Once I was introduced to the world of Web 2.0 I couldn’t stop.
I got a random email about a Firefox Add-on called “Stumble Upon”. I thought it would just be a kind of dumb link aggregator – a way of discovering the next dumb YouTube video or gimmick website. The idea behind Stumble Upon is that you will never actually go out and find all the amazing websites and resources that pertain to your interests and hobbies yourself. You depend on friends for that. Stumble Upon replaces your friends quite handily by surveying some of your interests – there are over a hundred specific categories to choose from in music, sports, news, technology, careers, and hobbies – and creating a toolbar at the top of your Firefox that allows you to “stumble upon” relevant, peer-tested websites.
Like cooking? Find Cooking By Numbers, a site that profiles what you have in your fridge and tells you what you can make from it. Like theoretical physics? Find TenthDimension.com and discover the meaning of dimensions 4 thru 10.
Basically, Stumble Upon is the reluctant procrastinator’s nightmare. A toolbar button just sits there at the top of my browser, begging to take me to the next life-changing website. It’s cool to use if you have downtime in the middle of a project, or if you’re sitting at your desk waiting for your life to slowly end. But don’t take my word for it! Check it out!
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