Pageflakes

I dunno about anyone else, but Pageflakes is a godsend in my opinion. I’ve just been introduced to a new site called Pageflakes.com and I have to say that it has to be one of the most productive and manageable websites one could have if he/she (as I’m sure plenty of women pay attention to my site haha) was to organize all of their favorite web pages into widgets onto one simple page. Rather than reading the newspaper in the morning, I could turn on my laptop, browse the top headlines of news sites from around the world, check my Facebook (because who really has a Myspace these days?), and even critique my blog, all on one page. Oh, and did I mention that all of this was free? Because I felt that it’s so awesome, I decided to give you guys a tour of my very own page flakes.

The first part I wanted to talk about was my universal search engines, one being a blog search engine, and the other, a kind of Google search application. By entering a key word like relationships, I can zero in on the latest news dealing with that specific topic. With much of my interests in gender portrayals in the media and attraction between the sexes, it’s good to have a tool that will keep you up to date on the latest topics. The second part of my widgets deals with the mainstream media. News articles like the New York Times, The Washington Post, MSNBC, and even BBC news allow me to see the latest research articles they publish on the sexes. Although many of them are consumed with the war in the Middle East, one should not rule them out as valuable sources of information. Topics on relationships may not appear immediately on the headlines, but I guarantee you, if you do a little bit of searching, there will be the occasional article that presents statistical information as well as polls on the sexes. I also chose BBC world news as a resource because I felt that I was important to have an outside world view on my topic, that way, my findings would not be biased to one country.

The next section I dedicated my pageflakes to was my RSS feeds. It’s important for me to keep up on my blogs that I followed the first few weeks I opened up shop with a blog of my own. With this tool, I was able to reate an RSS feed for my social bookmarking soulmate “Ozonethegreat206”. I can now follow all of his bookmarking and see what articles he posts that could assist me in my field of study. A cool little feature pageflakes has allows you to add as many RSS feeds as you want. All you have to do is upload the blog’s website and presto, you now have a widget version of the blog, available for reference whenever necessary. I did this for many of the blogs I already follow and mentioned in my previous posts. And yes ladies and gentleman, as shallow as it sounds, I included the blog of your’s truly onto my page. I know, how egotistical of myself. Moving on to my other widgets, I decided that it would be important to have a couple gossip and women blogs on my page. Why, you ask? Because I feel that it is important to see from a women’s point of view what they consider as attractive, as well as how they perceive men. Gossip blogs demonstrates what the media decides to focus on. An example for this week is the Rhianna, Chris Brown scandal. Apparently, despite the beatings, she has decided to get back with him. We can also see how they felt about that decision, as the blogger claimed to be outraged, saying that it would demonstrate her acceptance of domestic abuse.

So there you have it. It’s still brand new, but over time, I’ll be smoothing it out and maybe adding a few more widgets. I’ll keep you updated on anything interesting I find on the way. Until next time, this is Stewie Griffin signing out, PEACE!!