twitter

while i don't use twitter i can see the value in it when used appropriately. it's another potentially great path to find information. even though tweets are so small they provide the ability to link to web pages with further information and are a quick way of collecting updates on things one might be interested in. oddly only 10% of the tweeters produce 90% of the tweets. while i think this isn't something that will change too much it is still see it as a viable forum for information gathering... at least until something new comes along.

library thing

i found it relatively straightforward. i can see using it as a tool to keep track of books i enjoyed as well as a way of finding new books from other lists. i really like the idea.

productivity tools

i can see free tools particularly those being offered from google replacing microsoft. google is slowly but surely expanding into all sorts of different aspects of our lives. they are always coming up with ways to inflitrate our computer usage - blogging software, productivitiy tools, rss readers etc. that they can't help but eventually bypass microsoft.

you tube/flicker

there is good content on both sites but you do have to search around for it. it's not too bad in it's usablility but there are some aspects of it that are a little bit difficult to find without some guidance. because it's all user generated there is some amazing stuff and some totally lack luster stuff. overall it's great for what it's been able to provide, i like it!