#19 (cont.)

I have already described my enthusiasm for one of the Web 2.0 winners, Library Thing. And I am using zoho writer, which I think is another medalist (?). I have also previously bookmarked Biblio.com after browsing through the list of winners in the "books" category.
Today I thought I'd take another quick look at some of the other winners.
I had noticed that a blogger whose site I sometimes visit offers a link to reddit.com, so I took a look at that one. In checking out the "what's hot" category on that site, I was directed to a security camera video clip of the awful bridge collapse in Minneapolis. (I am still waiting to hear from a friend who lives there and could well be a daily user of that bridge.) I hadn't seen that clip on TV, although it was apparently aired on CNN, which I often flip through in my nightly viewing. Finding this kind of thing is of interest, so I registered at, and bookmarked, the site. I don't really care too much about most of the "fun" features it offers, such as being able to vote on items viewed, in order, I guess, to create a ranking. But I will look into it further as time goes on to see how it might be used to better advantage.
I also bookmarked Facebook. Everybody seems to have one. Certainly my daughters have one. I just want to check it out for that reason. For my personal purposes, the blog seems like the most satisfying way to go.
I can see a person getting totally lost in feeds of interesting "stuff" from all these different sites. This is not good for OCD types; not at all. The world is already moving too fast; and we are already bombarded with an excessive amount of information, much of which is merely titillating. As I've said before, I need my recliner and a good book in my limited free time.
To the extent that uses can be found on the job for some of these tools--and I can see how they would be very helpful to people with certain kinds of jobs (and to students, as well)--I welcome their development. But as a form of entertaining time-killer, I see dangers in them.