These days my laptop web browser is a sea of clutter - at least that's what my wife says.
See, I've recently uploaded the Flock 2.0 browser on my system to test it out. Personally, I quite like the one-stop service provided by this browser, where I can find all on one common page my favourite social media applications like Facebook, Twitter, Blogger and others. What's cool about this amalgamation of services is that Flock automatically tracks and updates the latest entries and statuses of my network of friends, from their latest tweets, Facebook entries to photos and more.
I also like the centralized RSS 'dumping area,'
as I call it, which syndicates news and updates from all my favorite sources to make it really convenient for my reading.
But brace yourself. It is information overload because you'ew going to have an ongoing stream of fresh updates all shouting for your attention at once. That's why my wife hasn't exactly fallen head over heels for the browser.
For me, as it is right now, I'm still fiddling with it and trying to see if I can adapt to it, and get it to adapt to my networking and communication habits. For example, I manage a blog on Weebly, but at this point in time, Flock more readily supports platforms like Blogger, Blogsome, LiveJournal, Typepad, Wordpress.com and Xanga. I'm trying to figure out how to configure Weebly to my Flock browser tghrough the 'self-hosted blog' function.
Other than that, I guess it's a matter of developing a habit of sussing out just the information I want without being bothered by the rest of the media and information streams. I hope that with time, I'll move past the phase of distraction to optimized performance.
My gauge of Flock 2.0 right now is that it may serve as a good platform for PR and communication professionals to operate from, since it pulls together some of the most common networking applications into one common space. And I think that as we get better at harnessing its synchronization, it'll make communication more fulfilling and liberating experience.
Well, let's see how that turns out.
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Daniel SeetDaniel is a student with Emerson College's Communication Management program. He is a recent convert to the world of PR2.0 and hopes to start a dialogue to broaden his, and other's, understanding of this subject. ArchivesCategories
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