This day I love.......: application

Have you heard about Social Blog stalking? In fact the Social blog stalking app? No? Well read on...

NuffnangX is, in their own words, a Social blog stalking app. It allows users to receive updates on their mobiles and tablets as they happen from their favourite blogs.

The app its self is very easy to use. Sign up is free and its free to download. Once installed and logged in, if you own a blog you can claim that blog as your own. Its very easy to do simply select claim your blog in the drop down list under your log in name. Once claimed you can customise your own NuffnangX blog profile, engage in conversations and keep up to date with NuffnangX developments.

You can find blogs you follow in the search box by either using full URL or section of their name. I have had a couple of problems with the search box. I tried to find my friends blog http://theoliversmadhouse.wordpress.com, I could not remember the URL and forgot about the word the, so typed in oliversmadhouse and it said no results found. I then typed theoliversmadhouse and it found the link. You need to therefore search for the whole blog name or URL and it must be exact else it cannot find blogs. Once found select Follow. This adds the blog into your following feed. Now whenever posts occur they will show up on your mobile or tablet device in your feed. Great for keeping up to date with all the blogs you follow in one place even when out and about.

As a new blogger I find this great because I can keep on track with the latest blog posts from those I have started to follow, I can easily add to the list of blogs I am following and my email inbox is not filling up. I can read posts whilst out on my mobile quickly as they are all in one place.

Another great feature I like is the recommended section. NuffnangX recommends blogs based on certain categories I.e. Parenting, Geek, Gaming, film and tv and provides a selection of blogs from around the world. You see a quick screen shot and a brief description of the blog and are able to choose if you want to follow it or look further at it via its link.

A further handy feature is the conversations section. This is like leaving an email for the blog owner, so if I liked a post I could start a NuffnangX conversation. If the blog has Conversations integrated then these will be posted onto the blog itself, like leaving comments in the conventional way. The advantage is that is can be done from a mobile device, which was previously quite tricky to do. The aim behind conversations is as it would suggest is to create better conversations between blog and reader.

I tried to integrate conversations into thisdayilove, however when I did so all previous blog posts disappeared, not great. NuffnangX assures me this should not happen and previous posts should remain. I have reported it and the development team are great constantly wanting to improve the app and its functionality.

So although this app is still in its infancy and has a few teething bugs I believe its worthwhile signing up for now. The development team are great and friendly to approach with any issues. Its free to download and join and it provides convenience to keep on track with the blogs you follow, or if you like social stalking!

[I am still adding blogs into follow list, so if you don't see yours there I am sorry I have not forgotten I will be adding you shortly]

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I have family all over the world and also all over the UK. Family is very important to me and I would love to see more of them and they want to see more of the girls growing up. This often involves lengthy emails with pictures attached or pictures shared on other social networking platforms. I am careful however about the pictures I place on these and its not the same as having an album to store all our pictures and videos of the girls as they grow up that family and close friends can view.

23Snaps is a private social networking tool which lets you capture, cherish and share the special moments in your child's life. I was particularly excited to use this as, as previously mentioned, it would be great to share our photos and videos with our widely spread family.

The application is free to download which is a great bonus and currently available for iPhone and iPad with the Android app due for release next week. There is also the online web version which is again free to use.

One of the features that I particularly like is that you create each of your children their own page. On this page you can look at photos or videos, which are displayed in pin style, in chronological order. You are able to enter a text update, so for example when they take their first steps or their first tooth can be recorded. The thing I really like within this is the function to enter a measurement such as height or weight. I'm often asked how much did she weigh when she was 6 months and now I can find out.

The app is smart enough to work out each child's age to month and day and so when a photo is entered it displays this data along with the date on each picture. You are therefore able to create for each of your own children a personalised story of their childhood. Family and close friends can comment on your pictures enabling a sense of 'being there' even when far away.

This functionality alone is brilliant; my family can see at a glance all the key milestones of my children's development and see how they are growing. There is no more guessing how old was she at Christmas, at what age did she take her first step, its all there for us to see at a glance.

I found the application very easy to navigate through and easy to use. There is a news feed which shows as it would suggest a collection of what has happened, again in chronological order. It was great to see the removal of duplication as I could enter my husband and the application records him as my partner, enabling us both to edit our children's pages. You also have the option of viewing the news feed in calender mode, so if like me you have taken a picture of your children almost every day, you can see throughout the month how they have changed.

I absolutely love this application my family have already started using it and there is not much more I can say about it other than to try it yourself, its free and its a fantastic way to cherish those moments that go all too quickly.

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