Getting started

Alright- first thing I did was create an account at the first round of sites I thought would be relevant in my quest to integrate with the online world:

Twitter
AdGabber
Reddit
Technorati
LinkedIn
Digg
revver.com
de.licious
Google.com
blogger.com
MySpace- already had this one, but wanted to list
Facebook- already had this one, but wanted to list
Teachertube
Tubemogul- I upload a lot of videos for work, this sites uploads to these sites:
yahoo
aol
Veoh
Sclipo
Howcast
5Min
Graspr
Blip
YouTube

Next I'm going to learn how to use each one and do a helpful list of what each one is for and any challenges or neat things I took away from them. I might have to do a post per a site... that's probably the best way to tackle it... but we'll see.

I'm learnin that web 2.0 thang

Alright- so I was in the Navy and basically "at sea" from 1998-2003 and got behind on that whole internet thing.

Don't get me wrong- I've used it. I email, I shop, I've even ordered pizza on it. But all those crazy tools where you link to people and track what they're doing, or digg articles and stuff you like, or tweet about what you're doing- I'm not really up to speed.

So, I work in market communications and media relations at Texas Instruments- and to be competitive in my job, I really need to be up on the latest online trends. So here's my mission:

Step 1) start a blog
Step 2) try out every online tool- actually "Master" every online tool
Step 3) blog about it so maybe others can use what I've learned and save some time