Finding Your Digital Tribe

May, 2008

 

handshake photo: http://flickr.com/photos/9619972@N08/1350940605/

 

What are some of the ways of "being" in a digital world?

 

My friend Nandini Dutta belongs to the tribe of intrepid chefs who are interested in learning about food from cultures other than their own. I am going to help her find her digital tribe. Whether you want to help or just follow along, the action is over on the RPS MOODLE course site, Finding Your Digital Tribe.

 

Listservs (Search for a listserv here: http://www.lsoft.com/lists/list_q.html

       Here are the listservs I found: EAT-L@LISTSERV.VT.EDU (500 subscribers, recipe exchange) and

 

Google Groups & Yahoo Groups

    Google Group search: http://groups.google.com/

    Yahoo! Group search: http://groups.yahoo.com/

          http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Asiancuisine/

 

(http://www.chrisbrogan.com/yahoogroups-vs-google-groups/)

 

Websites

 I use "Scroogle" as my search engine; most people use Google. To find this website I used the terms "international cooking":

       http://www.internationalrecipes.net/recipes/

epicurious' international pages: http://www.epicurious.com/recipesmenus/global/recipes?mbid=RF

a site I found using the search terms "fusion recipes"

       http://www.grouprecipes.com/

another site that a friend recommends: http://www.elise.com/recipes/

 

http://food.alltop.com/

 

Blogs

          http://foodandspice.blogspot.com/

 

          http://hunnypatch.blogspot.com/

 

          http://www.flanboyanteats.com/

 

          http://customcom.typepad.com/gastrokid/

 

          http://www.blogtoplist.com/food-drink/ (blog directory)

 

    blogrolls

    comments

Wikis

Slideshares

Flickr

del.icio.us

LinkedIn (Common Craft explanation is here: http://www.commoncraft.com/linkedin)

Facebook

MySpace

 

BBC's recipes: http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/

 

Food-specific social networking sites: http://www.go2web20.net/

 

 

Twitter

MeetUp - http://www.vimeo.com/1149158?pg=embed&sec=1149158

 

Video: 

http://www.videojug.com/tag/food-recipes

 

Some possible resources:

 

Fabulous Google Guide: http://www.googleguide.com/

 

http://www.metafilter.com/tags/

 

http://www.fanlib.com/

 

http://www.techsavvyed.net/?p=447

 

http://www.slideshare.net/

 

Are any of your friends using Flickr?  Here's how to find out: http://flickrfriends.tinnedfruit.com/

 

http://www.slideshare.net/ewan.mcintosh/unleasing-the-tribe

 

for fun: http://www.predictify.com/index.aspx

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