I don’t know if anyone else has noticed, but the Internet is a mess. It’s full of stuff!

As I’m trying to regain some control over my virtual life, I’ve found some useful tools for doing so I wanted to share.

Flock is a “social web browser” – that is, you can log into your Faceook or MySpace account and have your friends available in the sidebar. But that’s only the beginning: web-mail, bookmarking sites, bloghosts like LiveJournal and Blogger, and media sites like Photobucket and YouTube also “plug in” to Flock.

Twitter^ is great for those bits not long enough for a blog post. If you also use Facebook, you can add the Twitter application and have Twitter update your Facebook status.

Digsby^ is a multi-platform chat client for Yahoo!, AOL, MSN, ICQ, Facebook, MySpace, GoogleTalk, Jabber … You can also create a chat widget for blogs or websites right from the application (you don’t have to go to the Digsby site).

Last but not least is Netvibes^ to bring it all together. I have Netvibes set as my Flock homepage, and the Twitter widget on the start page. There are plenty of premade modules one can add for newsfeeds, games, and more, or you can add your own content with handy HTML modules. And because it’s saved online, you can access your start page from any computer with Internet access. You can see what I’ve done with mine at www.wildaspie.com^ and www.wildaspie.net^.

Mood:

Determined

It’s been quite a week … But on the up side, I have gotten some organization in my online doings.

1. Twitter: I added a Twitter feed widget to the right sidebar here. You can follow me^ (caliedo) on Twitter.
2. Digsby: I added a Digsby chat client widget to the left sidebar. You can use it to chat with me right from this blog.
3. I redirected wildaspie.net^ to my Netvibes “universe.” I have a Digsby widget and Twitter feed there too.
4. I redirected wildaspie.com^ to Netvibes as well: check out my Zazzle and Cafe Press shops.
5. I added a Digsby widget to my LJ^ – and although I hadn’t been posting there much lately, I will be again, so interested parties are encouraged to comment there to be added to my “friends” list, as most of the entries are filtered (not public).
6. I made some new mood icons.

Mood:

Reeling

Being shaken does not, however, change the fundamental nature of the kaleidoscope. It remains overall as it was, and part of its fundamental nature is its purpose: change.

More at my LJ^.

Mood:

Shock

The Wild Aspie needs your help!

I need to raise $300 to cover my deductible for oral surgery to have a wisdom tooth extracted. I’m not very good as asking for help and I hate asking for money, but I have set up a PayPal donation button … Better still, check out my Zazzle shop and consider buying yourself a spiffy, Wild Aspie original T-shirt, and I’ll be able to apply my little commission from the sale toward my surgery.

Thanks!