Tagging

Del.icio.us, Technorati, and LibraryThing I had heard of before but didn't really understand how they worked or how to use them. I had a tagging epiphany when I realized I could tag my LibraryThing collection. Right now I have a book that I write down titles of books I've read or I'd like to read. I started it when I worked at the library because I couldn't possibly read all of the books I checked out but I wanted to refer back to them if needed. I tried to organize the titles by subject or genre (dream house, children's, etc.) but quickly got into the cataloger's dilemna of one book-one place. Now I can catalog my one book in multiple places by tagging it with multiple subjects!

Frenz

Making friends on MySpace is confusing.... do I click on the "Invite" tab? or the "friend requests" box? I've used MySpace before and it just doesn't get any easier. The comparison that teens use MySpace like we use the telephone for communication was effective.

I've used other social networking sites more successfully - Goodreads.com for sharing books among friends and Linkedin.com is one my fellow students at the iSchool are going to try to use to keep in touch after we all graduate.