Delicious, ed. 2

As I posted yesterday, del.icio.us is supposed to auto-post my new bookmarks every morning. Either I messed up with the URL-XML-PRC thing, or the problem documented in the forum is occuring. So today’s links were lovingly handtyped for your clicking pleasure. Maybe it will work tomorrow. And for your viewing pleasure (found on TechCrunch, links to article about Gmail outage):

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• Facebook is not only the world’s largest social network, it is the fastest growing–top article on TechCrunch
• IGN review of Braid–really great & confounding XBox 360 puzzle game.
• Hooparama Hula Hoop Fitness Class–looks like fun; I saw girls hooping (with fire, no less) at Summer Camp, so now I want to try it for next year’s festivals.
• Why Twitter hasn’t failed: The Power of Audience–posted yesterday
• Geek Breakfast–Geeks + coffee + breakfast = FUN; join us or make one in your own city!
• Beer School Blog–Josh & Brian, two great Nashvillians, taste beers and tell us if they earn an A+ or fail.
• AirBed & Breakfast Takes Pad Crashing to a whole new level–Find a stranger who will let you crash on an air mattress when you travel. At least it’s eco- and wallet-friendly…

 

Experiments and social networks

I just discovered del.icio.us gives the option to post lastest bookmarks to your blog. I have now signed up and today it is supposed to post. We will see.

Meanwhile, I did bookmark an article entitled “Why Twitter hasn’t failed: The Power of Audience.” The article is pretty interesting, especially since I use Twitter myself and in light of the recent Bird Bans (see prev post here). Twitter is great (when it works) and can be useful–I just don’t see it as omnipotent. One day it will fail or fall by the wayside if major problems keep cutting into its use. I remember MySpace and Facebook, back in the 2004 days. Back then, it was the newest way to keep up with your friends; now, it’s almost a joke at times with the adverts, apps and add-friends-frenzy. I still use both sites but my usage of both dropped when it became too problematic & annoying to sign in to the damn site.

Although, I’m still waiting for someone to come up with a FriendFeed type site that will also post replies to your social network sites. I know I’m not the only one–we’ve got the idea, we just need a developer and some money for a startup. Anyone want the job, let me know, I have some ideas.