Squidoo Lens

Squidoo--what is it? According to its creators, most of us are overwhelmed by what we see on the web, which they believe may desensitize us from taking action because it takes us so long to poke around and become informed. So their alternative is Squidoo, where one can peruse groups and look at lens that are created by people who are interested/passionate about a particular topic enough to pull resources on that topic onto one page or lens. It is interactive because other people can chime in on what they think on the topic and the lens itself, and Squidoo even mentions that people may get paid for the recommendations they provide on materials purchased by others. I have no idea yet how that works. My basic frustration is that at school the computers are so slow that Squidoo does not inform me, it frustrates me as I try to narrow my search of its lens and groups. I haven't looked at it enough to know if I think I would use it all the time. I think it could be fun to spend time in some of the groups, but I would probably just put the links into delicious and use them from there or a favorites page. If I am missing something here, and anyone actually reads my blog and cares to share it with me, I would appreciate it. So far, here's what I have found:

I spent some time exploring Squidoo and the lens related to parenting and children. Here are some of the ones that I thought would be appropriate to mention on my blog:

1. Tips for Teens on MySpace http://www.squidoo.com/TipsforTeensonMySpace/. This lens seemed worthwhile to me--informative and well-planned.
2. Children's Books http://www.squidoo.com/groups/childrensbooks
3. Children's Authors and Illustrators http://www.squidoo.com/groups/childrensauthors
4. The Wonder of Girls http://www.squidoo.com/groups/girls. This is a moderated group that focuses on lens celebrating raising strong, healthy daughters.

There were several others that interested me as well, but after looking through them, the quality of the lens varies so much, I am not sure that I would want to spend hours searching through them. Apparently, if you go to www.squidoomadeeasy.com you can get free help on becoming a "Master Lensmaster".

I think I will peruse this sparingly!