Things 10 and 11 reflecting on social networking mainly

I can see that it would be useful to have a mentor in life. But I'm not motivated enough to get one! Next!

Back  on more comfortable ground...social networking.  Here is where Facebook is really handy for communities.  For example, there's a group of volunteers who do conservation work on the hill opposite my house.  Their FB page shows how their work is improving the conservation and facilities on the hill.  I haven't seen a slowworm for decades, but there's a great photo of one found on the hill and now I can't wait to go and find one!  I like being able to share my own pictures and reflections.    Also Bridport has an active twitter community and I have been to one of their "tweet ups" at a cafe so I do recognise the people I'm following.

Not sure I like the terminlogy "lurk".  Are we all lurkers now..?  Discuss...

What's going on..? Thing 4

One of the best tips I got from Phil Bradley about how to keep track of what's going on is to use netvibes.  It does make life so much easier.  I can see at a glance my Twitter feed, Facebook updates, email, the weather, time the International Space Station is visible from my house and other essentials.  Netvibes uses RSS feeds to update the content...RSS feeds are not very interesting in themselves.  The "dashboard" is so handy because I do not need to waste time logging in to FB, yahoo, Twitter individually in order to see the latest update.  I do go into the websites if I need to see more detail or create a new post, but not every day.

There are some very keen Twitter users in Bridport where I live. I attended a meet-up in a local restaurant so I can put a face to some of the Twitter names.  I moved here relatively recently so the goings-on reported by the local Twitterers are of interest to me and I feel more part of the community.  I follow about the same number of people as follow me - I can't remember what that signifies...