Tech Trek Catch-Up: Quests 6-9

Banned Books Trading Card, originally uploaded by my_book_house.

This my official Tech Trek Progress Log.
Quest 6: Part 1 - I am now, quite frankly, a Del.icio.us crazy, mad taggin' fool. I also have a Library Thing, with a badge posted in the sidebar. I think that key thing about using the Del.icio.us tags is not to use too many. I was using every possible tag for stuff at the start and now I think it might be better to just use fewer tags. For example, the tags "blog", "blogs", and "blogging" could be represented by any one of these tags and used consistently for greater effectiveness.
Part 2 - I have used Technorati and it is really interesting but I think for personal use, I like Mashable better. Technorati seems offer more in the way of information about other blogs/sites linking to yours and sites that are "hot". I tried Technorati with MySpace and it did not work. I couldn't get the MySpace page to link up with the Technorati account. Technorati worked well with Blogger. I guess I like Mashable better because I am more interested in a way to organize my social networking accounts than feedback on whether anyone is looking at them.
Quest 7: I am a Flickr nut. End of story. (See trading card above.)

Quest 8: Social networking is fun. I have a MySpace and now I have Facebook. MySpace is sort of like the mall or the fair where everyone is hanging out, people watching. Facebook is more personal and more about relationships with people you actually know. I like the freakiness and diversity of MySpace and friending other librarians, libraries, and authors. Facebook is good, too. I like the "message wall" and the minimalist design, which doesn't distract from the purpose of Facebook; connecting with people you know (or that know people you know).

Quest 9: I am in the process of creating an anime/manga wiki (with lots of help from Amanda Holling, at Main), CCPLotaku. Staff interested in anime and manga are welcome to join this wiki. Just send me an e-mail and I will send you the password. I am really not sure where I am going with this or where it will end up. Basically, I just want to learn more about manga, anime, and Japanese culture. The biggest thing about setting up the wiki has been the fact that the layout is different from other sites where I have accounts. The multiple pages of the wiki have been a little bit of a challenge and negotiating them has been the biggest thing that I have had to figure out. The fact that I selected an "educational" type wiki at first was also an issue. I had to write the PBwiki folks and get it changed by them. The PBwiki FAQs and forums are very helpful, though, and seem to answer a lot of common questions.