Flock - The Social Web Browser: Pt. 1

Scenario: You want an easier way to manage your Facebook friends
Solution: Flock - The Social Browser





No matter how screwed the economy might be, there's one sure-fire truth that never ceases to amaze me - humans are incredible at finding new ways to avoid work.

Back in the 1970s and 1980s there was the "cigarette break" which guaranteed workers at least 30 minutes of extra down time a day. In the UK (my country of origin) there was the "tea break", during which tea was rarely consumed and instead people would simply vanish for an undefined period of time.

Now with the invention of e-commerce and more recently Facebook, technological innovation has given people one of the greatest time wasting vehicles in the history of the world. The economy may be in crisis, but you can bet your ass that millions of people are still wasting at least two hours a day jabbering away to their friends or updating their Facebook status.

But as our obsession with Facebook grows and as our number of friends increases, managing our account can be a bind. But not to worry my fellow time wasters, because the Web browser Flock offers a series of unique and time saving ways to manage your online social life.

Check out the video above to find out how Flock puts the fun back into Facebook!

I'll be posting a part two to this Flock tutorial in the coming days that will showcase how it integrates other services such as Twitter, Flickr and YouTube.