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I downloaded Object Dock for my work computer and I have to say I am a believer. This is one of the best web 2.0 programs I have ever used. Object dock is basically a program for shortcuts. It doesn’t sound that impressive but let me explain.

• First lets compair to Del.icio.us. A greast website, that I use daily. (for those of you unfamiliar with Del.icio.us, it is a social bookmark website. Wikipedia has a great explanation.) But this isn’t just for website shortcuts, ObjectDock is on your desktop and can be used very well for shortcuts to websites you check daily. (My list of Internet shortcuts is Briancarl.com, Digg.com, and of course Del.icio.us, which honesty i visit more than the last two.)
• Then the next obvious comparison is the Mac. It looks like a Mac and feels like a Mac, but with all the positives of using a PC. The big difference here is that you can use ObjectDock to link to your programs on your hard-drive. (I link to Word, Photoshop, My Documents, plus others) You can even have it run on the bottom of your screen and have the Windows Start bar hide and this will completely replace it. (although I would not recommend this)
• The biggest plus not listed on here is that Object Dock can be made to hide when it is not in use and then show up when you hover. I use mine on the right side of my screen and when the time comes hover it and it pops out no problem so I don’t have to minimize everything I am running so that I can open something new.
• One of the most important feature of any applicatio, the interface. ObjectDock has such a clear and very customizable interface. You can download new skins, but ObjectDock comes with great options as is. (I use Glass Vista) The best feature of the skins is that you can make them transparent. My good friend Carter (who turned me onto ObjectDock) doesn’t even know what skin he uses anymore, because he has it fully transparent.
• Last but not least the internet shortcuts that we talked about earlier will open in a new tab if you are using Firefox.

Summary download ObjectDock

P.S. That is my cat on the background of my desktop. No I don’t think that it is girly to do that.

As you can tell Google Adsense on my site. The inner page Adsense I have up now i think is annoying and will leave shortly, but the Adsense on the right , which is on all the pages, seems okay. I’m sure there is another way to do the comment one if need be.

Any-who Just so everyone knows I in no way think this website will make money from ads or even wish to attempt that. This is really just a learning site for me before diving into other Internet adventures.

Regardless I think my next adventure in web is going to be to start an online book club. The basis is simple really, just a web page and a book a month and then try get people to post with me on the book. The problem I am facing now is how specific of a theme do I want and then after figuring that out, what to name it. Any input would be appreciated. Also for this site I am toying with using an Amazon affiliates account. From there I am also wondering if i should go with straight referral or do a store, but that is not here nor there. I need a site before discussing that. As this progresses I am sure you will get continuous updates here.

From then I am not sure either. I want to start a real blog, but I am not sure on what. This is just sort of random thoughts that pop into my head. As you can tell from there I just blog a few lines. Oddly enough this is probably the largest post I have made. (Thats what she said {doesn’t make sence})