Considering one area of my research interests is the impact of Web 2.0 technology on business, to strengthen my credibility in this emerging area, it seemed important to ensure I was involved with as many of the latest online tools and services possible. To that end, I:
- Signed up for Digg (impressively, less than an hour after I did, my profile page appeared as the fourth result when I searched “doctorious” with Google).
- Created an account with Twitter (where I already have a student of mine from DeVry as a stalker, I mean follower).
- Continued adding videos to my YouTube account (though I wonder how interesting my videos are!).
- Updated my LinkedIn profile and engaged members of one of the several groups to which I belong.
- Resurrected my del.icio.us account and promise to contribute to it.
- Reviewed my profile on Technorati and added a feed from this blog.
- Became very active on Facebook, finding old friends and making new ones.
StumbleUpon has also caught my eye and am considering signing up for it. What other sites and services should I consider?
It has come to my understanding that every one needs a social life in order to learn new ideas and to know events that surround us everyday.
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Its hard to believe that we are so spoiled with the technology we use today its all around us but we need every tool tips ideas and reserch that we can use today to keeep a family together but that it just my point of view i wasnt the lucky one.
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I think that we learn the most about ourselves by listening to our friends and colleagues — social media gives us a wider mirror in which we can reflect on who we really are.
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Hi Carlos. Are you saying that social media are a good or bad thing? From what I can tell it seems you feel technology is a “necessary evil” by which we can keep our families connected, despite the fact that technology can also separate us. Is that an accurate summary of your thoughts?
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some what!! well it is necessary at the same time it’s evil… families connected but also trying to support them and trying to put food on the table. I guess because im looking for job and theres no luck but I guess thats how my luck it’s running.
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