things i'm into
now you can know just where i fall on the curve of web 2.0 not-early-but-not-late-to-the-party-adopters. as long as i'm a year or two ahead of the times' sunday styles section, i feel ok with myself.
- Blogmusik: listen to music for free (as
reubgr pointed out a while ago). (i already said none of this was original, right?) it's set-up like an internet ipod, but i don't get that part because i don't have an ipod. but it still plays whole entire tracks and takes virtually no time to load them, so what do i care? - Backpack: because i wanted to be able to make 5 different to-do lists and see them all on one screen. carrying around post-its in my bag worked well 'till now, though. their "writeboards" feature seems cool, though indistinguishable from what google is offering with Docs & Spreadsheets. its interface is less chic than google's, but i needed some diversity in my life. anyone use (or know of) a better service?
- massaging my feed reader into awesomeness. chuk signed me up when? but only a recent turn of events (new neighbors = new 95% reliable wireless connection + cutting school a lot) has allowed me to really have the time to get into it. i'm really pleased with everything i'm subscriped to right now--enough to want to show it off. i wish that i could share my entire reader set-up, instead of just "shared items," ie, that others could see my reader pg exactly as i do, and w/o requiring a log-in. the alternative--only allowing people to see items i choose to star--puts way too much pressure on me to guess what my friends would find interesting. how do you guys feel with your subscriptions? anyone wanna try actively sharing?
- the Forbes Fictional 15 sucks as much as the real thing (World's Most Expensive Penthouses 2006, anyone? World's Best Hotel Bars 2005? Most Expensive Diseases or Most Expensive Off-The-Rack Suits?)
- i've made maybe 5 or 10 or 3 posts before about lj and comments, and what kinds of posts (at least of mine) tend to get comments and which don't. from what i see, when companies try to set up web stuff to be as "inviting" as possible of consumer participation, it often falls flat. and in realms where the regular joe is the producer (eg personal blogs) the tendency of the consumer is still to hide out quietly, like the midnight snacker who prefers not to turn on the kitchen light. the bulb in the fridge is enough for that old chocolate popsicle, right? this is all in my head because i was just listening to a podcast ("Kung Fu, Meditation, and Sexual Intercourse"--it's about personal productivity and making lists. but if you listen to it at the same time as Eminem's "Bully"--be sure to start them at the same time--it sounds pretty cool, actually, for like 30 seconds. try it!) that's been played 23,979 times since Jan 14 and has garnered two comments.
- "Tyra Banks stunned by 'meanness' over photos." Seriously??? oh, right, because when you're a model, no one ever says you're fat.