Cider apple
Originally uploaded by Mexicanwave.
I've always really enjoyed research, particularly hunting for information on the web. But the fruits of my labor has gotten so much richer with the integration of social networking tools, particularly social bookmarking services. I used to just google it, but not any longer. I've added wandering through delicious.
A waste of time you say? I say ha!
I've always found great stuff by following this little trick. Look at the bookmarks of folks who first tagged an item that is popular. I also look at the bookmarks of first taggers of resources that I find particularly useful.
First taggers tend to be mavens. Yes, skeptics - I do sometimes come across some folks who just happen to be in an earlier time zone - like GMT - and have crappy bookmark collections. But not all the time.
Today's harvest yieled this gorgeous apple photo take by Steve Bridger and his blog - NFP2 - How Not- for- Profits can Benefit from blogs and social media.
I found it by tagging something I thought was interesting to nonprofit technology and I was the second person to do so. The first was Steve.
And, then I noticed his flickr photos -- and you should definitely view these wonderful compositions.
And to bring this full circle, we spent Sunday Apple picking with Mongkol, one of the Cambodian bloggers who is here in the US in a Fullbright Scholarship. Check out our apple picking flickr photos.
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