Well, its almost the end of the week, and once again, I cant believe all the new things I've learned about in my classes. They have become minor addictions, growing every second. This is why it falls under the jurisdiction or filtered judgment. I choose to become addicted to these things (explained later) based off of all the ways it should save me time or better my online experience. However, I also ignore all the many ways that these new things are sucking my soul into the next realm. Hence filtered judgment.
Take my PSU017 Seminar class. During class on monday, we toured the IST building at Penn State. I was casually introduced to del.icio.us. This useful site allows you to save your favorites on their website, allowing you to have the same favorites list as long as you have an internet connection, on any computer. It is a free service I have employed and now use religiously; I highly recommend it.
RSS Feeds!! I love them. I always knew what they were, but I never used them until This week in class. What a time saver! Checking all of your news or updates to your favorite web sites in the same place is great. Google Groups? I now have two. I cant believe I ever emailed a paper to somebody. I have groups where my high school friends are posting funny pictures, music, essays, essentially anything they want for our downloading pleasure. It is a remarkable way to keep in touch that goes beyond the capabilities of facebook or myspace.
Didn't I say that all of these things were supposed to be time savers? Well, I cant keep up with all the news on the rss feeds, so Im really wasting time there reading things that I cant process as fast as they come in. That is really hard. All in all, I think Im spending 3x as much time on the internet as I did before. So much for saving time...haha