Thursday, April 12, 2012

Thing # 19

I'm a member of a very few online communities. Some of them I consider to be very private communities, made up of only trusted friends and friends of those trusted friends. Some of them are very, very public -- like YouTube. I like being connected to people, especially my friends.  I like being able to communicate with them even if they're in Mississippi for work or I'm in Tullahoma for training. My friends are very important to me, a kind of second family, so being able to take them where ever I go is liking be able to take the best parts of home with me.

I use IMDB all the time, but mainly for trivia purposes. The other week a friend was telling me how she didn't like Julia Roberts but there was one movie she had been in that she really liked. IMDB came out on the phone and we both looked through her credits until she realized she really did like Julia Roberts, it was Nicole Kidman she had a problem with.

Occasionally I go on last.fm, but I've tended to use Pandora more specifically to avoid the social, online community of last.fm. Sometimes I want to just listen to music without reading other people's opinions on this thirty second of the song. Saying that, I do like how other people can recommend bands that I might like.

I will definitely use What's On My Bookshelf and goodreads. I love reading so having access to communities where I can trade/receive books and also get good recommendations is so great. As soon as I get this posted I will probably spend a good amount of time exploring these sites tonight.

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