As the Internet grows larger and larger, more and more opportunities for us to become involved open up, many of which are absolutely free. Here is a cursory list of the ones I am aware of. Most require little or no time passed the initial sign up stages. Many are entertaining and informative as well.
http://www.blip.tv/: "twitter" for music buffs
http://www.boxee.tv/: a very organized alternative to YouTube
http://www.blogger.com/: a blog publishing platform, and the one that supports this blog
http://www.classmates.com/: a social networking platform for catching up with your former classmates
http://www.facebook.com/: the most popular social networking tool out there
http://www.flicker.com/: a picture posting platform
www.hulu.com: watch videos, episodic television, etc.
http://www.linkedin.com/: a My Space platform for business purposes only
http://www.loopt.com/: a combination social networking platform, and location detector
http://www.myspace.com/: social networking platform, crowded with younger generations
http://www.movabletype.org/: a publishing platform for professionals
http://www.ning.com/: a customizable social platform, especially into creation of "communities"
http://www.power.com/: site that allows you to log in once and post to multiple social networking sites
http://www.qik.com/: stream and post photos from your mobile phone
http://www.shelfari.com/: post your library, and engage in discussions based on your literary preferences
http://www.squarespace.com/: a blog publishing platform
http://www.tripod.lycos.com/: a fee based blog and website publishing platform
http://www.twitter.com/: all the rage, allows you to post quick comments and follow others comments within your social circle, or anyone else with an account
http://www.typepad.com/: fee based blog publishing platform for small businesses
http://www.wikapedia.com/: a reader supported encyclopedia
http://www.wordpress.com/: publishing platform, competitor of blogger
http://www.youtube.com/: post or just watch others videos, including a huge music library
http://www.xanga.com/: a lesser used blog publishing platform
Extra credit for mobile phone users....
http://box.net: a mobile collaboration tool
http://rememberthemilk.com: a task management tool
http://evernote.com: multiple device synchronisation and storage tool
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Great list, Kimba! I have to say I'm not a big fan of the Facebooks and MySpaces, but Twitter is the most useful thing ever. I would also recommend social bookmarking sites like Delicious, Digg, and Twine. For book lovers, Shelfari's rival LibraryThing is a nice site. I really can't say enough about Twitter, though. If you're selective about who you follow, it's amazing how much you can learn. For a good chuckle, take a look at yesterday's New York Times twitter-bashing article and the hilarious parody.
Forgot to mention Twitter's search engine, and here's the corrected link to Twine (I had it wrong in my previous comment).
I am fascinated with UStream, a platform to broadcast 24/7, or start an internet show with as little as a mobile phone. Pepin could do concerts and have everyone tune in at certain times, etc.
Wow! I just looked at it. I hadn't heard of it before. Someone recently told me about TalkShoe, which I think is similar, but if I'm not mistaken it's audio only. I think it's like having your own call-in radio show. Yes, I've been trying to get Pepin to start podcasting. You too!
Darn, I did it again. Here's the corrected link to TalkShoe.
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