(This started off as a post on a friend’s wall on Facebook, and quickly got far too long to fit within that 1000 character limit, and since it’s about time I posted here…)

I’ve been getting into a lot of cool web services lately, and I think you should take a look at some of them and look at joining up if you’re not already a member.

First off, I’m in love with this video sharing site, Viddler.com, check out my profile at http://www.viddler.com/explore/josiah

Viddler has some really cool features! Highlights of what it has that other sites don’t would include (but not be limited to!):

Their great built-in record feature (You can record a video directly to the site within your browser, assuming you have a webcam attached to your computer.)

Viddler’s lack of restriction on video size/time (You can upload a video that is as long as you want and any size up to 500MB)

And then there is this amazing concept of timed tags and timed comments, which are tags or comments attached to a specific moment in any one video – really, really nifty.

I’m now a part of what is being called the Viddler Viral Team – we’re working towards creative methods for spreading the Viddler gospel – and having a great time doing it. :)

Also, I think I’ve mentioned Twitter before, but it’s really a great service (minus some recent downtime, heh.)
http://www.twitter.com/josiah

So far every friend I have sent to Twitter has said “this is stupid” but grudgingly joined and quickly become addicted, so I would recommend you try it out – it’ll be fun AND kill your productivity. :)

Another service I’ve come to love lately is Tumblr – a wonderful portal for tumblelogging – you can find my page at http://josiah.tumblr.com/

From Wikipedia:

A tumblelog is a variation of a blog, that favors short-form, mixed-media posts over the longer editorial posts frequently associated with blogging. Common post formats found on tumblelogs include links, photos, quotes, dialogues, and video. Unlike blogs, this format is frequently used to share the author’s creations, discoveries, or experiences without providing a commentary.

Tumblr makes this easy by providing great feed aggregation – essentially automatic, lazy tumblelogging by pulling what you’re already posting to other services (Mine currently pulls from this blog, my Viddler videos, my Twitter tweets, my last.fm tracks played, my flickr photos, and my ma.gnolia bookmarks) – as well as a great interface and bookmarklet for posting directly to Tumblr.

Another service I now adore is ma.gnolia – thanks Colin! I poked around with del.icio.us several months ago but couldn’t really get into it – felt awkward to use, just felt like I was wasting time with it. Enter ma.gnolia – there are so many things done right with ma.gnolia that it makes it impossible NOT to bookmark things, they just make it feel like a natural extension of reading any interesting page. (I’d say more, but Colin’s review – linked above – pretty much covers all the bases.)

You can find my ma.gnolia page at http://ma.gnolia.com/people/josgoodson

So, there ya go, a short run down of the various ways I’m spending my time online these days. :)