Sometimes it’s just fun to share cool things, but not in that “forward an email to a million people or you’ll have bad luck for 10 years” kind of way. More in the “this is totally worth 2 minutes of your time” kind of way. So, here it goes. . .

The Extraordinaires aren’t live with their service yet, but I’m intrigued enough by the idea that I’m sure I’ll sign up to see how it works when they launch. And who knows, maybe DurhamCares and the groups we work with can utilize some “mobile volunteering.”  

Mostly though, I’m enjoying the way in which I connected to them - via a blog link and a youtube video. Sure getting information this way isn’t unusual in 2008, but I graduated from Carolina just over 10 years ago without owning a computer and without having ever sent an email. I did own a mobile phone, but if memory serves me correctly it was in a giant bag, had a cord and barely fit underneath my passenger seat. There’s no question that in a short period of time we’ve totally changed many of the ways we communicate, interact and connect with one another.

So, that really begs the question about ways that we at DurhamCares communicate, interact and connect with all of our Durham neighbors right?

How can we intelligently and artfully wield the Web 2.0 tools at our disposal? Right now we’re using Facebook and this blog but we’re not really promoting ourselves yet. Regardless those are clearly the tip of the iceberg, and just like any technology if you don’t use it well it can be more of a burden than a help.

What about you - how do you connect, communicate and interact these days? Can you point us to cool things that worked for you - a video, a blog, a website, a facebook page, a twitter feed or an iPhone app? Why did it connect and why did you watch, read, surf, post, follow or download?

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