Fly R/C Online - a media sharing community for R/C pilots

Social media sites are Web 2.0. You probably already spend a portion of your day immersed in these communities. Companies like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn lead the industry.  But, what is the role of social media?  The answer is simple.  That role is defined by the masses who use the site.  Members unconsciously decide what remains and what gos as they gravitate to applications designed to entertain or educate.  Sometimes both (Fly R/C Online – a media sharing community for R/C pilots – a CrazyWebFoo Design website).

Start simple. Pick 3 favorites. That’s it! Now, join each community, and pay close attention to how expertly the developers and designers guide you through the system.  The data acquisition has begun and the intelligent relationships are being plotted in the underlying RDBMS systems.

A relational database management system (RDBMS) is a database management system (DBMS) that is based on the relational model as introduced by E. F. Codd. Most popular commercial and open source databases currently in use are based on the relational model.  [source link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relational_database_management_system]

This is the part that gets me excited!  Today’s smart systems intelligently deduce relationships based on advanced database algorithms and human decision molding logic.  Developers simply work that system.  Often times pushing the limits of the hardware.  We pound the processor looking to extract meaning and relationships.  That is the essence of social media, and with the proliferation of netbooks and smart phones, expect to remain fully connected going forward.

Now, we turn our focus back onto you, and begin to guide you through your new world.  We introduce you to features that will ultimately define the role of social media for you. Do you want to stay in touch with friends and family (Facebook)? Alternatively, you could introduce yourself to your professional peers with a site that leans more towards career networking (LinkedIn). Not big on commitment but willing to test the waters? Try Twitter. It’s an elegantly simple microblogging system that allows you creative expression 140 characters at a time. Ultimately, you have 3 very different social media sites, all of which provide a distinctive role in the expression of information.

So, what do you think? What are some of your favorite social media sites? I’ve been using Shareaholic and StumbleUpon as part of my daily ‘info sharing’ repertoire. Good tools are nice.  Great tools are just better!  Deliver me a tool that increases my productivity, marketing effectiveness, and approachability and I will say “thank you, kind sir!”

Then we can initiate the top-secret nerd handshake sequence protocal, remotely via our smart phones.

Here at the Foo we’ve set up a private clients list. While we are mostly concerned with web design topics, we still want to stay abreast of the latest news for our clients. The list allows us to fine tune our tweet classifications. We also have a public “web design” list (http://twitter.com/crazywebfoo/clients) to see the latest tips, trends, and related articles.

Have you set up a Twitter list yet? Leave us a comment to share your lists!