Tuesday, February 17, 2009

I found my soulmate!

Well, social bookmarking soulmate, but a soulmate nonetheless. I met her on de.li.cious.com. Claire Drinkwater is a mother in the UK. She has over 70 tags and over 350 bookmarks. Each tag is organized by most popular. The one tag with the most hits is "parenting." Go figure. I was drawn to her because her bookmarks dealt with the growth and development of children. It is clear that she is from the UK and bases all her opinions and gathers all her bookmarks from British, Scottish, or even Spanish websites and blogs. However, this does not matter to me because we both advocate for the protection of a child's innocence. I can tell that she looks up particular sites that are for her own personal interest as well as for her children. Yo Gabba Gabba is a very popular show that introduces babies and toddlers to techno, European music. She has many bookmarks and tags (24 to be exact) that relate to this television show. I had never thought to search a specific children's program before, but this might be a great way to gather more followers and more knowledge on protecting children's television programming. I had no idea how many mommy (or in her case "mum") blogs there were in the world wide web. Geezlouise, there's a large parenting network out there! The only reason I speant any extended amount of time on them was because some touch lightly on the issues of television for children in their families. My soulmate's most common bookmarks relate to parenting, the environment (going green), and surprisingly, Yo Gabba Gabba. In fact, I am starting to think this woman works for the show itself. Wouldn't that be great? I would have an inside correspondent into the minds of the creators of an actual kid's tv show! Wow! What makes me most happy is that Claire Drinkwater seems like a normal person with a very basic knowledge of the internet. I like this because it demonstrates how easy social bookmarking is becoming as well as how the internet is more convenient for the average individual, even a parent. I am not the most tech savvy but as I journey on with my blog, I am discovering more ways to gather information and to learn about other people interested in my field of study. I hope I find more social bookmarking soulmates, and I also hope that others out there find me through my tags! Let's keep social networking going folks!

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