I've come across some neat new-to-me internet gadgets this past week. Take a gander below. Hope some of them can be helpful to you!
- Google homepage gadget: This is a very cool tool from the geniuses at google. I love this one. It's a personalized homepage where you can in one glance see your google reader (to see which blogs you subscribe to have been updated), the weather(a must for me as a stay-at-home mom who likes to take walks), your gmail account, and anything else interesting you'd like to add. On my personalized homepage I also have top news stories, a national geographic photo of the day, and a daily comic from dilbert. It's saved me loads of time already in blogging. Check it out at on the google blog.
- Facebook: Ok, I realize I'm a bit behind the time with this one. Seems like everyone has already discovered the glories of facebook. I admit, I've become addicted to it since I'm a newbie. It's so much easier to connect with folks on facebook than on blogging and it seems to be a much safer system than myspace. How many of you do facebook? My only concern is that I'll have to prioritize my time between blogging and facebook-ing so that I don't waste time on the computer. Any thoughts on how to do so?
- Gmail: Again, I'm slow here. I realize gmail has been around for awhile and since its inception I've been dragging my feet about switching. And that's largely because I couldn't find a nice easy user name for gmail. But after a few more tries, I came up with a user name that wasn't taken - YAY! Anyways, for what seems like years now I've been wanting to ditch my hotmail account. I abhor the continual advertisements from victoria's secret and singles websites which plaster photos of scantily clad women (why would a women subject herself to so much ogling and debase herself to a mere body?!? that's a topic for another post). I have also noticed lately that I've been getting more junk mail in my junk mail folder through hotmail. Even though I have my hotmail account set to the strictest settings, junk is floating through. My other reservation about switching is that I dread the idea of contacting everyone who emails me and notifying them of my new email address. Sigh. So far, I am very pleased with gmail and highly recommend it!
I've come across some neat new-to-me internet gadgets this past week. Take a gander below. Hope some of them can be helpful to you!
9 comments:
I envy your computer knowledge. I am stupid when it comes to this stuff. I still need to figure out that google thing you told us about a long time ago which clues you in on who has updated their blog. I still have to click on everyone's blog to see if they have posted something new.
I have heard a lot about facebook, but I don't really know anything about it. Do you prefer it over blogging?
I have a google homepage. Very cool!
Facebook is also very cool. It's easy to spend too much time on there!
Glad you're enjoying your gmail account. You'll like it a whole lot better than hotmail. I think my favorite feature of gmail is the integrated chat. Have you discovered that yet? If you have friends with gmail accounts, you can chat with them through gmail!
Kelly: You will love the google reader! It saves so much time so you don't have to click on every single link to find new posts. It's really easy to set-up; email me if you need help, ok? (aliciamhorn@gmail.com)
Shannon: No, I haven't discovered the integrated chat feature yet, sounds cool!
Woo hoo! I just invited you to the chat feature on gmail! I love all of these tools as well - google is swiftly gaining my loyalty as an excellent email provider and notifier of updated blogs! And yes, Facebook can wisk me away from profitable activities within moments of "So and so has posted on your wall" emails. I'd be interested to find a better way to be made aware of friends' postings and updates...so if you find anything, PLEASE let me know!!!
Matt just started me on facebook and it has been nice simply b/c all of my previous students from Georgia seem to have one-SO, i have been able to re-connect with a lot of them which has been a lot of fun--plus I don't have to keep up with their e-mail addresses. I still keep up with my blog more b/c of the pictures--although I am about a month behind on that as well. . .
Jenny: Thanks for introducing me to the chat feature! How fun! That is waaaaaaaay to easy to use. I spent some time this afternoon organizing my contacts a bit and poking around in the settings.
Nicki: Where are you on facebook? I'd love to add you as a friend!
Alicia, to avoid having to duplicate things in your facebook and blog, you can set up your facebook account to import notes from your blog. I love it b/c I don't have to type things twice.
Tracy: Thanks for that FANTASTIC tip! I'll have to look into that.
Alicia,
I'll get back to you on that--Matt will have to help me--he is the computer savvy one:)
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