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Making my virtual world smaller

Friday February 01, 2008 at 10:06 AM

I was surfing the information super, super highway this morning when I had a thought. For the millions or billions of pages on the interweb, I probably really only need a few. I came to this idea after reading this article about "stuff" which I found through this interesting music blog.

I've also found myself going to Wikipedia a lot more lately. Not because I'm itching to learn about things you'd find in a typical encyclopedia, but more because if I am not looking to purchase something, consume media like pictures, video, and audio, or actually interact with people/things, Wikipedia often gives me the best information and it is very comprehensive even on things as small as a band's album. 

Anyway, here is my short list of sites I'd like to frequent. The rest of my internetly posessions will get tossed away. It doesn't mean I won't stop by your favorite sites and admire your internet, but I don't want mine to be so cluttered anymore. Can you recommend anything I'm missing? 

 

Wikipedia: I am looking for information about something 

Indaba: I am looking to interact with people and media related to music. 

Google: I know exactly what I'm looking for but not exactly what I want back or I want a bunch of different options relating to what I'm looking for. 

Facebook: I'm looking for information about someone I know, or someone I don't. 

YouTube: If I want to see videos. 

Amazon.com: I want to buy new things

eBay: I want to buy used things 

Climate Culture: You haven't heard of this one yet, but it is where I will soon manage my impact on the environment and really understand what's going on with the climate change.

Pandora: I don't feel like sifting through my music to find something or I am looking for new music

Flickr: I want to see friends photos or photos by other great photographers. 

What am I missing? 

 

1 Comment:
David Garrison said:
Friday February 01, 2008 at 12:30 PM

As long as we're plugging sites/services, Remede Naturopathics (www.remedenaturopathics.com), a high-quality clinic for natural medicine frequented by a lot of artists and musicians. Has a page, "About Natural Medicine" that offers a few of alternative medicine resources. It'll be expanding later this year to include more info, both on resources and conditions.

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