This "thing" is asking me to create an iGoogle profile and customize it--I'm pretty sure that this service has been replaced with Google's attempts to compete with Facebook and it is now Google +, which I joined and my brother added me to his account within seconds (I guess I now know how to best communicate with him). I think I will stick with Facebook for now to communicate with most people because not many of my friends have Google +. I added a picture and some information to my profile on Google + however, and perhaps more people will add me in the coming days. I will explore Google + further in the next couple of weeks--now that Facebook has incorporated many of Google +'s changes into its site, Google+ seems less relevant. One of the most important differences between Facebook and Google+ when it first came out was that it allowed you to create groups of people and make information available to only certain groups of people (including pictures, status updates, etc.).
Addendum: iGoogle does still exist--its a homepage for your Google account. I changed the arrangement of my gadgets on my iGoogle page and also added a gadget for Google calendar.
Have you joined Google +? How do you like it? How does it compare with Facebook in your opinion?
For my online productivity tool, I tried out Remember the Milk, which is a listmaking tool. It allows you to connect with your Google account and allows Android and Iphone users to add lists from their phones. I created a list of things that I need to do before the end of the semester! After looking at it, I'm super stressed about all I need to do for the rest of the semester; I don't know how useful it is to create online lists for things I need to do in the course of my study. I can see how it would be very useful for people trying to create grocery lists that they can then get from their phone how it would be very useful. I just like being able to scribble out things that I've accomplished over the semester.
Also, have you tried Remember the Milk or other listmaking tools? How do you like those? What uses do you think they would have for libraries?
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