Some days I feel like because I’m a librarian I’m supposed to be in love with every new website that comes down the pike.  Twine, brightkite, friendfeed, ad nauseum.  I think I offended some people by trash talking Facebook recently.

The interface makes me want to scream.  The applications make it difficult to find information in profiles.  Sending hugs and turning people into zombies is not a compelling use of my time.  In fact, I wonder what people are thinking when they engage in these activities.  I mean, these people are educated professionals with demanding jobs who find time and interest enough to pick out ‘gift’ images to embed in profiles of others.  Why?!

And so.  Now I’m trying to engage Facebook and find a way to integrate it into my life.  I do find it somewhat useful to reconnect with people I’ve not thought about for decades.  I haven’t decided that my life has improved as a result, though.  It is interesting to see what some people I only know professionally do in their real lives, but again, I’m not sure about added value.

Oddly, I really like twitter.  I like having an idea what friends and collegues are doing.  I’ve found points of collaboration and shared interests with others.  I’ve said and read some innappropriate stuff.  I like they way the UCSD/SDSC guys use it; they use twitter to meetup for drinks.

n.b.  If this post seems pointless it’s because I wrote it just to make Brandi happy.

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