As social networks have proliferated, it’s sometimes hard to remember where one’s online identities may be found. And if you have a common name, as I do, people sometimes can’t tell which Charles Hamilton I am. (No, I’m not a rap artist!)
Thus, there are a number of sites that are intended to help put all of your online presences in one place. I’ve tried a few of these aggregators. They all have their strengths and weaknesses, so check them out, and see which options might work for you. Read the rest of this entry »
I just received a request from a client asking if there was a site where they could create a page that staff and their board members could access that easily aggregated their media clips. I thought about it for a while, considering recommending a bookmarking site like del.icio.us. The main criteria is that wherever this page was created, it should not require staff or board members to register in order to access the page.
Keeping this client request in mind, I decided to try out FirstPagr. FirstPagr describes itself this way:
… a tool to make a simple one-page website. If you are like us, you have blogs, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, StumbleUpon and so on. Make a simple introduction page with FirstPagr. Create lists, list items with links, descriptions and images, and drag and drop lists and items.
I signed up for FirstPagr and have to admit the process was a bit of a struggle because it requires OpenID.
FirstPagr’s interface is clean and simple. As you know if you’ve read any of my posts here, I’m a big fan of simple.
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Web Work 101: How To Escape The Cubicle
