going…to get on a guest list

I’m not sure how many of you know about this site I’m going to talk about today. Regardless, I know I have mentioned it to enough people that have never heard of it, so it’s worth talking about.

Going is a social network that combines the average-nothing-special social network profile with event listings,RSVP lists, and recommendations for things you might like to do in your city. As far as the social part goes, I’m not really into it, but it adds a little flava flav to a wold-be event listing site only.

There are a plethora of events; ranging anywhere from art openings, to fashion shows, to crazy dance parties. I love that Going allows its users to browse events by editors picks, daytime, nighttime, free, most popular, culture, etc. I think that is the best part of the site; the easy-to-find aspect.

As far as the RSVP part goes, for most of these events you can RSVP on Going and get either get in free, or pay a smaller cover charge. This is an awesome way to find something to do anytime of the week in New York, Chicago, Miami, San Fransisco, Los Angeles, and Boston. When you sign up for this site, it remembers what city you are in, so that network only comes up. For example, whenever I sign in, it only says Going New York.

One last thing, which probably is an expected function of the site, but a function nonetheless that I think is awesome. If you find an event you like, you can send the event to anyone even if they aren’t a member on Going.

Now… Going have fun you party animals!

for all you jet setters out there…

I want to talk about a site that in the last 6 months has gone from almost no users to about 34,000, and with good reason. DOPPLR is: A. a social network, kinda B. A twitter type ish thing sorta in that people see where you are(an update sorta) C. a planning tool D. a little bit of a lot of different things.

Now, to be more specific, because that was a ridiculous description, DOPPLR is a site, in the most simple description possible, to manage and track your travel (for you and yours). To begin with, you create a simple personal profile, than you enter in trips that you have planned in the near or far future. This site is really cool, and actually useful, for a number of reasons. When you view your upcoming trips , the view is available in list or map form (which I think is really cool!). You can easily let your friends know where you are going and when by sending them a message, or simply by having them as a contact (or in this site’s case they are called Fellow Travelers). You can choose who sees your trips, and whose trips you are updated on depending on how you choose to manage your ‘fellow travelers.’ The site keeps a ‘Journal‘ of your virtual life on DOPPLR, as well as documenting your past travel…sorta like a facebook newsfeed. Another really awesome thing is that DOPPLR will tell you if you know anybody who lives, is visiting, or is planning a trip in/at the place you are traveling to. But, as useful as that is, you have to have entered them into your DOPPLR account somewhere along the lines for that to actually work, and in all truthfulness, that probably won’t happen at this young stage of the site.

As far as design goes, I am really impressed with its simplicity. It doesn’t need to be more complex or more interactive than it already is. It works extremely well, and is an amazing digital tool for jet setters, which is a noun that is becoming more and more common these days for work or personal life.

If you read my blog and are on the move nonstop, I beg of you to at least give DOPPLR a chance…if not for your own management, than at least so you don’t have to twitter, facebook status update, myspace bulletin, text, or blog about where you are going, each time you go somewhere.

May DOPPLR be with you.

can ya Digg it?

Sorry for those digitally dynamo dudes and dudettes that read this blog, but again I’m posting for the not-so-savvy readers out there. Digg has been around since late 2004, and plays a huge role in daily digital happenings. It’s a site that allows you to have a personal profile, similar to your social networking profiles, but focuses its energy on the “Digging” aspect(which I will explain momentarily), rather than your personal profile. You can see Digg all over the internet; from the New York Times online to PopSugar to Lolcats, they all have Digg This! next to articles, photos, videos, or anything else you could love or hate. When you push the Digg This! link next to whatever it is you are Digging (you know what digging means…like yeah man I totally digg that), it brings you to your Digg account and adds your Digg vote to whatever you just dug. The point, and coolness factor, of all this is that depending on whatever gets the most Digg This! clicks (which is like voting kinda, but all over the internet) gets top of the page on the Digg site. Don’t be fooled, this is a big deal. There are the main categories like Images, Video, News etc., but then there are subcategories separating things like technology, entertainment, lifestyle etc. It’s like an all-in-one news source for everything and anything. So, getting rated the highest means that the most people are interested in, and looking at/reading that specific thing. Perfect example is that right now if I look at the main category All than click Top in 24 Hrs. I see the thing that is getting the most Digg This! is a YouTube video called “What Girls need to know about their geek Boyfriends.” It’s cool to see what’s important to most people out there in specific interest areas. And, it also introduces you to things you never would have found online by yourself.

So, can ya Digg it? I know I can!

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!

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