3 posts tagged “vox”
OK, last I heard, Facebook was the new MySpace. At least that was what I heard.
I then go surfing last night looking for Wordpress themes for my main blog and I stumble upon Virb. I thought, cool looking site and all, but wasn't sure what it was (plus, I was just looking for Wordpress themes). I then listen to the Mac Break Weekly and find out it's the Virb that is the new MySpace. (When is Vox getting into this mix? Yeah, I suppose they're not after the MySpace crowd, but Vox is pretty cool.)
So, of course I sign up. Not much there yet, but it's pretty cool and customizable as heck. Very Web 2.0. There's a good slant on music, photos and videos there. The basic design is clean, but like I mentioned, you can customize the style through WYSIWYG interface or through stylesheets and more. Pretty straightforward stuff. Give it a twirl.
What is your browser's default home page set to?
Submitted by Kelev T. Cat.
Currently, it is set to my web site - Janella.com I think it's going to be changing soon, since I'm not going to be maintaining that site any longer. Hmmm....what should I have as my home page now? Vox, perhaps?
Alternate Title: Simplifying My Social (Networking) Life
It looks as if the big web hosting move is done. I've managed to clean up 1.5 GB of data on the old service, cutting it down to a clean and manageable 512 MB of space on my new web host, TextDrive. I'll need to manage my space to keep under the 1 GiB. The limit will keep me clean.
Doing the move also made me realize I am so spread out in the social network stuff. I enjoy the following sites, as of late, so I think they will stay i the rotation:
- Flickr - I just love photography, and the social aspect Flickr brings to photography has help me grow. The users also constantly inspire me to take more photos.
- Vox - Flickr is to photography as Vox is to blogging, at least to me. I have been able to read a tremendous amount of talented writing this past month I've been on Vox. I only wish more of my friends and family would accept invitations I send them.
- Last.fm - This site and service has opened me up to other music artists that I had not discovered or that I would not enjoy.
- Yelp - Whenever I'm unsure of where to eat, Yelp has always pointed the way. I need to contribute more to this site that has given me so many new places to eat.
- Janella.com - I still will post, though less frequently, to the web site that started it all for me. I think I'll be trying more HTML / CSS / whatever-language-you-choose on the site, but I don't think I will every abandon the site.
- Linkedin - You never know when you or someone you know is looking for another job.
What falls by the wayside?
- Mog - They tried to be a competing service to Last.fm. But slight slowness and the lack of anything different has left indifferent to their offerings.
- Yahoo! 360 - The promising power of Yahoo! But for some reason, follow-up features are lacking. Adding a RSS feed from Janella.com is the only thing keeping this blog updated.
- 43 Things - A list of things to do that I never completed. I'm not too good with lists.
- LiveJournal - Besides keeping up with my friends on LiveJournal, my blog there has only served as a mirroring service to Janella.com. I think posting the same content to one blog is enough, right?
I'm sure I have signed up for some other services, but I can't remember any of them right now. I know there is a MySpace, a Friendster, and Multiply account out there some where. I'm glad they are all free. Imagine paying for all of those services I don't use.
