Becoming even more networked

[rhu]

I've succumbed to peer pressure and joined Facebook. I think this url will take you to my profile page if you want to "befriend" me there.

I've succumbed to my data-management urges and signed up for LibraryThing. I have not yet started entering my books in earnest, so this is just a start....

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[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Apparently you have to join Facebook to see the page. Oh well.

And listing all your books is a cool idea, but I shudder to think how long that would take... I think we've gained another 20 or 30 books so far this month, for the awards S. coordinates.

[530nm330hz.livejournal.com]

Apparently you have to join Facebook to see the page.

Yeah. I listed it because I know that a lot of people who read my blog already have Facebook accounts and it seemed like the most efficient way to reëstablish my LJ network over there.

listing all your books is a cool idea, but I shudder to think how long that would take

It will be a long process, no doubt. The CueCat makes it much faster, though. And it would probably also be pretty efficient to work in pairs, with one person with a phone in intercom mode upstairs, reading off ISBNs, while someone else is at the computer keyboarding them.

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

The books are everywhere (bwah ha ha), but working in a team sounds like the way to go.

[abbasegal.livejournal.com]

What a coincidence. I also just joined facebook last week. I am admittedly impressed -- I've already managed to get back in touch with a couple of people whom I haven't been in contact with for probably 15 years!

In many ways it is similar to LJ, but it emphasizes using real names, so they correspondingly have a stricter access mechanism (as vettecat alludes to), but it also makes it easier to track down people whom you know.

Granted, LinkedIn is similar, and a little more "professionally" oriented, so in theory it should be able to do the same things. (And I did reconnect with a couple of people on LinkedIn, too).