks to keep up with, most likely this one won’t add to the list for you. This social network is strictly for the fashionistas, label whores, can’t live without couture ladies (and gents of course!). Trendiki: http://www.trendiki.com is the social network for those that use their myspace, facebook, and blogs to rep. the fashion they love. But, on Trendiki profile names like Trendgeeky and FashionGuyd are respectable. Although it’s a pretty girly website, the homepage being black and pink kinda gives that feel to it right off the bat, there are guys involved. Trendiki combines a place to have a personal profile, but also is a veritable search engine for everything fashion; with fashion blogs, designer websites, style news, deals not to miss, and anything else fashion and trend related you can think of it might be better to use this for fashion questions rather than googling. If your life is a whirwind of fashion this and that’s, here’s your virtual living space. Go make your Trendiki impact you stylish creatures you!

who’s on ziki?

Get geeky on Ziki…ok, I just had to do it, but for real let’s chat about it: http://www.ziki.com/ . I joined Ziki to see what it was all about, and truthfully I am still a bit confused. It seems to be to be a cross between Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/ (which you directly link to your Ziki account so therefor can’t be too similar), a very low cost social network, and a search engine that doesn’t really seem to work that well. But, that being said, maybe it just needs some refining, because I think they have a good idea here. The information you upload to your profile is searchable through all the major search engines (Google, Yahoo!, and MSN) so, you don’t have to worry about someone google-ing you and not knowing what is going to come up; you decide what comes up…for the most part. There is an area titled “content,” which to me looks like a blog, but could be used for anything including personal or professional self promotion. I guess what I need to conclude about Ziki is that it could be a great reference for future employers instead of looking at a possible new employees facebook or myspace, and Ziki could be a great tool for those wanting to get their information in the virtual mix of things. Maybe if more people Ziki’d themselves out we could really get something going on here.

it’s Uber-tastic

Uber yourself silly. It’s my latest social network craze, but I need more friends on it. So that means go sign up and friend me. We’ll be uber good friends.
Ok, enough of the dumb, and not funny uber puns. I like it because the options for your personal profile page are more detailed, it’s intricate, and in all reality is really just a well upgraded, and better thought out myspace. So you digital dorks…go, seriously…go now!

http://www.uber.com

meet Fuser

Meet Fuser; your one-stop shop virtual mail room. I know all the other geek blogs covered this a while ago, but here is my introduction to this somewhat new site. When I first logged onto Fuser I was amazed at the simplicity. I am used to seeing colors and pictures and options for personalization thrown at me when I enter a new site. This site is simple. You merely put in your account information for your email, social networks, and any other site you may have that has an inbox attacked to it. Although I may end up not using it, Fuser is in the right headspace. Easy access to all your messages at once. If I had this account in college it would have made my 15 min. in between classes a whole lot more productive; rather than just checking my facebook I could have actually checked my email and myspace too. I suggest you take a look.