Thing Eleven

I spent some time getting acquainted with Digg, Mixx, etc., and realized that, while I won't personally use them, it's good to know what tools are out there and how to use them. I also played around some with StumbleUpon.

Here's my take on them: I don't see a use for them in my personal or professional life, nor can I figure out how a library would use them. I'm not interested in reading random stuff that any random person can put up on a site. I get my news in the usual places like local newspaper, cnn.com and from items sent to me by people I know and who know me and what I'd like. So much of the stuff at these sites is simply useless information that I really don't have any interest in. And besides, how much "news" does one person really need? If you aren't careful, you can spend every waking moment in front of a computer screen getting informed. Don't get me wrong; I love my computer. But I also like living life instead of just reading about it.