Join StumbleUpon, Skype and Google Reader and not only connect with me online but you will be familiarizing yourself with the tools an entire generation of humans already use.
1. StumbleUpon is a social bookmarking site. When I come across something I share with you I no longer copy and paste the url into an email I click a button on my StumbleUpon tool bar send it to you with a short note. My StumbleUpon homepage has all of the pages i have liked and reviewed... PLUS THE BEST PART -- I come across sites I am so grateful for! It's better than reading a magazine. I spend time stumbling and stumbling (learning and reading and laughing).
2. Skype: I use this as my "instant messenger". I leave it on when I am online. My cohorts send me notes and link and stuff... I know someone who uses it frequently to call England...
3. Google Reader... ANY FEED READER WILL DO. I just use Google Reader because I do.
FEEDS are the #1 way I navigate the internet. Please understand that this isn't a FAD. This isn't a little kid "social media" thing... it's like subscribing to a newspaper or magazine... anytime a site (whether it be a friends blog or a human rights site) updates you get an alert. No more wondering or forgetting. First thing in the morning I open up my email and then I open up my reader and drink my coffee...
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*"no one get's left behind!!!" (photo from Little Miss Sunshine) one of the best uses of that phrases ever...
