Didn't we already do this one? In Online Productivity? Thing ? Anyway, I use Google as my home page and I now have Pandagirl as my theme. I use Google because most anything I use is from Google including my email, rss reader, blog platform, and I've always kind of liked their search engine (maybe you've used it?). It's just been so easy for me to customize my stuff through Google that I haven't felt the need to do anything else. This exercise helped me realize that it was unnecessary to switch and that one of the best things about going with a very popular platform was that the chances for updates and support are pretty good.
On my page I have my Gmail, Google Reader, local weather, BBC, top national news and quote of the day. I know I have the option for multiple "folders," so I could have more than one customized home page tabbed on this page. I've tried that, but found that it was just too much. I like how incredibly easy it is to change things on this page and I like how my email and rss are right there, because those are the things that I really care about. I toyed with the idea of adding some sort of twitter or facebook notification gadget, but then realized that email notification for this sort of thing is fine with me, someone who barely dabbles.
On my page I have my Gmail, Google Reader, local weather, BBC, top national news and quote of the day. I know I have the option for multiple "folders," so I could have more than one customized home page tabbed on this page. I've tried that, but found that it was just too much. I like how incredibly easy it is to change things on this page and I like how my email and rss are right there, because those are the things that I really care about. I toyed with the idea of adding some sort of twitter or facebook notification gadget, but then realized that email notification for this sort of thing is fine with me, someone who barely dabbles.
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