Frustrating Site

I believe I have a low tolerance for sites that don't work the way I want them to. I'm not sure if everyone is like this, but if I find a site frustrating on 1st use, I'll try again. But if I find it frustrating twice, it's over. Such is my opinion of Digg.com. I set up an account and floated around trying to figure out what it was about. It didn't fit my preconceptions at first so, I logged off and tried again later. Upon second try, digg.com didn't remember me. Said I hadn't set up my account before. What's more annoying is setting up an account with digg.com takes awhile. So, no more digg. I might try another site to understand tagging, or I just might let it slide as I wrap my head around Facebook. And, god forbid, join Twitter. But from a resume perspective I think I might need to have both. Woot.

Tag, you're it.

So far, my attempt to understand tagging is failing. I joined Digg, but it didn't work the way I thought it would. I'll go back and check it out, but in the meantime, I was just "tagged" in some photos on my friend's facebook site. So the tagging concept of organizing the Internet certainly hasn't come to fruition yet. But I will continue to forge on.

In the meantime, I've become a "fan" of a few of the corporations I shop at or bank with to see how they use that status to market to me, or not. So far, nothing. Not even ING - and they specialize in online banking.

Call me confused as I count to ten and try to tag someone.

Facebook - Just getting started

Yesterday I completed my facebook profile. The site is not at all what I expected. I had always thought that it would act more like a browser window - easy to search for things you want to view/share/etc. But instead it is plainer than that and really seems to be about the people you know. What a surprise for me. Everything I read about says that Facebook is much more than conversations between friends, so my plan is to connect to companies I believe in and see how they market to me. In addition, I want to try a little marketing of my own to my Facebook contacts - but I'll probably wait at least a week.

After I feel a little more comfortable with Facebook, I want to check out Digg.com. This is because the whole tagging concept seems to have to be done through a service like Digg.com.

So, wish me luck.