Thing 31: Get Organized with Plaxo

[Jamie]

Have you tried out Plaxo yet? What did you think?

[Jamie]

We should all at least find each other at Plaxo, I guess. I'm easy to find: Click "Add Contact" and then search for the email address [e-mail]

[Sandy Nicholls]

This a great site. It is easy and would be very helpful if you had to schedule a lot of appointments or had to keep track of a lot of tasks. It is easy to use and they have a how to video included. This is one site I will use. My only wish is they had an option to print out the calendar. I really love the quotes and sayings when the site is waiting to connnect-they are very funny and original.

[Jamie]

If you are having trouble adding your Ning blog RSS feed to Plaxo and having trouble, here is a workaround! (Plaxo doesn't support Ning feeds yet, apparently.)

Try running your Ning RSS feed through Yahoo! Pipes

1. Click Create a Pipe.
2. Drag the Fetch Feed option to the working area on the right.
3. Put the feed URL (from clicking the RSS link at the bottom of your Ning blog) into the box.
4. Connect the Fetch Feed to the Output box. To do that, click the Fetch Feed box, hold your mouse button down and draw/drag a line to the Output box at the bottom.
5. Click Save, and give the Pipe a name.
6. Click Run Pipe.
7. Click Publish.
8. Cick Subscribe.
9. Click the top option, Get as RSS.
10. Copy the URL from your address bar, and plug that into Plaxo.

That's a bit complex, I know, BUT at some point I'm sure that Yahoo! Pipes is going to be a discovery exercise, and you'll be a big step ahead when that happens.