What the “Flock” is this?

An article by Darin Wagner    No Comments

In February of 2008, I attended PETE&C (Pennsylvania Educational Technology Expo and Conference) in Hershey, PA. One of the sessions that caught my attention was presented by Dr. Chris Penny. I had attended a few of his sessions in previous years and was sure that this one would be just as valuable as the previous ones. I was not disappointed. It was here that I was introduced to Flock, a new social web browser.

According to the web site, “Flock is focused on fundamentally evolving the browser, bringing a refreshing new approach to how people use and participate on the web and simplifying social and web-based applications by bringing them one step closer to the user and integrating them directly into the browser. When using Flock, people can easily discover, access, create and share videos, photos, blogs, feeds and comments across social communities, media providers, and popular websites.”

Though I have only touched a small part of the software, I am really impressed with the potential. For example, I am currently using the Blog Post feature to write this entry. I used the Web Clipboard to grab the quote above from the Flock web site – both tools that are built into the application. While this is happening, I am logged into Twitter, approving Friend requests on Diigo, and listening to my station on Jango. All these social network sites combined in one location. I love it!

Blogged with the Flock Browser