I love the idea of widgets- there are so many cool ones to choose from and you can design your own too if you have something more specific in mind. From what it looks like, you don't need to be really knowledgeable about technology in order to do it either, which is nice for people like me! I had no idea embedding would be as simple as it is- really not sure why I haven't gotten into any of this stuff sooner.
I used to have a Facebook account when I was in college and it was first starting out. It was a great way to keep in touch with people- regardless of whether they're ones I didn't see often or ones I talked to every day. Through facebook I never created any new relationships with people I didn't know already. On the other hand, I post to a message board for fans of my favorite soap opera- kind of silly, I know, but it's nice to discuss it with other people that are big fans and watch every day like I do! While I wouldn't consider any of the other people on there close friends, I feel like I've gotten to know some of them at least a little over the time that I've been posting. I can see how over a long period of time, relationships like those can become pretty meaningful, but I don't think they can ever replace face-to-face contact.
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The day of the earthquake in Haiti, a high school friend of mine who lives on the other side of the state entered in Facebook that she just returned from Haiti the night before. It was strange to read about a "great trip" prior to the news of the quake and to see many smiling faces of children she worked with. Then only a few hours later, I was reading her thoughts on the disaster that she missed by a day.
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