Listen to any conversation about the Internet these days and you will hear terms like bittorrent, IM, wikis, and blogs. Today, a new generation of websites and software (collectively called
social software) presents more than a mere
web content on the browser. Indeed, social websites and software have enabled the next stage of the digital age evolution by enabling people to rendezvous and connect through Internet. Indeed, this phenomenon is observed by the numerous
online communities, ranging from Wikipedia to Del.icio.us, that have sprouted all over the Internet in recent years.
Here are some of the social websites that I personally use on a regular basis:
- Wikipedia. Encyclopedia reference. You should know by now that I am a huge fan of Wikipedia and almost all my hyperlinks are directly referenced to Wikipedia.
- Del.icio.us - General url bookmarking and sharing. By the way, it is pronounced as "delicious," remove the periods and you will know what I meant.
- YouTube - Video bookmarking and sharing.
- Last.fm - Music bookmarking and sharing.
- PeanutButterWiki - Start your own wiki. It's free and incredibly easy to use (like making a peanut butter sandwich).
- Blogger - Start your own blog. It's free and easy to use.
- LinkedIn - Online social networking for professionals.
- Slashdot - Technology news.
Here are some social websites that I been dying to try:
- Digg - an alternative to Slashdot. Its coverage on technology news seem broader than that of Slashdot.
- Flickr - Photo bookmarking and sharing. I wonder if there's a simple way to upload my pictures from iPhoto to the site.
All this said and done, what was my motivation for writing this blog entry? Well, today I
was asked to explain social bookmarking and wiki to a friend. My response to him
was to watch for the posting of this blog entry on my blog.
Also, do let me know if you have any interesting sites that may have missed.
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