Connections
I used to be a big fan of ICQ (and, to a lesser extent, the other IM services).
But at some point, I dropped all of them because most of the people I wanted to keep up with had stopped using 'em, and because I wasn't spending much time chatting on the net (better to do that at the pubs).
Lately, though, I've actually needed to contact some people via IM, so I fired up trillian tonight.
At which point, I figured out that several groups/people in various services have added me to their lists (including ObjectivistOutcasts -- I can feel the love!). Kinda weird to be popular without even knowing it. Woo hoo.
Oh, and I ran across Andrew on icq, who pointed me to Friendster, another social networking tool (like LJ without the bothersome blogging).
I feel so connected at the moment that I forgot what I was actually going to work on accomplishing tonight. :)
[Posted at 20:57 CST on 04/23/03] [Link]