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I'm not sure how useful this Vox space is going to be. I was finally able to upload my old blog's posts. (Couldn't remember my old Blogger ID). I'm not sure how usable Vox is though. I don't want to have to 'live' entirely within one tool. I use a lot of the same tools as this guy. My new favorite is Tumblr (here's mine: pabstbluerobot). But I 'live' on my MacBook using real apps: NetNewsWire (RSS), Pukka (del.iciou.us), iTunes (sent to Last.FM, MusicMobs, and iLike), and iPhoto (Flickr). I've also tried a few catalog solutions, too, like Delicious Library and the 'Pedia apps by Bruji. If I already spend 10% of my time managing these things, why would I bother re-doing this in Vox?

I guess this blog will be more of an experiment with how to better represent a subdued, organized version of my digital life, while pabstbluerobot will be the stream-of-consciousness version. I have a feeling PBR will be more fun, as it's pretty easy to add things to it; although it is a pain to move a site from NetNewsWire's browser into Safari before running the Tumblr bookmarklet. Tumblr just posted an API, so maybe this'll change soon.

I think maybe Vox would be good for me if I actually had friends to have a 'social network' with. But that's the suck with these things - you can only be friends with me if you're on the same network as me. So if Suzy does Friendster, Bobby does LinkedIn, and I want to be friends with both of em, I have to join and maintain additional profiles. Really suck...

There has been some work on the outside about an abstraction layer over these social networks, allowing people to interact between networks. I'll have to keep up with this.