Thing #16

I chose to play with the Pageflakes start page. It had some useful sections already like weather, facebook and some youtube videos. It was super easy to take off the things I didn't want there. However, I really don't see myself using something like this. I usually don't get on Facebook much, but when I do, I want to look at the whole thing, not just a snip-it. Same goes for the weather. I'd rather go to a real weather site. I don't feel inconvenienced at all by having to type a few words and press enter a few times to go where I want to. I can wait the extra 10 seconds and not have clutter on my start page.

I made a to-do-list at Ta da list. I really don't think it's that useful because I have to be online to do it. If I think of something quick, I put it in my phone. Otherwise, I write actual notes to myself.

An online calendar would be just as useless to me for the same reasons. I have a school email account that updates my school calendar with pertinent information. I use my phone calendar for other things. Kiko no longer exists, Backpack you have to pay to use. I looked around the Yahoo Calendar site, but like I said, I have no use for it.

Sorry to be so negative, these tools just aren't for me. I suppose if someone liked putting their reminders online instead of having them at their desk whenever they need them, I would tell them about these sites. But I have no use for them.