<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">There are two fun personal portal pages I’ve been playing with lately. One is <A href="http://www.google.com/ig?hl=en"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#236796">iGoogle</FONT></A>, the other is <A href="http://www.netvibes.com/"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#AC5D5B">Netvibes</FONT></A>.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><BR></SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"> You need to set up an account for both (obviously) but I found Netvibes to be the faster of the two to set up. With iGoogle, you are limited to their services (which is nothing to sneeze at, really: Gmail, google maps, et cetera). With Netvibes, you get to pull in RSS feeds from any website, plus display Flickr search results (search for “the adventurer” and you’ll see our wonderful hand model) and display any iCalendar you subscribe to - plus a whole lot more.</SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><BR></SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"> Have fun portal-ing!</SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><BR></SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"> Many thanks to Katie Vale of DUE’s </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://web.mit.edu/due/OEIT.html"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#AC5D5B">Office of Educational Innovation and Technology (OEIT)</FONT></A> and Jeff Reed from IS&T’s <A href="http://web.mit.edu/ist/dcad/"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#236796">Departmental Consulting and Applications Development (DCAD)</FONT></A> for this post idea. :)</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><BR></SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"> Remember to visit </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://webpub.mit.edu/"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#AC5D5B">webpub.mit.edu</FONT></A> to comment on this post. Commenting is easy - anyone with certificate access can login!</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">see you 'round the net,</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Lisa</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><BR></SPAN><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>Lisa C. Mayer</DIV><DIV>Web and Database Consultant, DCAD</DIV><DIV>Information Services and Technology (IS&T)</DIV><DIV>Massachusetts Institute of Technology</DIV><DIV>Room N42-240C</DIV><DIV>Cambridge, MA 02139</DIV><DIV>617-452-4225</DIV><DIV><A href="mailto:lmayer@mit.edu">lmayer@mit.edu</A></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>