THING 41. MASHUP YOUR LIFE

Mashups would not make my life easier, because I'm not a big fan of social networking. Mashups would be a drain on my productivity and not a booster. Too time-consuming. I don't see myself using this Thing much. I haven't looked at my Facebook, Ning or Twitter pages for some time. However, I can see why people who have multiple email accounts and social networking accounts might want to bring them together in one place for easy access.

I looked at most of the websites. I tried Superglu several times on different days. Not there anymore. Apparently Superglu didn't have much sticking power. I thought about signing up for Fuser, but I don't have the right version of Internet Explorer.
I looked at TabUp and watched the demo, but I didn't sign up.

On to Thing 42.

THING 26. NING

I haven't looked at Ning since last Fall. I thought I had several friends. When I checked my page, I was down to one. Does Ning take away your friends if you don't post any comments for awhile? I have been adding friends and comments. I joined the Ning for Ramsey County Librarians working on Things on a Stick. I added the CNN gadget and a video to my page. Both those were easy. I tried several times to add the large Ning badge to my blog, but it didn't work.

I am more likely to use email or IM to contact others in the library.

THING 21. NING

I joined 23 Things on a Stick on Ning. I am member #405. I've left comments for other members. I read the Webjunction and Gather articles. On the Gather website I read posts in their Money, Health, and Food sections. What I found really interesting is that Gather has Gather Points. You somehow accumulate Gather Points and are rewarded with a gift card from Amazon.com, Starbucks, Target and others, or you can get cash. Gather also has Stefanie Plum. Not Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum, but a real person who is on the Gather Partner Team and has her group Gather Giveaways.

I have looked at several other social networking sites, but haven't signed up. Facebook and Ning are enough for me right now.







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