12 Seconds TV
I saw this network on TweetDeck, and decided since TweetDeck in itself was not an actual network, this would be perfect for my second review of the week.
It's icon is simply the number 12. So when I clicked on the link after deciding to test it, I had no idea it would redirect me to a video site. I did feel a little flush in the face after realizing that testing this site would include me uploading videos, some which would have to be of me, but being a committed person I moved forward anyhow.
What is 12 Seconds TV? 12 Seconds TV is a social network site, where you can upload videos up to 12 seconds in length. The sign up process is quite simple, and the site runs bug free.
There is an option to link your account to a Facebook page, Twitter, and Flixwagon. If you choose to do so, your videos will automatically be posted to those accounts.
You can comment on other's videos, reply to them with your own video (if you computer has an included camera), and "bump" videos you like.
Other users can be easily found, and added to your network.
You can upload a video 1 of 3 ways.
Record it live with a web cam:
My laptop has a built in camera, so for me this was quite easy. 12 second TV detected the visual and audio, checked to make sure that's what I wanted to use, and I was ready to record. I pressed record, and afterwards was able review it and choose whether to post, or redo. NOTE: Before posting, ADD A TITLE. This is the only chance you have to do so. At least that I could find.
Upload a prerecorded video from your computer:
Although this process is also quite easy, it can take a little time to upload your files. I was a little confused here at first, because after you choose your file, an X is displayed where the Browse button was. I thought my file wasn't working, but I was wrong. When you see the pink X, it is ready for you to hit the Upload and Post Video button.
Send a video from your mobile phone:
Tried this this morning. It is quite easy, simply send a video text message to your personal 12 second TV number, including the + sign between the 12 and your code. The video uploads within a minute.
They also have applications you can add to your phone, but I did not choose to test any of these.
All-in-all 12Seconds.TV was a fun sight. If you choose to join, you can befriend me here: AllSurreal's Channel
Life is All Surreal.
MJB
Tweetdeck
TweetDeck.
TweetDeck is a pretty handy tool. In short, It's a program you download, that notifies and displays updates from your Myspace, Facebook, (multiple)twitter, and 12 Seconds TV. accounts.
Also, you can update all these sites at once, on one submission form. I very much liked TweetDeck, but as it is a beta, it does have a few quirks, namely, it misses the occasional update. I will continue to use this, and believe it will improve with age.
Find me here: on Twitter and Facebook, or just search allsurreal. 12 Seconds TV
Life is All Surreal.
MJB
TweetDeck is a pretty handy tool. In short, It's a program you download, that notifies and displays updates from your Myspace, Facebook, (multiple)twitter, and 12 Seconds TV. accounts.
Also, you can update all these sites at once, on one submission form. I very much liked TweetDeck, but as it is a beta, it does have a few quirks, namely, it misses the occasional update. I will continue to use this, and believe it will improve with age.
Find me here: on Twitter and Facebook, or just search allsurreal. 12 Seconds TV
Life is All Surreal.
MJB
Yardbarker
Yardbarker:
Yardbarker, in short, is an online community and forum where people discuss sports, and can view recent news on sports. To all of you sports fans, I apologize. Although I love to play sports, very seldom do I watch them, so I probably didn't explore this site to the fullest.
In the Yardbarker forums, you can post feeds, and comment on others' posts. Although I did not take part in this; it is a platform I am familiar with it from ArcheryTalk, where I commonly linger, due to my business.
Then there are videos, called YBtv . This appears to be sports videos, and of course the ever popular women in bikinis on video. Forgive me for my satire.
You can also find famous athletes' blogs on the Yardbarker blog page. And when writing about sports, you have the choice to do so in the forums, or on your own personal Yardbarker blog - which is coming soon as noted on the help page.
Each member has a home page which can be customized to a small degree. You can easily add to your social network by becoming fans of other members.
Communication is also easily done, via private message, or, on the public forums. You can search Yardbarker via teams, or type of sport.
Additionally - Top Stories and Your News Feed are displayed on Yardbarker's home page - which you are directed to firstly. You can add your favorite teams and sports to your live feed, which is a very handy tool as far as keeping up on their most recent news.
Though there are several technical issues that need to be addressed, such as: Windows that can only partly be viewed, and broken input fields. Still it seems Yardbarker is working out the kinks, and all-in-all, I think it is a great tool for an avid sports fan.
If you become a member you can find me at allsurreal .
Life is All Surreal.
MJB
Yardbarker, in short, is an online community and forum where people discuss sports, and can view recent news on sports. To all of you sports fans, I apologize. Although I love to play sports, very seldom do I watch them, so I probably didn't explore this site to the fullest.
In the Yardbarker forums, you can post feeds, and comment on others' posts. Although I did not take part in this; it is a platform I am familiar with it from ArcheryTalk, where I commonly linger, due to my business.
Then there are videos, called YBtv . This appears to be sports videos, and of course the ever popular women in bikinis on video. Forgive me for my satire.
You can also find famous athletes' blogs on the Yardbarker blog page. And when writing about sports, you have the choice to do so in the forums, or on your own personal Yardbarker blog - which is coming soon as noted on the help page.
Each member has a home page which can be customized to a small degree. You can easily add to your social network by becoming fans of other members.
Communication is also easily done, via private message, or, on the public forums. You can search Yardbarker via teams, or type of sport.
Additionally - Top Stories and Your News Feed are displayed on Yardbarker's home page - which you are directed to firstly. You can add your favorite teams and sports to your live feed, which is a very handy tool as far as keeping up on their most recent news.
Though there are several technical issues that need to be addressed, such as: Windows that can only partly be viewed, and broken input fields. Still it seems Yardbarker is working out the kinks, and all-in-all, I think it is a great tool for an avid sports fan.
If you become a member you can find me at allsurreal .
Life is All Surreal.
MJB
Social Network Experiment
I have decided to spend a portion of my time this year, and devote it to curiosity.
Since beginning to blog a couple of months back, I've noticed all these little icons people use to share things they like on the web with others.
Just look at the bottom of this blurb, see that peculiar little button down there that says more ? Click on it. What are those?
Links I'm assuming to other social network site's that I've never heard of. I am amazed by how many there are, and just as curiosity killed the cat, I can't live with out knowing what's so great about these sites.
I have decided I am going to choose one or two of these networks each week, sign up and see how it works. Although it probably won't kill me, I'm sure I'll kill alot of time doing it. In short, I intend to know, and share what these things are, and how they work.
The benefits? Well other people, who like me, once were clueless, won't have to waste their time figuring out these sites for themselves. Every week I will include in my post, what sites I've tried that week, along with the lowdown on how they work, and what they're all about.
No I don't expect to become an expert in a week, but I hopefully will be much more educated about each site than I was, and out of the dark enough to enlighten you just a little about what I've seen.
Life is All Surreal.
MJB
Since beginning to blog a couple of months back, I've noticed all these little icons people use to share things they like on the web with others.
Just look at the bottom of this blurb, see that peculiar little button down there that says more ? Click on it. What are those?
Links I'm assuming to other social network site's that I've never heard of. I am amazed by how many there are, and just as curiosity killed the cat, I can't live with out knowing what's so great about these sites.
I have decided I am going to choose one or two of these networks each week, sign up and see how it works. Although it probably won't kill me, I'm sure I'll kill alot of time doing it. In short, I intend to know, and share what these things are, and how they work.
The benefits? Well other people, who like me, once were clueless, won't have to waste their time figuring out these sites for themselves. Every week I will include in my post, what sites I've tried that week, along with the lowdown on how they work, and what they're all about.
No I don't expect to become an expert in a week, but I hopefully will be much more educated about each site than I was, and out of the dark enough to enlighten you just a little about what I've seen.
Life is All Surreal.
MJB
Reddit
I wish I could shower them with praise, but as hard as I tried to like their site, it just didn't suit me.
Reddit, is much like the site Digg. It's an online news feed where people submit news, pictures, and stories, can comment on friends subscriptions, and vote for their favorites. There is a lot of crude language and humor, and appears to be no censorship. And although most of it does not offend me, I know many people whom it would.
The top stories often carry a title similar to this: If I am convicted of posessing over 30 grams of pot I am uneligible for food stamps for the rest of my life, but a convicted murderer is eligible. Which to me isn't top news, but I guess to each his own. They even have a category labeled WTF . Maybe that stands for "Where there's fun" but last I checked? It had quite another meaning.
If all this floats your boat, great, sign up for Reddit and enjoy. Look me up, here: allsurreal. Be warned, though, I won't be posting anything. After the first day using Reddit, I got an error page with every attempted submission. And although I contacted them twice asking for help? Never did they reply.
In Conclusion: Reddit is a social news feed, with a lot of crudeness, kinks, and a very poor "help" department. Not my favorite, but now your informed and can make that decision on your own.
Life is All Surreal.
MJB
I wish I could shower them with praise, but as hard as I tried to like their site, it just didn't suit me.
Reddit, is much like the site Digg. It's an online news feed where people submit news, pictures, and stories, can comment on friends subscriptions, and vote for their favorites. There is a lot of crude language and humor, and appears to be no censorship. And although most of it does not offend me, I know many people whom it would.
The top stories often carry a title similar to this: If I am convicted of posessing over 30 grams of pot I am uneligible for food stamps for the rest of my life, but a convicted murderer is eligible. Which to me isn't top news, but I guess to each his own. They even have a category labeled WTF . Maybe that stands for "Where there's fun" but last I checked? It had quite another meaning.
If all this floats your boat, great, sign up for Reddit and enjoy. Look me up, here: allsurreal. Be warned, though, I won't be posting anything. After the first day using Reddit, I got an error page with every attempted submission. And although I contacted them twice asking for help? Never did they reply.
In Conclusion: Reddit is a social news feed, with a lot of crudeness, kinks, and a very poor "help" department. Not my favorite, but now your informed and can make that decision on your own.
Life is All Surreal.
MJB
Digg
Digg
On Facebook? Great, the sign up process for Digg will be a piece of cake. You can link it directly to your Facebook account, and skip most of the questions. It will even search your Facebook friends and add them to your list of Digg friends.
Through this linking process I realized that the majority of my friends are as un-technological as me. Out of my over 140 Facebook friends, only 1 was on Digg. Ouch! But now, you Facebook users, may have to join me.
The name Digg I'm guessing comes from that slang term "I dig it". There are no facts supporting that, just good ol' MJB logic. Take it or leave it, but that is exactly what Digg is. Which is why I think Digg and Stumble go hand and hand. See something on stumble you like? Digg it. And when you do, it will even ask if you want to link it to your facebook profile.
Note to Facebook friends. All those weird or funny articles I've been linking to. You guessed it, I Stumbled them and then Digged them. Or was that Dugg them?
Digg though, is about News, Videos, and Images. If you click on one of those links, you can dig (yes the cheesy pun is intended) through recent articles that other Diggers have Dugg okay, I'll stop with the puns now.
Sign up, submit your first article, picture, or video, and you'll feel like a journalist submitting your first story to the editor. Digg checks for duplicates, and if none are found, it asks you for a short summary describing what you are submitting. If you want others to read it, use something catchy like "Dog Walks on Moon" Or if your just digging it to store it on the web for your self, add a label here so you remember what it is you've submitted.
When I look at my homepage on Digg, I know there is so much more, but remember I never stated I would be an expert on these sites, just a little more enlightened than before. The light may be dim, but if you want to see more, check it out yourself at http://digg.com/ .
Overal Digg was okay, I'll probably keep my acct, but will us it very little. Stumble I loved, and give a 5-star thumbs up! I hope to see some of you find me on these sights. Just look for allsurreal, and add me to your network.
Life is All Surreal.
MJB
On Facebook? Great, the sign up process for Digg will be a piece of cake. You can link it directly to your Facebook account, and skip most of the questions. It will even search your Facebook friends and add them to your list of Digg friends.
Through this linking process I realized that the majority of my friends are as un-technological as me. Out of my over 140 Facebook friends, only 1 was on Digg. Ouch! But now, you Facebook users, may have to join me.
The name Digg I'm guessing comes from that slang term "I dig it". There are no facts supporting that, just good ol' MJB logic. Take it or leave it, but that is exactly what Digg is. Which is why I think Digg and Stumble go hand and hand. See something on stumble you like? Digg it. And when you do, it will even ask if you want to link it to your facebook profile.
Note to Facebook friends. All those weird or funny articles I've been linking to. You guessed it, I Stumbled them and then Digged them. Or was that Dugg them?
Digg though, is about News, Videos, and Images. If you click on one of those links, you can dig (yes the cheesy pun is intended) through recent articles that other Diggers have Dugg okay, I'll stop with the puns now.
Sign up, submit your first article, picture, or video, and you'll feel like a journalist submitting your first story to the editor. Digg checks for duplicates, and if none are found, it asks you for a short summary describing what you are submitting. If you want others to read it, use something catchy like "Dog Walks on Moon" Or if your just digging it to store it on the web for your self, add a label here so you remember what it is you've submitted.
When I look at my homepage on Digg, I know there is so much more, but remember I never stated I would be an expert on these sites, just a little more enlightened than before. The light may be dim, but if you want to see more, check it out yourself at http://digg.com/ .
Overal Digg was okay, I'll probably keep my acct, but will us it very little. Stumble I loved, and give a 5-star thumbs up! I hope to see some of you find me on these sights. Just look for allsurreal, and add me to your network.
Life is All Surreal.
MJB
Buzz
Buzz
Buzz is a news feed site affiliated with Yahoo. If you have a Yahoo account, you can sign up. Then you are able to submit news stories you find online, comment on other stories, and "Buzz up" or "Buzz down" stories that other people have submitted.
You can easily find friends that are using Buzz, who are contacts in your current email account. Or you can add other people to your network, if you are interested in the stories they have submitted. Their stories will then be added to your news feed.
Of all the news feed sites I've tried so far, Buzz looks the most professional, and I didn't find any technical difficulties. The biggest downfall to me was that I had to sign up for a Yahoo account, which meant setting up a new "yahoo" email. Something I had absolutely no need for, except to try out Buzz.
The one thing I liked about the Yahoo account was that you could link many other online accounts to it, and your updates show on your Profile page.
Overall my thoughts about Buzz are. If you already have a Yahoo account, and you're thinking about joining an online network with a news feed, Buzz is great! If you sign up, you can find me at All Surreal.
Life is All Surreal.
MJB
Buzz is a news feed site affiliated with Yahoo. If you have a Yahoo account, you can sign up. Then you are able to submit news stories you find online, comment on other stories, and "Buzz up" or "Buzz down" stories that other people have submitted.
You can easily find friends that are using Buzz, who are contacts in your current email account. Or you can add other people to your network, if you are interested in the stories they have submitted. Their stories will then be added to your news feed.
Of all the news feed sites I've tried so far, Buzz looks the most professional, and I didn't find any technical difficulties. The biggest downfall to me was that I had to sign up for a Yahoo account, which meant setting up a new "yahoo" email. Something I had absolutely no need for, except to try out Buzz.
The one thing I liked about the Yahoo account was that you could link many other online accounts to it, and your updates show on your Profile page.
Overall my thoughts about Buzz are. If you already have a Yahoo account, and you're thinking about joining an online network with a news feed, Buzz is great! If you sign up, you can find me at All Surreal.
Life is All Surreal.
MJB
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