This was almost "The One" (Thing 28)

A "Customized Home Page" is totally what I need (and want!).


I keep getting disappointed in these networking tools - finding more and more of them - and I'm sure that most of them are fabulous in their own right - but while adding a slightly different twist, none of them have made me drool with anticipation. This one has me drooling... but is just short of satisfying.


I tried Page Flakes and I tried iGoogle - and both of them (and probably others) gave me a taste of what I am really looking for in a "Customized Home Page." I want a place to tie all my networks together. These pages in theory are designed to do it!

Unfortunately some of the Web 2.0 and networking tools that I use don't mesh together on one of these pages like I really wanted to do. I started trying this out with just a few tools that I use frequently. I couldn't find a gadget for Shelfari and I have multiple e-mail accounts to stay connected personally and professionally. The pages just can't handle having multiple e-mail accounts displaying at the same time, unless they all happen to be with different hosts (ie. hotmail, gmail, yahoo, live, etc.). If anyone tell me what I am missing, I would be eternally grateful to your cleverness.

It has been convenient to keep my many e-mail addresses under one roof (ie. the same e-mail host) - that is too my detriment in trying to create a customized page that will give me a screenshot with access to all my networking accounts and tools. Argh!