A big aspect of my job is knowing pretty much everything there is to know about mobile phone tariffs, and it turns out there's a pretty massive community about this sort of thing on the internet. While it is totally awesome that there are domain experts on everything under the sun these days, it's pretty hard to find them all and keep track of them, so it looks like I'm going to have to join web 2.0 for real and sort my life out. First, the easy bit: getting a newsreader up and running. I've used NetNewsWire for a while, and it's awesome, but with 23 feeds running (and counting) I get at least 10 news stories an hour, which is a challenge to keep up with. This morning I had 200 unread posts to sift through. Next, Delicious and Digg. It's not easy to shift your web habits into a new format: you don't really realise how set in your ways you are until someone goes and changes them for you, or you make a concious effort to change them. For an example of that one, see the current backlash to the new Facebook. It's better, but no-one can understand that. All the consumers know is, the links have moved and they don't know where they are any more. I'm feeling the same way about using things like Delicious. Suddenly I have a new way of marking things as useful, and I know it's a good idea, but it's a little jarring to switch over to. Digg, on the other hand, is complete information overload. Suddenly I've gone from having 1 or 2 interesting leads to chase up to having pages and pages of them. It's pretty traumatic. Anyway, my Digg and Delicious links are up in the sidebar for your amusement. My Delicious profile will be largely work-based - I might make a new one for personal use if I get into it. Digg, on the other hand, is likely to remain a little bit e/n.