Ning

Firstly, I feel like I have usernames and passwords comign out of my ears! Despite trying to keep them all the same for CCL Learn stuff I seem to have managed to amass a pile of different ones, I think I have done well to not forget any so far! Thank goodness for the 'I have forgotten my password' button though, I'm sure it will come in handy at some stage!
Secondly, have just gotten back from Sydney and the lack of sleep (combined with time difference) is making me feel jetlagged, so my comments on Ning probably do not make much sense, getting the typing correct is enough of a challenge at the moment! Having said that, I have enjoyed joining 2 Ning networks, thanks Marie and Jane for the invites and Marie for setting up our group one. As far as I can tell in the small amount of adding and exploring I have done, they seem very similar to Facebook, with the difference being they are created around a topic/theme of interest, rather than general social networking. I think this would be great if you have a particular interest, although for keeping in touch with friends Facebook seems more suitable to me (this is probably also because the majority of my friends are on Facebook and getting eveyrone to join Ning would be too much effort).
Now I am off to try and search Ning for networks on particular topics, wish me luck!