Posts Tagged “social media greatness”

I am now more than halfway through this adventure and need to break through the 50% milestone.  One  friend suggested today that the last 50 will be more difficult than the first.  I disagree as the recommendations keep pouring in despite the fact that I have no friends (outside of FB, LinkedIn, Twitter and the Arlington All-in Poker group).

So here is today’s installment (No, I didn’t have to resort to the dating sites…yet….)

Ma.gnolia – A social bookmarking site with a more pleasant user experience.

Dopplr – As a site for the “intelligent business traveller”, I figured this might be interesting.  I’ll have to try this next time I jet off to London.  This reminds me of Brightkite.

Hulu -Founded by NBC Universal and News Corp, this ad supported site helps “people find and enjoy the world’s premium video content when, where and how they want it”.  I didn’t see much that meets my tastes aside of the TV show “The Office”.  Did I stutter?

Mahalo – Claims to be a “human-powered search engine” that is spam-free.  I guess their “great links” are in the eyes of the beholder as their top three links are for swimsuit photos and Grand Theft Auto cheats.

Mixx – Yet another social news/tagging/bookmarking site.

Reddit -See Mixx.

Spock – It claims to be “world’s leading people search engine”.  I recall getting an invitation from a friend years ago for this site.  Given I already have LinkedIn and Plaxo, I’m not sure why I need another site like this.

Socialthing -Yet another aggregator/status updater.  They just added a bunch of new services (10 in total) but it still doesn’t have the reach of others (see Hellotxt and Ping.fm).  I do like the fact that you can vote on the next sites they will add to the Lifestream.  I’m just not sure if this will dislodge HelloTxt from the top of my aggregator/updater list.

Second life -I will avoid the obvious joke about having no life so I have to go to this site to get one.

Sons of Sam Horn -As lifelong Red Sox fan, I am very familiar with this site.

Tumblr -A large-print blogging with with templates and easy RSS handling.

Threadless -The community chooses t-shirt designs.  The business supports the artists who create them.  New shirts arrive every week.  I could use some of these threads to increase my coolness factor.

YouTube -Where to go to view a vintage SNL Alex Trebek skit or random embarrassing video.  I need to update the Tangy channel.

Total Sites: 58 down, 42 to go.

That’s all for now.  Keep those recommendations coming and don’t forget to checkout my Brackett Elementary School PTO fundraiser page.

Progress: 16 sites. Man, this is a slow process. At least my cat is now a social media star now too.

Recent nominations from friends:

Dogster: For the love of the dog. I do like dogs but I have a house full of kids right now. We dog sit for my neighbor’s dog sometimes. Does that count? I think it does!

Catster: OK, I added our family cat for my kids. I figured they would enjoy it. No paw mail yet:-(

Trig.com: It’s all about self-expression. They say they are for the “regular joe”… hey, I’m a regular joe! OK, It’s been a while since I starred in a local rock band (OK, I played for one summer with the band Heretix, I went back to college, they became local heroes and well, here I am). I did once have one of those cool 80’s Duran Duran haircuts (good thing we didn’t have Facebook back then).

Zivity (beta): Not sure I’m ready to join beauty revolution. Also , my career a fashion photographer was short lived. Sorry, I’m going to pass here.

OK. Onward and upward. Tomorrow is another day.

There is a social media site for virtually anything you can imagine. After a recent conversation with limeduck about staking claim to your digital brand, I decided to test his premise Morgan Spurlock style. For the next 30 days, I will explore the impact of living the social media dream.

Here are my rules of engagement:

1. Sign up for as many social media sites as possible.

2. Register for each as Tangyslice, a middle aged man desperately seeking social media coolness.

3. Place a link or badge on my personal blog for each new site I join.

4. Solicit site suggestions from friends and colleagues. I can be reached at tangy [at] tangyslice dot com (or @tangyslice if you prefer Twitter) if you have any suggestions.

5. Blog frequently about the experience.

To make this more than just another inane attempt at online greatness, I will be raising money for my kids’ elementary school through the Brackett School PTA in Arlington MA. I am personally pledging $1 for every registration and hope that others will support my cause on my online fundraising page.

I am setting my goal for 100 sites.

Wish me luck.