Exactly.

• If I don’t get a tan soon…
  Yesterday my long-awated book about sunshine was published

• Sunshine is a dark read | Metro.co.uk
  Books: Robert Mighall traces the enduring association between sunshine and happiness that has its roots in pagan equinox celebrations.

• Inside the Medieval Mind
  Inside the Medieval Mind - Robert Bartlett examines the way we thought during Medieval times. As the Middle Ages wore on, a world which previously seemed enchanted became a place to be mastered.
  (tags: BBC medieval)

• Soocial • Hassle-free contacts
  Looks interesting…
  (tags: social)

• Hotel California, Barcelona
  (tags: hotel barcelona hotelcalifornia)

• Get your sunshine here!
  Fed up with repeated bad summers? Still outraged, and craving sunshine after the washout of 2007? Hoping this summer will be better? Don’t just hope: do something about it.
  (tags: sunshine weather)

• Books: Oi! Are you looking for trouser trouble, mate? | Independent on Sunday, The | Find Articles at BNET.com
  Books: Oi! Are you looking for trouser trouble, mate? from Independent on Sunday, The in News provided free by Find Articles.

• Cross publish to Twitter, Pownce, Jaiku etc.
  (tags: twitter, pownce, jaiku)

• Joikuspot convrt GPRS connection to wifi hotspt
  (tags: joikuspot wifi gprs)

• xFruits - Compose your information system
  With xFruits, mix and make delicious mixtures of feeds for blog, mobile and startpage.

• NewsGang Items
  The Gang evolves. . .
  (tags: gang gillmor news)

• Hoosgot Send your wishes and desires out into the ether.

• The Nick Reynolds Show 36 « The Nick Reynolds Show
  Welcome to a very special show this week celebrating the arrival of a totally new concept in music distribution. All this week’s tracks come from a new record label and website called rcrdlbl.com - where all the music is free and legal to listen to and
  (tags: music independent podsafe rcrdlbl.com)

• The Nick Reynolds Show 35 « The Nick Reynolds Show
  Another five great tracks for you including the bizarrely spelt hollAnd, 310 and the legendary Thurston Moore.
  (tags: music independent podsafe ioda iodapromonet)

• The Nick Reynolds Show 34 « The Nick Reynolds Show
  A slightly belated show this week featuring the wonderful Cake, the frankly bizarre Black Moth Super Rainbow and old punks The Undertones.
  (tags: music independent podsafe ioda iodapromonet)

• Symbaloo - start simple
  (tags: startpage)

OK, so I like the idea of my social network(s) revolving around my email but one problem (among many) that needs to be solved is the issue of ‘presence’ across all email platforms. My friends are spread across Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo Mail etc. I am kind of experiencing Inbox 2.0 already in Gmail but those outside Gmail drop out of view when ideally they should be as visible as my Gmail contacts. The issue of cross-platform presence is nicely dealt with by Meebo so I’m sure it can be sorted by Gmail.

For someone like me who has conspired to run a very manageable email inbox, the idea of a social network around my email makes sense. Even more so given that I spend most of my time online inside Gmail/ GTalk and to some extent the better version of iGoogle - Netvibes. A year from now I can guarantee I will still be using my email but will I be so immersed in Facebook?

• The Nick Reynolds Show 33 « The Nick Reynolds Show
  It’s a triple-deck sandwich this week with Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, 60 Watt Kid and Stressbitch stuffed in between two thick slices of Bloc Party.
  (tags: music independent podsafe ioda iodapromonet)