I am often amused and amazed by my wanderings on the Internet. Today I'll show you one path.

Today I logged into my Plurk account. I like Plurk. Mostly it's my more crazy friends from SL. So mostly ... it's a wild-side group. And, along the way, I've been picking up a few people that I just follow.

One person I follow is: alexdc. He teaches about social networks and posted a Plurk about the slide show he presented at SXSW 2009: Breaking News at Breakneck Speed. It is a demonstrative collection of examples of how being connected to "the collective" (my term) is the way to be in the know.

So then I noticed his slide presentation: Social Media-Q&A, tutorial, best practices, etc. One idea is to develop two consistent profile names -- one for personal and one for business. Following that idea is to allow one social network be for acquaintances, one for work, one for very close friends, etc. And I realized that I like both these ideas and might consider taking on the first one. BUT the second idea of grouping people by networks ... that one is happening naturally. My SL friends (mostly) on Plurk vs my Facebook account which is mostly "physical world" people I encounter, long time friends, and family.

This thought brought me back to my original goal ... ck the email and the social stuff ... and then onward. So I logged into Facebook. It's a mostly quiet day with the group. So far. Although ... Laurie is thrilled that Ron is returning from a 3wk round in Korea. He's with the Air Force National Guard.

One of the things I do is train Facebook regarding the ads I want to see and, Most Especially, the ads I don't want to see. Facebook actually has a thumbs up and thumbs down system that allows me to have a say. I like that. I use it. A lot.

So a facebook ad led me to: Home Photography's first online magazine at issuu.com/ (a very nice online publishing tool). It was enjoyable to read and had some helpful bits in it ... one was about tree frogs. This made me smile.

Of course, I didn't just read one "magazine" on issuu.com. I poked through several. One was a publication promoting new books from a certain publisher. I noticed the page about The Blue Handbag by Fiona Robyn. I noticed that she is a prolific blogger. I noticed a mention of a small stone. I visited. I smiled. I remembered tree frogs.

Remembering tree frogs and short thoughts together made me remember to go back and check on a little haiku I wrote last night. A little springtime celebration dance.

Enjoy have fun!