Monday, July 21, 2008

Me.Dium

https://me.dium.com/
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Surfing the web can be a solitary pursuit. Sure you have Messenger and e-mails popping up from friends, but it is not quite like hanging out, sharing a joke with a mate about something you have seen ... or is it?
For an increasing number of people that is exactly what surfing the web is about. I am hooked on Me.Diam - that is Medium to its friends - and if you are the sociable type, I think you will be too.
Click the three dots in the centre of the screen to learn more.
There are three panels of reasons to use this software, each of which invite you to sign-up and download at the end - rather annoyingly you have to use the back button if you want to read all three before taking the plunge.
That said, I was sold on the idea pretty quickly, so signed-up and then downloaded the plug-in.
You will need to tell your browser the Medium site may edit your settings, but the website even steps you through that before the download.
After restarting your browser the plug-in will display a people map in the sidebar - just use the view menu to switch that back to history or bookmarks if you want to.
There is so much you can do with this panel. If you invite friends to the network you can see when they are online, what pages they are surfing, and you can even jump onto the same page and send them a chat message about it.
You can also make friends with new people by making your presence public.

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