Post #4 - Social Networking

When I first read about what our blog assignment was, two phrases popped out at me. These two phrases were “social networking” and “professional development”. I knew what both phrases meant, but what I never thought about was how they can work together. Professional development refers to the skills and knowledge a person can obtain that are applicable to personal life and advancing careers. Social networking is a web 2.0 tool that can be very helpful with progressing your professional development. My last blog was written on a web 2.0 tool that I found which was new to me. Although that tool does not relate to professional development or social networking, I found it on a great website that had many tools to share!

The first social networking tool that I found was: DocStoc
The website is: http://www.go2web20.net/app/?a=Docstoc

DocStoc is a free online document exchange database and social networking site. It allows users to store, search and share any type of document. These documents can be anything from Word, Excel, pdfs or PowerPoints. It is a similar website to Flickr.com for posting pictures and YouTube.com for posting videos. On this site not only are users able to post their own documents, but they are able to categorize and use other documents that have been posted.

The second social networking too that I found was: Stickapps
The website is: http://www.stickapps.com/

Stickapps is a web 2.0 tool that provides instant messenger and chat room solutions for a plethora of online communities. It has a variety of options to choose from regarding what type of online communication you wish to use. All applications are web cam accessible too. They are customizable and easy to use. With this tool, you are able to widen your social network and also hold conferences online with colleagues or friends.

The final social networking tool that I came across was: ooVoo
The website is: http://www.oovoo.com/

ooVoo is a video chat application. It is similar to Skype and iChat except better! On ooVoo a person can chat with up to six different people. All you need is a web came and a microphone to participate. Not only can you talk in real time with people in many countries, but you can also leave video messages and video call recordings. Video chatting is the future and ooVoo is just one more application that is easily available on the internet.