It's Good to be Brown » Web 2.0 http://geoffabrown.com Geoff Brown's thoughts on Family, Work and Hobbies Sat, 26 Jun 2010 06:03:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Flock it to Me! http://geoffabrown.com/2009/04/29/flock-it-to-me/ http://geoffabrown.com/2009/04/29/flock-it-to-me/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 06:58:10 +0000 admin http://geoffabrown.com/?p=65 I know I’m probably a year behind on this one, but wow am I having fun with the Flock browser.  In fact, this blog post comes directly from the social sidebar where I can access all of my social networks & media while I browse the web.  If you haven’t seen it, go immediately over to Flock, The Social Web Browser! and give it a test drive. 

The single-most time-saving feature thus far of the Flock browser, for me, is the quick RSS Feed subscription button.  I use Google Reader and in any other browser,  I have to click the RSS feed, then a Google page comes up asking me if I want to add it to iGoogle or my Google Reader.  For me, the answer is always Google Reader.  This takes about 3 clicks (because I like to set the feed into a category) and about 1 minute.  With Flock, once I setup my reader preferences, all I have to do is click the oragnge RSS icon in the address bar and I’m subscribed.  It’s so much faster! 

I’m also quite fond of the real-time status updates from Twitter & Facebook that flow nicely into the social sidebar.  Now my attention deficit disorder will be constantly soothed by a streaming flow of random distraction.  Aaaah, the feeds. 

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Floatin’

Flock is based on the Mozilla framework, so if you use Firefox and just have to have those plug-ins, you’re in luck.  The Flock browser will automatically import most of your settings, plug-ins, bookmarks, Greasemonkey scripts, etc… 

What the Flock are you waiting for?  Flocking do it already!

Blogged with the Flock Browser
]]> http://geoffabrown.com/2009/04/29/flock-it-to-me/feed/ 1 Twenty-Six Twitter Tools To Track Tweets http://geoffabrown.com/2009/02/10/twenty-six-twitter-tools-to-track-tweets/ http://geoffabrown.com/2009/02/10/twenty-six-twitter-tools-to-track-tweets/#comments Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:46:00 +0000 geoffabrown http://geoffabrown.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/twenty-six-twitter-tools-to-track-tweets/ As is becoming painfully obvious to my co-workers, friends, family, and anyone within a 15 foot radius of this Twitter-holic…I have a HEALTHY obsession. These two articles, written by David Erickson and Brian Solis are great resources to get you entirely up to speed on Twitter. Would you believe that there are already rules and etiquette surrounding the 140 character micro blogging tool?

Twenty-Six Twitter Tools To Track Tweets

Finding the Tweet Spot – Top Tips for Building Twitter Relationships

]]> http://geoffabrown.com/2009/02/10/twenty-six-twitter-tools-to-track-tweets/feed/ 0 35+ Sites Made for Web Savvy Families http://geoffabrown.com/2008/11/03/35-sites-made-for-web-savvy-families/ http://geoffabrown.com/2008/11/03/35-sites-made-for-web-savvy-families/#comments Mon, 03 Nov 2008 04:48:00 +0000 geoffabrown http://geoffabrown.wordpress.com/2008/11/03/35-sites-made-for-web-savvy-families/ This list just came to me via Twitter from Mashable:
35+ Sites Made for Web Savvy Families

I haven’t had a chance to click through to all of them yet, but I’m surprised to find that we’re not using any of them…yet.

Here’s how we do things:
Calendar – Google Calendar
Photos – Picassa & Ofoto
Videos – Nothing yet…pile of DV tapes.
Finances – BofA, Excel
Family Communication – Email, Vonage, Skype
Family Tree – Family Tree Maker

Nothing shocking here…

We did, however, do a stint with: http://www.trixietracker.com/ on our firstborn to track feedings, sleep, bm, etc… It was amazing! Graphs, iPhone App, everything a stathead could want for tracking his baby.

BabyCenter.com is also great! Even for a dad…

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