Decluttering the interwebs

Ok, the million beta site frenzy has come and gone, and I think I've figured out which ones I still want to use. When I got the new laptop for Christmas, I did not import anything from the old desktop, but set everything up fresh. Although, since my beloved Flock browser is going to switch to Chrome from Firefox, things could always change. I just got it all figured out and set up right! But right now, this is what works for me.

What makes me stick with a site? Any, or preferably all, of the following:

• It has a mobile site, application or at least a way to post from email or text. If I can't post to it or read it from my crackberry, I don't want to hear about it.
• Fun people who interact, or at least post things that amuse me. I'm not here to be bored.
• Efficient gathering of the various types of digital information I tend to vomit upon the matrix daily.

Facebook - Because I can consolidate almost all of it right here. Link to my profile in the sidebar. If you friend request, please identify who/why you are.

flickr - I may not be the best photographer, and definitely not a serious one, but I certainly enjoy it. Great tools for intergrating with Facebook.

YouTube - because I got a Flip Mino HD and I have to use it!

Plurk - Microblog. Fun. Less fail than the whale. Usually.

Twitter - Microblog. Fun, business. Many of my Tweeps won't go to Plurk, so I can't leave.

Myspace - Still have a profile there for my friends who don't/won't Facebook.

ping.fm - for updating all of the above. Couldn't live without it.

Shitty Blogs Club - Better than it sounds. Most of the blogs in SBC are among the most entertainig I read...when we the shitty bloggers can be bothered to blog, anyway.

Ravelry - for the knitting

socialmedian - Imports shared Google Reader items, and feeds into the tumblr.

Tumblr - Gathers up various feeds of stuff I bookmark, post, like, whatever. The tumblr feed is then put into the blog sidebar (see it down there?) and a tab on Facebook.

Goodreads - Keeping track of books I read. Because I have no memory. Also integrated with blog sidebar and Facebook.

Heavy as Hell - All things metal! The site owners are made of awesome.

Bucket of Hate - All things hatey! Another awesome network creator.


Still seems like a lot. But it is set up so that one click on my toolbar will send whatever I want to the right service, which will feed it to another place, and so on, and so on...

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